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Made first for young women 1

Howling IV: The Original Nightmare's audience scores lean most toward young women at 56 of 100, with comparable appeal to young men and older women 1. Its overall reach is rated mass-market — mass-market reach across most demographics 2. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 0 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 3.

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    Audience scoreyoung women 56 of 100 is the top quadrant, with young men 51 and older women 49 close behind.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    ReachAudience breadth rated mass_market.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 0 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceYoung WomenYoung Women56
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Primary audienceYoung Women
Mass market

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
51
Young Women
56
Older Men
45
Older Women
49
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Audience Representation

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Advocacy

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Synopsis

An author who was sent to the town Drakho, because of a nervous breakdown, gets wound up in a mystery revolving around demons and werewolves. She starts seeing ghosts and dismisses them as her own imagination, but when they turn out to be real she becomes suspicious of the odd town and of its past.

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Cast & Crew

John Hough (director)