A number of brutal, werewolf-like slayings begin occurring in a small California town after the arrival of an unfamiliar motorcyclist.Australian producer and writer Clive Turner must have been a real pleasure to work with considering his history of butting heads with directors for control of these films. Reportedly Roger Nall was the original director of this film, but, Turner wrestled control of it away from him and made it his own film, even going as far as to uncredit Nell from the entire project. Apparently he had always dreamed of making his own Howling film were he was in complete control and with "Howling 7" he finally got his vanity project. This thing had to be shot sometime in 1993-94, it even had an article in a summer 1994 Fangoria issue, but, finally got a DTV video release in October 1995 by freaking New Line Home Video YES Warner Bros. released this. The film tries to connect parts 4, 5, & 6 into a sensible story, but, as usual fails miserable. The original idea by Turner was to make the film entirely out of footage from Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988), Howling V: The Rebirth (1989), and Howling VI: The Freaks (1991), Characters who died in those films return with no explanation, and to make matters even worse Turner decided not to hire actual actors, but, just use the normal townspeople were filming was taking place. As a result the film was met with completely hostile reviews and Turner pretty much disappeared following its release for good. Today it remains the only film in the series to not have a DVD release in the US. Its truly a so bad its good viewing experience.

The charismatic Australian Ted visits an American town and gets appointed as a barkeeper there. Ted seems to carry about a dark secret. When people randomly die in town he raises suspicion. Who is he really? And more importantly: Who cares?"Howling VII" a. k. a. "Howling: New Moon Rising" is where the Howling series finally hit rock bottom. It's a spectacularly bad movie made by Clive Turner, who was part of the Howling crew since "Howling IV". In this one, he's the director, the screenwriter AND the leading actor. Oh boy. This is one of those passionate and "artistic" ego projects, isn't it? Turner tries to connect the previous Howling sequels with each other, which of course is a hopeless task. At least we get to see some clips from the other movies. Sadly, these are the most interesting parts in "Howling VII". The rest of the movie is just pointless, boring banter. Seriously, you could cut 90% of the dialogue, and it wouldn't change the story at all. The actors aren't even actors. They're just some dudes hanging around town, drinking, making stupid jokes, line dancing and singing sappy country songs. My God, what was Turner thinking? This barely even qualifies as a movie. This is so inept, it's almost adorable. Oh, and there's supposed to be a werewolf in this? Unfortunately, there are only ruddled werewolf POV shots. You're lucky if you're able to see anything. An ingenious avant-garde move by Turner - or, you know, just cheap filmmaking. At the grand finale, we finally see the werewolf. It's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen. The transformation scene is as hilariously bad as it gets.Truly, this is a trash movie for the ages and a fitting conclusion to the Howling series: boring, awkward and completely mindless. Avoid. Unless you're into really, really, really bad movies.

I confess. I am easily entertained. When it comes to werewolf films, I hope to see two things: a female werewolf and a transformation scene. I barely got both when I watched this film on TV a number of years ago.I watched this film on TNT a few years ago and thought, "Hey, this should be good." Boy, was I wrong. It was a waste of two hours of my young life. The film was nothing but a bunch of off-key country music and clips from Howling IV, V, and VI. I don't see the werewolf and/or a transformation scene until the near end of the movie! How appalling.In my view, the ONLY good thing about this is how deliciously evil Mary Lou (Elizabeth Shé) was in the film's "climatic" scene. As you remember, Mary Lou was revealed as the werewolf in Howling V. And, despite the fact it happened too quickly, she did transform into a werewolf, or what passed as one in that film.All in all, Clive Turner really messed up here. He had to, if he could please someone who is easily entertained.

This is absolutely one of the most awful films ever made. The "werewolf" is mostly a piece of red cellophane over the camera I think. It randomly cuts to country line dancing for no apparent reason. It is painful to watch. I suffered until the end somehow and still haven't forgiven myself. How it got the name "Howling" I will never know. I remember the first one being kinda cool when I was like 5 years old but this one is indescribable. I can't even imagine who would give this a 10. Maybe the cast? I think it was done in some tiny town in the desert populated by meth addicts. I truly can't think of one good thing to say about this movie. Great as a gift to someone you truly hate. Absolutely horrid.