Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
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| Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | |
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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 | Hemdale Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) | December 1, 1985 |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Country | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
| Preceded by | The Howling |
| Followed by | Howling III |
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Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (also known as Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf) is a 1985 horror film directed by Philippe Mora. Based on the novel by Gary Brandner, the film is written by Robert Sarno and Gary Brandner. The original music score by composed by Stephen W. Parsons. The film is a sequel to the 1981 cult classic The Howling, and is followed by Howling III: The Marsupials (1987). The film is marketed with the tagline "The rocking, shocking new wave of horror!"
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[edit] Plot summary
Ben White attends the funeral of his sister, journalist Karen White. There he 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.
[edit] Reception
Generally regarded as being 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, which the story claims to Transylvania. This is incorrect however, as Transylvania is in modern day Romania. The filming was handled very poorly, as all of the footage was underexposed, resulting in many dark sequences. In the recent reissues, this has been somewhat corrected.
[edit] Main cast
- Christopher Lee - Stefan Crosscoe
- Annie McEnroe - Jenny Templeton
- Reb Brown - Ben White
- Marsha Hunt - Mariana
- Sybil Danning - Stirba
- Judd Omen - Vlad
- Ferdy Mayne - Erle
[edit] Sequels
- Howling III
- Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
- Howling V: The Rebirth
- Howling VI: The Freaks
- Howling: New Moon Rising
