Werewolf Movies

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 he co-wrote the screenplay, the film “Howling II” is largely unrelated to Gary Brandner’s “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 it’s werewolf mythology.

It was marketed with the tagline “The rocking, shocking new wave of horror!”

Ben White attends the funeral of his sister, journalist Karen White. Presumably the funeral of Karen’s husband Bill Neil (who also became a werewolf and died in the first movie) has already taken 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.