Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985) Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (original title)

Director:

Philippe Mora

Writers:

Gary Brandner (novel)
Robert Sarno (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

January 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Twice the terror! Twice the torment!

Plot:

A young man 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 | Transylvania | Queen | Eyeball | Severed Hand

Cast

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
Igor Smrzík	...	Luca
Ivo Niederle	...	Grigore
Ed Kleynen	...	Fred Francis
Stephen W. Parsons	...	Punk Group Babel: Lead Singer (as Stephen Parsons)
Chris Pye	...	Punk Group Babel: Guitar
Simon Etchell	...	Punk Group Babel: Keyboard
Steve Young	...	Punk Group Babel: Drums
Miro Sustr	...	Neighbor
Anna Maria Kolarova	...	Halloween Child
Jitka Asterová	...	Girl in Punk Club (as Jitka Asterova)
Hana Ludvikova	...	Karen Marie White
Shirley Hanson	...	Mother
Ludmila Safárová	...	Florica (as Ludmila Safarova)
Valérie Kaplanová	...	Old Stirba (as Valerie Kaplanova)
Miriam Lugerova	...	Young Girl
John Brown	...	Priest
Alex Kleynen	...	Mourner
Jill Sinclair	...	Mourner
Ismael Cruz	...	Mourner
Terry Coppersmith	...	Mourner
Ron Leonard	...	Mourner
Courtney Leonard	...	Mourner
Paul Leonard	...	Mourner
Michelle Leonard	...	Mourner
John Leonard	...	Mourner
Carolyn Doyle	...	Mourner
Joyce Walker	...	Mourner
Srance Leclerc	...	Mourner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jared Seide	...	Chuck (uncredited)

Directed by
Philippe Mora

Writing credits
Gary Brandner		(novel "Howling II: The Return")
Robert Sarno		(screenplay) and
Gary Brandner		(screenplay)

Produced by
David Blake	....	associate producer
Grahame Jennings	....	executive producer
Steven A. Lane	....	producer (as Steven Lane)
Avrumie Schnitzer	....	associate producer
John Alan Simon	....	associate producer (as John Simon)
William F. Ward	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Stephen W. Parsons		(as Steve Parsons)

Cinematography by
Geoffrey Stephenson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Charles Bornstein

Production Design by
Karel Vacek

Set Decoration by
Milos Preclik

Makeup Department
Dale Brady	....	special effects makeup technician
Jack Bricker	....	special makeup effects
Ellis Burman Jr.	....	special makeup effects: Cosmekinetics (as Ellis Burman)
Rob Burman	....	special effects makeup technician (as Robert Burman)
Jean Clement	....	special makeup effects technician
Jirí Farkas	....	hairdresser (as Jiri Farkas)
Jirí Farkas	....	makeup artist (as Jiri Farkas)
Nazhat Hester	....	special makeup effects technician
Steve Johnson	....	special makeup effects technician
James Kagel	....	special makeup effects technician
Tomás Kuchta	....	hairdresser (as Tomas Kuchta)
Tomás Kuchta	....	makeup artist (as Tomas Kuchta)
Ron Macinnes	....	special effects makeup technician (as Ron MacInnes)
Sarka Simunková	....	hairdresser (as Sarka Simonkova)
Sarka Simunková	....	makeup artist (as Sarka Simonkova)
Scott Wheeler	....	special makeup effects technician
William Whitton	....	special effects makeup technician
Bob Williams	....	special makeup effects: Cosmekinetics

Production Management
James Crawford	....	executive in charge of production (as James M. Crawford)
Ron Fury	....	unit production manager
Graham Henderson	....	post-production supervisor
Karel Skop	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ana Cardosa	....	additional assistant director
Tony Cech	....	first assistant director (as Toni Cech)
Ron Fury	....	first assistant director: US
Milos Kohout	....	second assistant director
Mark Lyon	....	second assistant director: US (as Mark R. Lyon)

Art Department
Marty Capune	....	art department
Ria Lewerke	....	art department
Petr Prusa	....	prop man
Jaroslava Vesela	....	art department
Jana Vlckova	....	art department

