spencergrande6
I had so much anticipation for this film. I mean wow, the two titles of this film are "Werewolf B***h" and "Your Sister is a Werewolf." And Christopher Lee is in it!And lo, it's really not that bad. There's a lot of crazy stuff in this film. Werewolf S&M orgies, killer dwarfs, supernatural magic powers that literally cause eyes to explode, a crazy 80's Howling original song that plays nonstop and Christopher Lee reciting Bible-esque verses about iniquities while fighting a werewolf and taking her to straight to hell in a ball of flames. Oh yeah, and the end credits are set to that same original Howling song, that by now has you straddled by Stockholm Syndrome (ok and it is catchy), with a loop of the Werewolf B***h, Sybil Danning, literally ripping her leather vest off to reveal her chest in time to the music. What makes it funny, and not kind of pervy and sexist? It's immediately followed by different character reactions from throughout the movie; amazed, awed, astonished, Christopher Lee, and of course the dwarf whose eyes literally explode at the sight. I mean, that's a 10/10 for how to effectively build to a joke over the course of an hour and a half. Well done indeed.If all this sounds insanely cool, it is. But the film also lags in between those scenes. The scenes themselves can be engaging, but build- up and tensions are nonexistent. And it's not funny enough to counter. It's an absurd oddity.
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.
BA_Harrison
Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf' is an incredibly dumb title for an incredibly dumb sequel.The film opens at the funeral of Karen White, the TV reporter who was shot dead after turning into a dodgy looking werewolf at the end of the original The Howling. As the mourners leave, occult investigator Stefan Crosscoe (Christopher Lee) approaches Karen's brother Ben (Reb Brown) and reporter Jenny Templeton (Annie McEnroe) claiming that Karen cannot rest in peace because she is a werewolf.They initially dismiss him as a wacko, but a later horrifying turn of events at the cemetery leaves them in no doubt about the validity of his claims. Equipped with titanium stakes, silver bullets, holy wax earplugs, holy water, and the holy grail, the trio head for Transylvania where the big breasted leader of the werewolves, Stirba (Sybil Danning), is about to celebrate her 10th millennium in the company of her hairy pals.Incredibly camp and unbelievably silly, Howling II is an absolutely awful piece of cheezy 80s horror, one that has to be seen to be believed. Among the incredible crud on offer: Christopher Lee sporting 'cool' 80s sunglasses in a nightclub; Jimmy 'Spender' Nail as a new wave punk; crap punk band Babel, who only seem to know the one (bloody awful) song; Lee spouting random occult gobbledegook; a dwarf whose eyes explode; more Transylvanian peasant revelry than you can shake a stick at (the locals never seem to stop dancing!); a hilarious werewolf threesome; the return of the eyeless dwarf as a masked killer; Stirba launching a bat at a priest, the flappy critter seemingly taking up residence in the dead man's mouth.Some crude gore helps make matters a little more bearable, but the film's undeniable high point is Danning baring her impressive chest; director Philippe Mora was so happy with this shot that he repeats it numerous times during the film's closing credits (accompanied by Babel singing their one song yet again!).
Jamie Spraggon
I don't know if the IMDb site administrators will count this a s a spoiler but I will list it just in case Howling 2 was a film about a man who's sister was Karen White who was played by Dee Wallace in the first movie. He is told about her being a werewolf and goes and helps a man wipe the rest of the werewolf species out across America and Europe.This was another bad film in the Howling series just like the first before it, I don't know how they persuaded Christopher Lee to be in this movie as you usually expect better things what he stars in a film. I was not to keen on the plot and the body in the coffin at Karen's funeral right at the beginning didn't even look like her one bit.**/***** Poor