Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Dagon In 1981 Joe Dante directed a New Age lycanthropic movie called The Howling, based on the 1977 horror novel of the same name, written by Gary Brandner. Up until this point in cinematic history, a rather outdated version of the Wolfman was still in circulation. The Howling, An American Werewolf in London, and Wolfen were all released in the same year, refreshing the palette of horror fans and movie-goers alike with an updated vision of this mythical creature. The effects in the 1980s allowed artists to create a convincing (for the time) transformation sequence without obstructing the view of the audience or panning the camera away. The success of the original The Howling spawned six additional sequels, each sharing no similarities. Dante gracefully bowed out after the completion of the first movie and Clive Turner, a man responsible for filling the role of producer in The Howling IV: The Original Nightmare and The Howling V: Rebirth, made his directorial debut with the latest and last in the series - Howling VII: New Moon.Whether it is known as fact or fiction, the production team recruited the local townsfolk into the role of "the locals." I'm not sure what the intention of this was...perhaps it was easier to obtain people at the location you are shooting at rather than shelling out additional money for trained actors from an almost nonexistent budget. In terms of budget, it clearly shows - the overall production value reminds me of watching a 2 am horror special in the late 80s. The dialog is awkward and unnatural to say the least. Clive Turner must have fancied himself a Renaissance man because not only did he direct, produce, and write the Howling VII, he played the lead character role. It's safe to say he can't act his way out of a cowboy hat. The soundtrack is anything but epic. The majority of the music is country/western...which I suppose is understandable given the environment. I just can't help but feel that Turner grew up in the area where he decided to shoot the film. It's obvious he's accustomed to the bar scene in a small town like this and even enjoys the local talent. While that might work for other directors, his main focus was to showcase band performances and gratuitous line dancing. This seemed more important to him than werewolves. After an hour into the film, the portrayal of the beast is done very similar to the movie Wolfen - the audience is forced to look through the eyes of the beast while it slaughters the unsuspecting townsmen. This is not an original technique but one that is poorly executed in this sense. Other ridiculous plot elements exist like the re-telling of past events that occurred in the previous installments of the Howling. I just consider this shameless filler and a pathetic way of making these devices viable.It's amazing that this movie was released in 1995 and looks much more dated than it is. I didn't make the realization that a seventh Howling movie existed until recently...and I consider myself a huge fan of the horror genre. I wish I could admit that this is a step up from The Howling III: The Marsupials - easily the most pitiful attempt at film-making EVER...but sadly, it teeters slowly on the edge of that atrocious stain. I can say that both films have something in common: they were almost impossible to sit through. You need a will made of iron in order to sit through films like these. So, in conclusion? Clive Turner needs to be snatched up by his britches, tied to the back of a wagon, and dragged one hundred yards down a cobblestone path. Then, on the verge of unconsciousness, tied to a rack with his head fixed firmly in place while subjected to watching The Howling VII: New Moon on a continuous loop - maybe then he will come to the realization that he should stay out of show business.

snowyb666 This is the worst film i've ever seen. I can't think of one redeeming feature of this film at all. I just wish I could erase it from my memory. Just bad. SO bad. Do yourself a favour and never ever ever waste your life watching this film. Someone bought me this film for a present because I like werewolf movies and I hadn't seen it. The really odd thing about it of course being it has no werewolves in it, well none that I could see. It had no plot. It had no-one that could act. It had the lamest special effects which I could only assume were done by someone with a Spectrum ZX81. I suppose the most abhorrent thing about this film is that it got made in the first place. Which crazy person saw the pitch and the 'script' and thought, "Yeah, I know, I'll just waste money on this and hope people will waste theirs on renting it". Just bad bad bad bad. I sincerely hope no-one considers making Howling 8. Just think how bad that would be! I was hoping there was a 0 vote on the voting thing because that's what this movie is, a big fat Zero.