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Gregg Barbanell	....	supervising sound editor
Anna Boorstin	....	sound effects editor
Dane A. Davis	....	foley editor (as Dane Davis)
Arnold Finkelstein	....	assistant sound editor
Charles Grenzbach	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Charles 'Bud' Grenzbach)
Greg Jacobs	....	dialogue editor
Blake Leyh	....	sound effects editor
John Midgley	....	sound mixer
Richard D. Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Richard Rogers)
David Sutton	....	boom operator
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist
Adolf Verner	....	sound assistant
John Wilkinson	....	sound re-recording mixer (as John 'Doc' Wilkinson)

Special Effects by
Jack Bricker	....	special effects

Stunts
Pavel Cajzl	....	stunt double: Christopher Lee
Chris Edmonds	....	stunts
Dorothy Ford	....	stunts
Eddie Powell	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Amerian	....	gaffer (as Robert Amerian)
Roddy Barron	....	camera operator
Jim Beeby	....	gaffer
Vladimir Bursik	....	grip
Roman Freiberg	....	grip
Robert L. Guthrie	....	camera operator (as Bob Guthrie)
Emil Hora	....	additional assistant camera
John Ignatius	....	focus puller
Milan Jirsa	....	electrician
Václav Kovarík	....	best boy (as Vaclav Kovarik)
Jirí Krejcík Jr.	....	camera operator (as Jiri Krejcik)
Michal Krob	....	camera operator
Zdenek Mihle	....	additional assistant camera
Michael Nakamura	....	additional assistant camera (as Mike Nakamura)
Jiri Pechar	....	camera operator
Josef Psohlavec	....	additional assistant camera
Frantisek Remes	....	gaffer
Milos Schmiedberger	....	still photographer (as Milos Schmeidberger)
Ivan Simunek	....	additional assistant camera (as Ivan Simonek)
Jaroslav Ungr	....	additional assistant camera
Robert Wilcox	....	generator operator (as Bob Wilcox)

Casting Department
Jane Arnell	....	casting assistant
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Rebecca Howard	....	casting: UK
Lucien Jervis	....	casting assistant
Stanzi Stokes	....	casting: US
Miroslav Vostiar	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marty Capune	....	costume department
Ria Lewerke	....	costume department
Peter Mitchell	....	costume designer: Sybil Danning
Iveta Trmalova	....	set costumer
Jaroslava Vesela	....	costume department
Jana Vlckova	....	costume department (as Jana Vlckova)
Sárka Váchová	....	costume department (as Sarka Vachova)

Editorial Department
Wilt Henderson	....	first assistant film editor (as Wilton S. Henderson)
Ellen Murphy	....	negative cutter
Gabriela Pitrakova	....	assistant film editor
Rebekah Rudd	....	assistant film editor
Michael Ruscio	....	apprentice film editor (as Michael A. Ruscio)
Jupiter Sen	....	assistant film editor
Morris Sparks	....	color timer

Music Department
Bruce Gray	....	music engineer
Robert Randles	....	composer: additional music
Robert Randles	....	music supervisor
Emilie Robertson	....	music editor
Denis Weinreich	....	music engineer
Steve Etchell	....	music arranger (uncredited)
Stephen W. Parsons	....	music arranger (uncredited)
Chris Pyle	....	music arranger (uncredited)
Ernest Tomlinson	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Jiri Bauer	....	unit driver
Petr Slavetinsky	....	unit driver
Vladimir Vesely	....	unit driver

Other crew
Jo Barnett	....	production accountant: US
Stacy Bell	....	production coordinator
Michael Bennett	....	additional production executive: US
Jana Bicanová	....	production assistant (as Jana Bicanova)
Miriam Chaplin	....	production assistant
Neil Chaplin	....	production accountant
S.C. Dacy	....	publicist
Pavla Hainzova	....	interpreter
Robert Jellen	....	insurance: Albert G. Ruben & Co. (as Bob Jellen)
Annamaria Kolarova	....	interpreter (as Anna Maria Kolarova)
Steven North	....	production associate: Czechoslovakia
Toni Obee	....	production assistant: US
Tomas Opocensky	....	interpreter
Robert Pringle	....	production associate
Magda Rolinkova	....	interpreter
Caroline Sax	....	script supervisor
Donna Smith	....	additional production executive: US
Olga Takács	....	production assistant: US (as Olga Takacs)
Tatiana Uresova	....	interpreter

