| Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | |
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 Howling II movie poster |
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| Directed by | Philippe Mora |
| Produced by | Steven A. Lane |
| Written by | Novel: Gary Brandner Screenplay: Robert Sarno Gary Brandner |
| Starring | Christopher Lee Annie McEnroe Reb Brown Marsha Hunt Sybil Danning |
| Music by | Stephen W. Parsons |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Stephenson |
| Editing by | Charles Bornstein |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | August 28, 1985 |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Country | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Howling |
| Followed by | Howling III |
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (also known as Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf) is a 1985 horror sequel to The Howling directed by Philippe Mora.
Although Gary Brandner co-wrote the screenplay, the film Howling II is largely unrelated to his Howling II novel (a.k.a. Return of the Howling) from 1979, though like that book it was the first in its series to introduce Eastern European customs and Gypsies into its werewolf mythology.
It was marketed with the tagline "The rocking, shocking new wave of horror!"
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Ben White attends the funeral of his sister, journalist Karen White, the heroine of the previous film. Though never mentioned Karen's husband Bill Neils funeral has presumably already tooking place. Ben meets both Jenny Templeton, one of Karen's colleagues, and Stefan Crosscoe, a mysterious interloper who claims the slain reporter was a werewolf. Providing videotaped evidence of the transformation — and turning up to destroy Karen as her undead body rises from the grave — Crosscoe convinces Ben and Jenny to accompany him to Transylvania to battle Stirba, an immortal werewolf queen. Along the way, the do-gooders encounter Mariana, another lusty werewolf siren, and her minion Erle.
Arriving in the Balkans, Ben and company wander through an ethnic folk festival, unaware that Stirba is off in her castle having sex with other werewolves and plotting their downfall. Eventually, the adventurers do battle with Stirba in an assault that involves disguised dwarves, mutilated priests, supernatural parasites, and surprise revelations.
Generally regarded as breath-takingly awful, the film failed to garner as much attention or commercial success as the original film. The film was shot on location in, what was at the time, the country of Czechoslovakia - for example in the ossuary in Mělník (a town in Central Bohemia), which the story claims to Transylvania. This is incorrect, however, as Transylvania is in modern day Romania. The Howling II in later years has acquired a cult following, perhaps due to the presence of cult actors Sybil Danning, Reb Brown and Christopher Lee. Or alternately it may be because a quick shot of Sybil Danning revealing her breasts is, for no apparent reason or specific narrative purpose, repeated on a film loop during the end credits.
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