Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch

1985 "The rocking, shocking, new wave of horror!"
3.7| 1h31m| R| en| More Info
Released: 25 December 1985 Released
Producted By: Hemdale
Country: United States of America
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When a young journalist dies in violent circumstances, her brother soon learns, by way of the mysterious Stefan Crosscoe, that his sister has succumbed to the werewolf curse.

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fredroyer Just kidding.if you can make it all the way through, at least it has Christopher Lee, but during the end credits Sybil Danning has a scene repeated from the film where she rips off her shirt and bares her breast. They repeat it like 17 times. It made my mom laugh out loud.
nightroses This is a weak sequal to "The Howling", one of my favourite horror movies. "The Howling II" was very different. The link to the first movie is that the start of this movie happens during the funeral of a reporter who was in the first film. Her brother is the lead of this film. He meets a colleague of his dead sister, and they hook up to look into what mess happened to her and why she was killed. Christopher Lee is the biggest star of the film, even though he looked very uncomfortable and later he regretted being in this flick. They tried to make Lee a type of Van Helsing or werewolf hunter. The film is set in America somewhere, but later ends up in Transylvania, the land of the werewolves. It's a place that the lead werewolf of the world, a very old woman, becomes a nightmare. This is just more fantasy than horror. There are some gruesome scenes but the werewolves look nothing like they did in the first movie. Here in Howling 2 they just resemble humans in furry Halloween costumes. There are some ridiculous scenes. The punks are there to show Christopher Lee how times have changed since his Hammer Horror film days as Dracula in the 60's and early 70's.
Scott LeBrun Incredibly idiotic, senseless, and utterly sleazy sequel to the popular 1981 werewolf film "The Howling" stars Sir Christopher Lee as Stefan Crosscoe, an occult expert determined to wipe out lycanthropes, in particular those who associate with the fiendish queen werewolf bitch Stirba (Sybil Danning). He makes a point of telling Ben White (Reb Brown), the brother of the Dee Wallace character from the first film, the specifics of her "death". When Ben is unable to deny the evidence, he heads off, with reporter Jenny Templeton (Annie McEnroe) in tow, for Transylania, to help Stefan in his werewolf killing mission.The story is absurd, the dialogue hilariously awful; poor Sir Christopher and Sybil have to utter some pretty dumb lines. The makeup effects are crude to the nth degree, but are delicious in their egregious lack of quality. The scene with the eyeballs exploding is pretty cool. In some ways, "Stirba - Werewolf Bitch" goes back to Gothic basics in a way by exploiting flavourful European Old World atmosphere. But it adds a lot of spice to the deal by being so damn trashy. The sexy ladies present dress quite provocatively, and Sybil is willing to disrobe and show off her ample assets. The New Wave pop soundtrack is a total hoot; we're made to listen to that priceless title theme song a number of times. Original "Howling" author Gary Brandner co-scripted, from his novel "Howling II: The Return", and maintains a very tongue in cheek approach. With the level of both cheese and trash on display, it's clear that this was never meant to be taken seriously.Sir Christopher looks pretty serious here, though; the movie does benefit from his professionalism. Sybil is a mildly amusing antagonist. Brown and McEnroe are just sort of there as hero and heroine. Marsha A. Hunt, Judd Omen, Ferdy Mayne (who has the same character name as John Carradine in "Howling" No. 1), Patrick Field, Jimmy Nail, and Jiri Krytinar co-star.Directed by Philippe Mora, who has the distinction of being director on two "Howling" sequels, the other being "The Marsupials: The Howling III".The end credits are actually a highlight.Seven out of 10.
utgard14 At his sister's funeral, Ben White (Reb Brown) meets Stefan Crosscoe (Christopher Lee). Stefan tells Ben that his sister was a werewolf. Surprisingly. Ben doesn't believe him. At the urging of journalist Jenny Templeton (Annie McEnroe), who was also a friend of his sister, Ben agrees to hear Stefan out. The two are then shown footage of his sister's transformation into a werewolf and supposed death. This footage is not from the original Howling. It's reshot with a different actress playing Karen White and far inferior werewolf makeup effects. Anyway, Ben has to wind up killing werewolf Karen. Then he's all on board the werewolf hunting train, headed to Transylvania to do battle with the werewolf queen Stirba (Sybil Danning).One of the greatest "bad' movies of all time. From the hilarious sight of Christopher Lee in shades and jeans to werewolf boinking and eyeball-popping, it's a magnum opus of crap. The werewolf ménage a trois is actually the least absurd sex scene in the film, following distantly behind Reb Brown and Annie McEnroe's awkward lovemaking. The film's biggest pluses come from the catchy theme song by Babel and the buxom Sybil Danning. The two collide for one of the greatest closing credits of any movie ever. I rarely rate a movie up on the basis of being "so bad it's good," but there a few cases where the entertainment value is just too great not to. Ultimately, entertainment value is paramount to me when scoring films. This is definitely an entertaining one.The original title is "Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch." I personally prefer "Your Sister is a Werewolf," as it accurately reflects the ridiculousness of this movie. Definitely not for all tastes but if you enjoy bad movies and looking at Sybil Danning's large breasts you'll love this movie.