Howling VI: The Freaks (1991)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1991
Running Times: 102 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: Matrix Surround

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Allied Lane Pringle Productions
Executive Producers: Steve Lane, Edward Simons, Ronna B. Wallace
Producer: Robert Pringle
Co-Producer: John C. Broderick
Associate Producer: Peter McRae
Production Manager: Keith Payson
Production Coordinator: Caterina N. Fiordellisi

SCRIPT
Script: Kevin Rock
Novel: The Howling by Gary Brandner

DIRECTION
Director: Hope Perello
1st Assistant Director: Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt
2nd Assistant Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Sarah Morse-Fischer

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Edward Pei
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Victor Nelli Jr
Steadicam Operator: Bob Gorlick
1st Assistant Camera: Steven Kline
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Camera: David C. Negrin
2nd Assistant Camera: Gray Marshall
Loader: Tony Kline
Gaffer: Jurgen Baum
Best Boy Electric: Jarek Gorczycki
Electricians: Doug Weinmann, Chris Funk, Scott Whited
2nd Unit Electrician: Gerd Zimmerman
Key Grip: Thomas G. Nichols
Best Boy Grip: Edward Saxon
Grips: Gregory 'Spartacus' Franklin, Christian Martinez
Stills: Eric Lasher
Panaflex Cameras and Lenses: Panavision
Colour: Foto-Kem Lab

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Adam Wolfe
1st Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Castro
2nd Assistant Editor: Richard Sellmer
Post Production Supervisor: Jeff Rose
Negative Cutting: Magic Film and Video Works, Jackie Cole, Syd Cole

MUSIC
Music: Patrick Gleeson
Songs: Sammy Fain (I'll Be Seeing You); Vincent Fazzari (Heaven Is In Your Eyes); Puccini (Mi chimano mimi)
Songs Performed By: Vincent (Heaven Is In Your Eyes); Anna Miranda (Mi chimano mimi)

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Charles Kelly
Boom: Bill Didonna
Post Production Audio Services: Sound Satisfaction
Post Production Audio Supervisor: Gary J. Coppola
Re-Recording Mixers: Robert Manahan, Gary J. Coppola
Sound Editors: Joel Valentine, Robert Manahan
Assistant Sound Editor: Larry Benjamin
Dialogue Editors: John Bushelman, Paul Heslin
ADR Supervisor / Editor: Gary J. Coppola
ADR Engineers: Ruth Adelman, Gary J. Coppola
Foley Engineer: R.D. Floyd
Foley Artists: Claudette Raiche, Osama Khuluki, John T. Cucci
Post Production Audio Facilities: Screenmusic Studios; Premore Inc; Pacific Video; Fidelity Studios

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up / Hair: Carlann Matz
Assistant Make Up / Hair: Heidi Williams
Costume Designer: Lynn Marie Murdock
Wardrobe Supervisor: Pamela Moore
Wardrobe Assistant: Vanessa Vogel

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Todd Masters Co.
Winston, Harker and Harker's Death Created By: Steve Johnson X.F.X. Inc, Bill Barschdor, Dave Barton, John Calpin, Jackie Caydam, Bill Corso, Chris Maciver, Alan Schockley-Gray, Candace Van Woerkom
Key Make Up Effects Artist: Thom Floutz
Special Graveyard Make Up: Marty J. Mendenhall, Robert Freidan
Sculptor: Greg Smith
Mr Toones' Arm: Mark Garbarino
Prosthetic Effects: Mike Measimer, Robert Marino, David Matherly, Gilbert Liberto, Camille Calvet
Leg Extensions: Andre Bustanoby, Tony Rupprecht
Seamstress: Candace Van Woerkom
Management: Helen Cohen, Entertainment Management Inc

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: John P. Cazin
Special Effects Foreman: Kelly Kerby

VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designers: Hit Man of Design, Robert 'Chomp Chomp' Fusfield
Opticals and Title Composite: Title House Inc

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Richard Reams
Assistant Art Director: Cary Schramm
Set Decorator: Simon Dobbin
Set Dressers: Rodger Enochson, Theodore Reinke Jr
On-Set Dresser: Marilyn Hiratzka
Property Master: Adam Silverman
Assistant Props: Gregory Scott Pfeifer
Construction Coordinator: Lars Petersen
Construction Foreman: Michael Cudlitz
Carpenters: David E. Abrego, Randy C. Anflick, Thomas L. Eason, Michael Edwards, Howard French, John Gaudesi, Jim Pirri, Juan Carlos Rangel, Jonathan Robertson, Paul Treuscorff "S.G.", Alex Walker, Steven C. Voll, Enrique Zaragoza
Scenic Artist: William Kelly
Set Painters: James A. Fleming, Regina O'Brien, Eugene Puga, Richard Puga
Storyboards: Marc Messenger
Lead Person: James Marchwick
Swing: Jim Meyer, Jimmie T., Douglas Bowers, Patricia Garrity, Steven del Ray, Donald Smith
Greensmen: Ronnie Lombard, Gene Bishop

