Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)

Note Générale:

2,5/10   

Réalisateur:

Philippe Mora

Scénaristes:

Gary Brandner (novel)
Robert Sarno (screenplay) ...

Date de sortie:

janvier 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Horreur

Accroche:

Twice the terror! Twice the torment!

Intrigue:

A young girl whose sister was murdered by werewolves helps an investigator track down a gang of the beasts through the U.S. and Europe.

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | Female Nudity | Blood | Sequel | Bestiality

Avis des utilisateurs:

"Your sister is a werewolf."

Ensemble

Christopher Lee	...	Stefan Crosscoe
Annie McEnroe	...	Jenny Templeton
Reb Brown	...	Ben White
Marsha A. Hunt	...	Mariana
Sybil Danning	...	Stirba
Judd Omen	...	Vlad
Ferdy Mayne	...	Erle (as Ferdinand Mayne)
Patrick Field	...	Deacon
Jimmy Nail	...	Dom
Steven Bronowski	...	Moon Devil
James Crawford	...	American Priest (as James M. Crawford)
Jirí Krytinár	...	Vasile (as Jiri Krytinar)
Ladislav Krecmer	...	Father Florin
Jan Kraus	...	Tondo
Petr Skarke	...	Konstantin

Autre(s) titre(s):

Howling II (Philippines: English title)
Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (USA)
Howling II: It's Not Over Yet (USA) (poster title)
The Howling II: Bark at the Moon (USA) (working title)
The Howling II: She-Wolf (USA) (working title)

Durée:

91 min

Pays:

UK | USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Finland:(Banned) (1986) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Australia:R | France:-12 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #27714) | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restreint

Lieux de tournage:

Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

Société:

Hemdale Film

Anecdotes:

Christopher Lee stated in an interview at the time of the film's US release, that his reason for accepting the part was because he had never before appeared in a werewolf movie.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Stefan Crosscoe: For it is written: the inhabitants of the Earth have been made drunk with her blood. And I saw her sent upon a hairy beast and she held forth a golden chalice full of the filthiness of fornications. And upon her forehead was written: "Behold I am the great mother of harlots and all abominations of the Earth."

Connexions:

figure dans Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

"Your sister is a werewolf."

I watched two Christopher Lee movies this weekend, Horror Hotel (Lee at his best) and Howling II (Lee at his worst). This is definitely the low point of the man's career. You can tell he did not want to be here and I feel so sorry for him. The "film" is pretty bad...but it's funny at the same time. I almost peed in my pants when Reb Brown (Captain America himself) ran into the room and screamed "BOO!!" The man is a comic genius and it's laugh out loud funny. Equally funny are the exploding dwarf, the drunken werewolf orgy, and the use of the eighties swipe (that device used to cut from scene to scene). We get some of the corniest swipes ever; a fan, diamond, swirl, and just the classic swipe are all used. Perhaps the funniest thing comes in the credits. The scene where Sybil Danning strips her clothes off is shown 10, count em, 10 times again over the credits. This does not compensate for the crappiness of the movie though. The most unbearable quality about the flick is the lighting. You can't see anything. If there is any werewolf action going on here, you can't see it! It's so dark and sometimes very painful to watch. Howling II is worth watching only if you're a Reb Brown fan or if you want to see Christopher Lee wearing some ridiculously cool eighties sunglasses, or maybe to see some Frankie Goes To Hollywood-lookin' band sing a song about "the pale, pale light of the moonglow."