Howling VI: The Freaks

Oh boy...this is definitely one to bury in the back yard. I For those who are not fans of the Howling series...this will not win you over. From a boring, far from scary story to a werewolf that look like a cross between Centaur and a sheepdog, this moving has nothing that would make me think about recommending it. At times you wonder if you are watching a Howling flick or a poor, poor remake of the classic movie "Freaks". Either way, the filmmakers fail to present anything new, exciting, scary, or entertaining. There are a lot more movies at there worth your time. There are a lot more Wolf flicks that will scare you more than this one. And if it's freaks you want to see, watch the original. Throw this one out with the trash.

Whereas Howling VII: New Moon Rising is so groundbreakingly awful on so many levels that it merits at least a few re-watches, Part VI: The Freaks is just regular awful and hard to sit through even once. Imagine an episode of Murder She Wrote set at a carnival freakshow, but there's no Jessica Fletcher. And no murder. That's the first half of the film. Then halfway through we finally get some kind of hint that this is actually supposed to be a werewolf film (really?) but instead of springing to life everything shifts into minus gears and becomes even more dull. Without the Howling name attached to it, there's no doubt this bore-fest would've disappeared without trace.

I really enjoyed this film.Normally I don't like werewolf movies but this one is very entertaining.It might not be scary enough,but it has really good characters.The werewolf is a good guy which is something,unlike other people,I enjoy!The real star of the film though is Bruce Payne who is once again amazing to watch as the bad guy.The fight scenes between werewolf and vampire are reasonably well executed.I don't like most of the other sequels to the original howling(especially that awful 3rd film)but this turned out to be much better than I had hoped.

Travelling circuses and freak shows have always had a part in the history of horror and in this sequel we get a good dose of just that. Led by the evil Harker, he wants to capture and exhibit his fellow Brit in the wandering Ian, who turns into a werewolf when the moon is full. There is also a love interest in preacher's daughter Elizabeth. As a werewolf movie it is pretty unremarkable. But it's the freaks side of this film that I liked, especially as Antonio Fargas is among them! Acting is good enough and it is an interesting storyline which also involves another classic monster, the vampire! One of the better Howling sequels, though that doesn't really say much!

Howling VI (1991) was another entry in the never ending Howling saga. Thia one takes place in a small town. A sleazy little carnival is in town. Follow close by is a mysterious young man. The creepy owner of the carnival takes a liking to the kid. But does he have ulterior motives? The kid meets a nice young girl and the two become good friends. But the carny wants the girl too and what's left of the dying town. Somewhat different take on the series. The ever so pretty Carol Lynley has a small role as the town's matriarch. Antonio Fargas has a small role as well. The shady Bruce Payne also co-stars in this bizarre flick that has a heavy jones for Paul Naschy films. Hey buddy, don't bite off the man. Try and be original for a change. Mediocre stuff, but watchable. C- x

An evil traveling carnival owner, Harker, tries to capture a werewolf in a small desert town to add to his collection of "Freaks". "Howling 6-The Freaks" is a passable flick at best. The acting is okay, but the script could have used a lot of work. The characters generally weren't that interesting, though some of the freaks were more likeable than the main characters themselves! Special effects were intermitent in terms of quality--The werewolf looked very cheap, as did the transformation scenes, but the vampire make-up (By Steve Johnson no less) towards the end, as well as some of the gore effects, were quite good. I really wouldn't recommend this film--it really wasn't terrible but it WAS quite boring at times and features nothing we haven't seen a dozen or so time prior to it. My rating for "Howling 6- the freaks"--3/10.

I first saw this in the early 90s on a vhs. Revisited it recently. This is the sixth entry in the Howling series. While this movie doesn't have sufficient werewolf action or kills, this one is much better than the last four parts. The villain/vampire (Bruce Payne) in this one looks more like Thoth-Amon (man beast) from Conan the Destroyer. This one has an offscreen sex scene n a nudity consisting of one boob, thereby taunting Total Recall's three *.