Thanks
Maria At Jezere	....	additional thanks
Eunice Caplan	....	additional thanks
Jane Cussins	....	additional thanks
Milo Halik	....	additional thanks
Rudolf Prokes	....	additional thanks
Wencelas Sydhamul	....	additional thanks

Production Companies

• Hemdale Film (as Hemdale) (as Hemdale Film Corporation also) (presents)

Distributors

• Hemdale Film (1986) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cinema '84/Greenberg Brothers Partnership (1986) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cidif (198?) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Norstar Releasing (198?) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Thorn EMI (198?) (UK) (theatrical)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (19??) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Republic Pictures Home Video (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• Thorn EMI Video Australia (19??) (Australia) (VHS)
• Video Collection International (19??) (UK) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Cosmekinetics Inc. (special makeup effects)

Other Companies

• Mag City  sound effects editing (as Mag City Sound Labs Inc.)
• Ryder Sound Services  sound re-recording (as Ryder Sound Services, Inc.)
• Tambarle Pty. Ltd.  production financing
• Kay Laboratories  dailies processing (as Kay Laboratories/London)
• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  titles and opticals (as CFI)
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  music recording studio (as Videosonics/London)
• Albert G. Ruben and Company  insurance (as Albert G. Ruben & Co., Inc.)
• Film Finance  completion guarantor (as Film Finances, Ltd.)
• Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)  acknowledgement
• Filmtrax  original soundtrack available on (as Filmtrax Records)
• Filmové studio Barrandov  filmed at (as Filmove Studio Barrandov, Prague, Czechoslovakia)
• Ceskoslovenský Filmexport  special thanks: for supplying services, facilities, and personnel in Czechoslovakia (as Ceskoslovensky Filmexport)

Also Known As:

"Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch" - UK (original title)
"Howling II" - Philippines (English title)
"Howling II: It's Not Over Yet" - USA (poster title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1986) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Australia:MA (Cable TV rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:R | France:-12 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #27714) | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Hemdale Film

Trivia:

When Christopher Lee was cast in Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), one of the first things he did was apologize to director Joe Dante (who directed The Howling (1981)) for being in this film.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Transylvania is in Romania, not Czechoslovakia.

Quotes:

[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."

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Obscurus Lupa Presents: Howling III (#2.39)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Howling

Christopher Lee's Skeleton in a Very Distinguished Closet

Lee hosted the 100 Years of Horror for Ted Newsom and was talking about filmic werewolves. He said something to the effect that his only brush with lycanthropy was The Howling II, then he quipped, "The less said about that the better." Indeed he was right as this film may very well be the worst in his entire catalog of screen performances. The first Howling by Joe Dante was a groundbreaking werewolf film with its incredible special effects and its campy sense of style and subject matter. It was a film to be taken seriously. Like other good original films, filmmakers for some strange reason thought that even more campy sequels were needed rather than what worked the first time(See CHUD then CHUD II to illustrate this point). This film is miles and miles away from the first on every front. There is absolutely nothing scary about it. It looks cheap and is pitch black through most of the major scenes. Lee is the only actor in the film worth mentioning(okay, I'll cede Ferdy Mayne too). Lee looks embarrassed as he says inane dialog and does ridiculous things(check out that ending with him and Stirba). Lee looks incredibly tired and knows what dreck this is which is a tad more insightful than the two leads who leave America to go to Romania. The story isn't really worth examining here, and you can bet there is very little story worth mentioning when you have to have Stephen Parsons and his band Babel play through much of the film in the beginning and the ending with that dreadful noise. Sybil Danning is here and, yes, she disrobes once and then we get that scene showed again and again and again - one reviewer said 17 times(I counted ten - but might have been so bored out of my mind by that point). I gave the film three stars, but it really deserves a zero - the three I gave it are 1 for Lee and two for Ms. Danning's contributions. Yuck!