Howling: New Moon Rising [Howling VII] (1995, John Ramsden, Ernest Kester, Clive Turner) – Classic Movie Review 10,007

There’s no love for the 1995 seventh installment of the werewolf saga, Howling: New Moon Rising.

Werewolves are back on the prowl when gruesome, werewolf-like murders occur in a California small town after a motorbike-riding stranger arrives, in director Clive Turner’s cheap, weak, murky-looking 1995 seventh installment of the werewolf saga, Howling: New Moon Rising [Howling VII].

The acting, direction and music are all very scrappy indeed, the story is uninvolving and totally predictable, and the movie lacks a reasonable ration of shocks and scares.

As writer, co-producer, director, actor and editor, Turner must bear his share of the blame.

The main cast are John Ramsden, Ernest Kester, Clive Turner, Jack Huff, Elizabeth Shé, Jacqueline Armitage, Jim Lozano, Robert Morwell, Jim Brock, Cheryl Allen and Sally Harkham.

It is also known as Howling VII (UK DVD title) and Howling VII: Mystery Woman (UK video box title).

It is shot in Yucca Valley, California.

It is preceded by The Howling (1981), Howling II (1987), Howling III: The Marsupials (1987), Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988), Howling V: The Rebirth (1989), and Howling VI: The Freaks (1991), and followed by The Howling: Reborn (2011).

Howling: New Moon Rising is directed by Clive Turner, runs 90 minutes, is made by Allied Entertainments Group and Allied Vision, is released by New Line, is written by Clive Turner, based on Gary Brandner’s novels, is shot by Andreas Kossak, is produced by Harvey Goldsmith and Clive Turner, is scored by Guy Moon and is designed by Helen Harwell.

Gary Brandner published more than 30 novels and 100 short stories. He lived with his wife and several cats in Reno, Nevada, and died of cancer on 22 September 2013, aged 83. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1988 horror film Cameron’s Closet.

The Howling novels: The Howling, The Howling II and The Howling III: Echoes.

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