A young housewife decides to take a solo vacation back home to get away from her husband, but cannot escape hearing A Howling in the Woods.
We meet Liza who is returning to a small town in Nevada named Stainesville after 5 years away. Liza moves back into her family home, but is met with a sort of coldness and from her step brother and few other people in the town. The one who she still has a good relationship with is her stepmother Rose. She tells Rose that she plans on divorcing her husband Eddie as soon as possible. Missing from the household is Liza's father. She asks Rose where he has, and Rose says he is away out of the country which seems very strange to Liza (...and viewers).
Once Liza settles in, she starts hearing a strange howling noise coming from outside. She also discovers that a young girl was recently found drowned in the lake. With the town seemingly covering up a deadly secret, and her family being involved in it as well, can Liza survive?
Barbara Eden was made for roles like this one as the helpless heroine trying to uncover a dark deadly secret while trying got stay alive. Vera Miles is her usual outstanding self as the seemingly sweet stepmother of Rose. Larry Hagman sadly doesn't have much to do in this movie, but the little we get of him is great stuff. He still has a lot chemistry with Eden of course.
A Howling in the Woods is a very average entry to the ABC movie of the week series. There are definitely much better films put out throughout the 70's, but nonetheless it is more than watchable with a weaker twist that could be figured in the first 20 minutes. It has never been released on VHS/DVD, so your best bet is to catch it somewhere online.
5/10
We meet Liza who is returning to a small town in Nevada named Stainesville after 5 years away. Liza moves back into her family home, but is met with a sort of coldness and from her step brother and few other people in the town. The one who she still has a good relationship with is her stepmother Rose. She tells Rose that she plans on divorcing her husband Eddie as soon as possible. Missing from the household is Liza's father. She asks Rose where he has, and Rose says he is away out of the country which seems very strange to Liza (...and viewers).
Once Liza settles in, she starts hearing a strange howling noise coming from outside. She also discovers that a young girl was recently found drowned in the lake. With the town seemingly covering up a deadly secret, and her family being involved in it as well, can Liza survive?
Barbara Eden was made for roles like this one as the helpless heroine trying to uncover a dark deadly secret while trying got stay alive. Vera Miles is her usual outstanding self as the seemingly sweet stepmother of Rose. Larry Hagman sadly doesn't have much to do in this movie, but the little we get of him is great stuff. He still has a lot chemistry with Eden of course.
A Howling in the Woods is a very average entry to the ABC movie of the week series. There are definitely much better films put out throughout the 70's, but nonetheless it is more than watchable with a weaker twist that could be figured in the first 20 minutes. It has never been released on VHS/DVD, so your best bet is to catch it somewhere online.
5/10