Howling V: The Rebirth

Howling V: The Rebirth
Directed by	Neal Sundstrom
Screenplay by	Freddie Rowe Clive Turner
Based on	novels by Gary Brandner
Produced by	Gary Barber Harvey Goldsmith Steven A. Lane Robert Pringle Edward Simons Clive Turner
Starring	Phil Davis Victoria Catlin Elizabeth Shé Ben Cole Lee Pembleton
Cinematography	Arledge Armenaki
Edited by	Claudia Finkle Bill Swenson
Music by	The Factory
Distributed by	Artisan Entertainment
Release date	1989 (1989)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,000,000

Howling V: The Rebirth is a 1989 direct-to-video horror film directed by Neal Sundstrom from the screenplay by Freddie Rowe and Clive Turner, and filmed in Budapest, Hungary. Starring Phil Davis, Victoria Catlin, Elizabeth She, Ben Cole, and William Shockley. The Rebirth is the fifth entry in the series of seven stand-alone films with loose continuity.

International Video Entertainment released it to video in 1989 and released on DVD as a double feature with Howling VI: The Freaks in 2003 by Artisan Home Entertainment and in 2007 by Timeless Media Group.

Plot

In Budapest, 1489, a family living in a castle is slaughtered by a couple who then commit suicide. However, as the man lies dying, he discovers a baby survived the ordeal.

In 1989, a group of people is invited by a mysterious Count to the same castle's reopening. The group consists of Gail Cameron, Marylou Summers, Jonathan Hammet, David Price, the Professor, and Catherine. Other than them, the castle is attended by personnel Peter and Susan. During lunch time, Hammet relates to Marylou Summers the story of the region which, 1000 years before, was being terrorized by packs of wolves, supposedly being controlled by Satan himself, disguised as a man at day and as a wolf at night. According to the Professor, the castle was constructed around that time, and then unexplicably abandoned. Following some noises, the Professor stumble upon a dungeon, just when something breaks its chains. He is then trapped inside, and eventually attacked and killed.

The following morning, the Count explains to them the story of how the powerful family in charge of the castle was killed. He then expresses discomfort after the Professor is mentioned, and abruptly leaves. He returns afterwards, to explain the Professor's disappearance. That night, Gail expresses to Ray her belief something is amiss and there's someone else in the castle. Unbelieving, Ray searches and eventually finds a secret passage, from which he witness Gail being attacked by a werewolf. He then finds an exit, alongside the Professor's body, but is then ambushed and killed on the snow. David's camera is sabotaged by Peter. The Count searches for Cameron and Ray and, alongside Jack and David, finds the secret passage and a maze of tunnels. Everyone decides to organize a search party. Jonathan and Marylin discover someone tricked them into getting lost, and Jonathan is killed, Peter is harmed, and Marylou and Anna witnesses the werewolf attacking them.

Jonathan and Anna discover all of them lack a family, and begin to suspect they were lured there. David and Catherine find most of the bodies. Convinced the Count is the killer, they go to alert the others, however they find Jonathan already dead. Pressured, the Count reveals all of them are descendants from the family who owned the castle, and thus is a werewolf, which only can be destroyed by another relative. He used the other's as a bait. He's then locked on the dungeon, alongside Peter and Susan. David and Catherine decide to kill them, against Anna's wishes, so she releases them, getting herself locked by them. She's supposed to be safe, however she's killed by the werewolf when she is approached by its human form.

David discovers Ray's body, whilst Catherine finds Anna's, before being herself killed. Peter accidentally kills Susan before being killed by Marylou. Going outside, they find the Count, who, after advising Marylou that David is possessed and will transform into the werewolf when the Moon appears, fights David over the gun, which is retrieved by Marylou and used to kill the Count. She and David embrace, with David telling everything ended and there's no werewolf. However, as the moon appears, she smiles wickedly.

Cast

• Philip Davis as The Count
• Victoria Catlin as Dr. Catherine Peake
• Elizabeth Shé as Marylou Summers
• Ben Cole as David Gillespie
• William Shockley as Richard Hamilton
• Mark Sivertsen as Jonathan Lane
• Stephanie Faulkner as Gail Cameron
• Mary Stavin as Anna
• Clive Turner as Ray Price
• Nigel Triffitt as The Professor
• Jill Pearson as Eleanor
• József Madaras as Peter
• Renáta Szatler as Susan

External links

• Howling V: The Rebirth at IMDb
• Howling V: The Rebirth at AllMovie
• Howling V: The Rebirth at Rotten Tomatoes