

Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
1988-11-01 · 95 min · ★ 4.6
An author who was sent to the town Drakho, because of a nervous breakdown, gets wound up in a mystery revolving around demons and werewolves. She starts seeing ghosts and dismisses them as her own imagination, but when they turn out to be real she becomes suspicious of the odd town and of its past.
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- Directors
- John Hough
- Production companies
- Allied Entertainments Group PLC
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
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Romy WalthallMarie Adams
Michael T. WeissRichard Adams
Antony HamiltonTom
Susanne SevereidJanice
Lamya DervalEleanor
Norman AnsteySheriff
Greg LatterJohn (as Gregg Latter)
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