total66 I have read the majority of the comments, and it seems that basically everyone thinks the movie is truly awful, probably the worst film your ever likely to see in your life. (i was very surprised to read a comment of someone saying it was a really clever film??? and well directed??? all i can think of is either this person was on drugs at the time, or Clive Turner paid them for the comment) To be the worst film ever is quite an achievement in its own right, as you have to take in account how many low budget films are out there.But we all know deep down when a director makes a film titled "Undead zombie attacks" he/she doesn't have a budget, therefore have no money to advertise, or a real decent company backing it. Its simply just a small money earner knowing its going to be a flop. But nobody really cares.The ironic thing about this film is that it was a serious attempt to make something good, with a large company backing it, and known previous titles before it, it had potential. Don't get me wrong all the howling movies are average at best, so this film was never going to be anything special, put it simply it could of been another average film again to continue the long trilogy for its minor fans, unfortunately this truly killed off Howlin movies.When Clive Turner used all the locals as actors, a red tinted camera as the werewolf, and barn dance music throughout, did he really ever think to himself that this was going to be a success, when he watched the finishing product was he truly satisfied with his work? how could you be? Surely he must of considered a career change, or even suicide.... its that bad!I'll give Clive some credit though maybe the poor guy owed money to the mafia or something, forcing him to hide out in some local yokel town where he could lay low, therefore having to make the film there. keeping most of the budget he was given to pay them off. Thats the only realistic thing i can think of how this film ever came about. (I could make a better film myself with a budget of £5 in my garden, and thats not being unrealistic as anyone thats watched this would tell you)How this film was ever realised will always remain the biggest mystery? a big respected company to give permission for it to be put on the shelves i will never understand? surely something that awful could damage your reputation, i can only think that they never actually watched the film, simply liked the front cover and thought to themselves "Well Clive didn't do a bad job last time, lets just give him the benefit of the doubt, i'm going to be late for golf otherwise!" Anyway enough said, simply the worst film in the world. at the present time of print at number 1 of the top 100 worst films is at 1.8 this has an average rating of 1.5 and simply isn't in the list due to a lack of votes. It is difficult to believe that a film can be truly awful, some films are funny because there bad, while others might have an average scene in it, but there's nothing appealing about this film you just have to watch it to believe it. i regret wasting 2 hours of my life.rating -10/10 From Kevin Ferguson

Paul Andrews Howling: New Moon Rising starts out in the open Californian desert as a police Inspector (John Ramsden) is faced with the skeletal remains of a man near the isolated locale of Pioneertown. Not only does he have to deal with skeletal remains he has to listen to Father John (Jack Huff) who works for the Church investigating supernatural & occult goings-on, Father John claims the man was victim to a Werewolf & that very Werewolf is about to mature into adulthood at which point it will be able to change other's into Werewolves & thus spreading it's race throughout the country. Meanwhile in Pioneertown a stranger named Ted Smith (Clive Turner, I will come back to this guy later...) has arrived, Ted finds the locals very hospitable as the owner of 'Happy Harriet's' gives him a job as a barman & they also let him have a room in their motel. However it quickly transpires that Ted may not be what he at first seems as some of the locals begin to become suspicious of him, for instance who was that drunk (Brett Owens) who seemed to know Ted & threatened to 'expose' him for what he really is? What do the locals of Pioneertown really know about Ted & can they trust him...This English production (at this point I'm embarrassed to be British) was edited, written, produced, directed & starred Clive Turner who really should never be let anywhere near a film camera again, ever. Howling: New Moon Rising was the seventh, & to date last, film in the Howling series that began with The Howling back in 1981. The best parts of Howling: New Moon Rising are the bits edited into it from two previous entries, Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988) & Howling V: The Rebirth (1989) which probably amount to a good 10 or so minutes. The script also tries to tie these films together & even mentions the events from the previous instalment Howling VI: The Freaks (1991). Now, as a horror film fan you have to be able to take a chance on a film that you have never heard of but will probably turn out to be complete & utter crap, it goes with the territory. Sometimes you will come across an absolute gem, while other times you find a film that will pass the time reasonably enough & then there's films like Howling: New Moon Rising which are the cinematic equivalent of having your trousers pulled down & having a large vegetable inserted into your rectum. Now I've had my fair share of cinematic vegetable insertions but every once in a while a film comes along so utterly awful that I wonder why I bother, Howling: New Moon Rising is such a film. It is devoid of any entertainment value whatsoever, just take my word for it this deserves it's pathetically low score on the IMDb.Director Turner makes one of the most awful films ever. There is no excitement, tension, atmosphere, blood or gore except in the scenes stolen from the other Howling films & the Werewolf in this one is on screen for all of 30 seconds & I kid you not. Add that to the fact that it's one of the most pathetic looking creations I've seen in a horror film for sometime & this really isn't much of a Werewolf film at all. Then there's the country & western music & the cringe inducing line dancing scenes, don't get me wrong I have nothing against either of these forms of recreational entertainment but here they are just plain embarrassing as every so often the film goes into a line dancing or musical number. The cowboy type clothing, hats, boots & general talk is, quite simply, embarrassing & frankly hideous. There are also elements of comedy like penis size & fart jokes, well I'd didn't find much to laugh at.Going straight-to-video technically Howling: New Moon Rising is rubbish, from the lame story, the unfunny comedy, the naff cowboy character's, the terrible special effects, the lack of any blood or gore & to cap it all off the acting is awful including editor, writer, producer & director Turner who has shoulder blade length hair & silly facial hair.This film is really bad & I've seen some absolute stinkers in my time, it even ends on a nice 'happily ever after' country & western singalong as the credits rolls. There is not one single aspect by which I could recommend Holwing: New Moon Rising to anyone, avoid at all costs & you have been warned!