Friday, 9 May 2025

776 Howling V : The Rebirth (1989)

 By  this  point  in  the  franchise, the films were going straight to video and it's not hard to see why. This  film is completely dreadful. What plot it has is filched from The  Beast Must Die. It's badly acted, badly directed, badly lit , not remotely  scary and the  special effects are risible. Philip Davis must have needed the cash badly  to have  appeared in this.

Victoria Catlin ( as Jane )

Sex : Jane is having an affair with a married man

Death : Jane has her throat torn out by the werewolf


This  was  Victoria's final film

Elisabeth She ( as Marylou )

Sex : Marylou bathes nude with a man but rejects his advances

Death : Survives


Elisabeth appears in two more films in the franchise but hasnt worked outside it.

Stephanie Faulkner ( as Gail )

Sex :  No

Death : Gail has her throat torn out (but takes a remarkably long time to die)


Stephanie had a promising start to her acting career with a good role in the blacksploitation picture The Bus Is Coming in 1971  but spent  the  next  20 years in bit part roles in both film and TV. This was her final screen appearance.

Mary Stavin ( as Anna )

Sex : Anna  is spied on while bathing

Death : Anna has her throat torn out


Mary is from Sweden and shot to fame when she became Miss World in 1977. After dalliances with Graeme Souness and George Best  and a shot at pop music , she had a moderately  successful acting career, appearing in two Bond films before settling into married life in  2002.  She has made the odd screen appearance since  then but  has  also worked in a library.

Renata Szadtler ( as Susan )

Sex : No

Death : Accidentally decapitated with an axe


Renata was a Hungarian model who first appeared in Dire Straits' Money For Nothing" video. She appeared in a dozen or  so Hungarian films in  the  eighties and nineties but this was her only English language film.






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