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Caroline Sax
Accounting: Prep Shoot Post
London Office Accounts Coordinator: Celeste Chalton
Auditor: Ann Marie Tullo
Production Secretary: Cathy McManus
Set Production Assistants: Stephen E. Spodek, Roger Morse Roth, David Dworetzky
Production Assistant: Stephi Eubanks
London Office Production Assistant: Catherine Peak
Transportation Coordinator: Joe Feeney
Transportation Captain: Derek Raser
Art Department Chauffeur: Robert Pringle
Honeywagon Driver: Mike Marr
Grip Truck Driver: Hector Gallardo
Driver: Al Boone
Carnival Technical Advisor: Larry Reynolds
Craft Service: Gay Perello, Joanne Blocher
Catering: Shawn's Catering
Animal Trainers: Critters of the Cinema (Bob Bloch, John Baldwin, Karen Thomas-Kolakawski)
Marionette Puppeteers: Tamar Dick, Jason Barnett
Legal Services: Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp
London Office Legal Services: Jane Fairlie
Production Insurance: Truman Van Dyke
Security: Executive Assurance

LOCATIONS
Location Assistant: Robyn Freedman

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks To: Bill Cruise and Company; Brianne Murphy; Culver Studios Property Development; Daisy's Florist of North Hollywood; History For Hire: Paramount Pictures Drapery Department; Paramount Pictures Property Department; Bobbie Reynolds and Associates; Coca-Cola USA; Creative Film Promotions; Lucite Paint Company; Mark Wilson Enterprises

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Rick Barker
Stunts: Dave Lea, Steve Chambers, Tabby Hanson, Hank Hooker, Gary Epper, Tony Snegoff

CASTING
Extras Casting Cenex West Inc

CAST
Brendan Hughes (Ian)
Michele Matheson (Elizabeth)
Sean Gregory Sullivan (Winston)
Antonio Fargas (Bellamey)
Carol Lynley (Miss Eddington)
Jered Barclay (Dewey)
Bruce Martin Payne (R.B Harker)
Carlos Cervantes (Sheriff Fuller)
Christopher Morley (Carl / Carlotta)
Deep Roy (Toones)
Randy Pelish (Pruitt)
Ben Kronen (Hank)
John A. Neris (Earl Bartlett)
Al White (carny worker)
Jeremy West (Lester)
William Marquez (towny 1)
Gerry Black (towny 2)
Terri Hoyos (towny 3)
Elena Bertagnolli (midget 1)
Joe Gieb (midget 2)
Steven M. Lane (carny freak)
Elizabeth Shé (Mary Lou)
Jennifer Trinkner (woman)
Vincent Fazzari (carny worker)
Robert Reynolds (carny barker)
Jack Stevens (sword swallower)
Kathleen Perryman (snake charmer)
James E. Webb (uglyman)
Loarn Michels (fire eater)
Sandra Strong (Ms Electra)
Michelle Welch (bearded mermaid)
Courtney Pakis (contortionist)
Sheila Lane (No Middle Myrtle)

PLOT SUMMARY

Ian Richards wanders the backroads of the USA in search of H.B. Harker's "World of Wonder," a carnival with an infamous freak show. He catches up with it in a small farming community where he has been working to help reopen the local church. The arrival of the carnival reveals Richards' secret - he's a werewolf preparing for a showdown with the owner of the circus, the vampire Harker.

Who would have thought it – a late-in-the-day Howling sequel that's actually half-way decent. The dreadful title masks a genuinely well-written and directed effort that restores a little diginity to the franchise. Acting too is above average and the make up effects are much more convincing than in previous sequels. No masterpiece by any means, but certainly more than worth a look.

USA
Video Distributor: Live Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment Inc

Australia
Rating: M

Germany
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

2005
December
13: UK - television broadcast (on The Horror Channel)

2006
June
10: UK - television broadcast (on The Horror Channel)

Final Attack – German / Hungarian title
Mostriciattoli – Italian title

SEQUEL TO
The Howling (1981)
Howling II (1985)
Howling III (1987)
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)
Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)

SEQUEL
Howling: New Moon Rising (1995)

SEE ALSO
Unleashing the Beast: Making The Howling (2003)

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

churches, circuses, sequels, vampires, werewolves

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008