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) | August 28, 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. It is a sequel to the 1981 cult classic The Howling. Although he co-wrote the screenplay, the film "Howling II" is completely unrelated to Gary Brandner's "Howling II" novel (a.k.a. "Return Of The Howling") from 1979. The film was co-written by Robert Sarno with original music score composed by Stephen W. Parsons. The film was followed by Howling III: The Marsupials (1987). It was 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 - 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 mainly due to the extremely sexy presence of Sybil Danning.
In 1990 when Christopher Lee was cast in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, one of the first things he did was apologise to director Joe Dante (who also directed The Howling) for being in this film [1] Jimmy Nail also had a cameo at the beginning of this film as punk who gets slaughtered in one of the most unrealistic scenes ever. Source the film itself and the credits.
[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] References
- ^ Joe Dante's DVD audio commentary for Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
[edit] External links
- Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch at the Internet Movie Database
- Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch at Allmovie
- Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch at Rotten Tomatoes
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