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 Howling II (DVD)
Newest Review: ... music, by way of an infectious new romantic song played repeatedly throughout the film, and focus on outlandish current ... more  ... fashions was a response to that. The confusion sets in again with the presence of Christopher Lee and cult like goings on in the medieval buildings of Transylvania. It adds a throwback Hammer Horror feel that is poorly thrown together with the modern elements.
One major criticism would be regarding the editing, and the decision to keep cutting back to the same footage of a concert where a band play the film's catchy title song. Originally it's part of an early scene where a group of punks is attacked by werewolves in an o...more |
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Howling II (DVD): Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (920 words)
by The Polar One - written on 20.03.08 (Very useful, 85 readings)
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79. Howling 2: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1984) [film only review] Picking up directly after The Howling (1981) we see the funeral of Karen White, who was shot down after turning into a werewolf. Christopher Lee appears on the scene to inform Karen's brother, Ben, and his girlfriend, Jenny, that because the silver bullets in Karen were removed at the autopsy, he must ritually kill her again before she rises from the dead as a werewolf. After Ben briefly goes on a gun totting frenzy out for Lee's blood, they are quickly convinced and team up with him. Then head out to Transylvania to kick werewolf butt. Namely - Stirba the immortal queen of all werewolves ...
BOO (1381 words)
by Wolfzilla - written on 05.04.07 (Very useful, 202 readings)
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When Joe Dante made The Howling in 1981, it may have been overshadowed by John Landis’ An American Werewolf In London, but it done enough business to be a success, and gained enough of a following that a sequel to it was deemed marketable. It wasn’t until 1985 that the sequel finally saw release, by which time Dante was working on Explorers, not that he would have been invited to the party anyway, despite his wonderful work with the first movie. You see, Gary Brandner, author of the novel on which the movie was based, was apparently very unhappy with Dante’s ‘disrespectful’ treatment of the subject matter. The sequel is also apparently based on Brandner’s work, however ...
Howling II (DVD): Beastly (361 words)
by Beggar James - written on 18.04.01 (Very useful, 45 readings)
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I'm sure that technically, this should be a good film, its got all the right ingredients. Unfortunately, its not. In fact, its really quite dire, which is a shame, considering how good the original 'Howling' was. This wretched sequel takes off right after the end of the original film. The brother of Dee Wallace's newscaster in the original film decides to investigate her death, which leads him to hook up with werewolf hunter Christopher Lee, who surely must regret starring in this mess. The main werewolf this time around is a sexy shewolf, played by Sybil Danning, who goes through a variety of revealling and bizarre custome changes ...
