DarthVoorhees It is of no debate that 'Howling II' is universally considered a bad movie. It is really bad but the question has been is this a diamond in the rough of eighties cheese that connoisseurs of corn can revel in? The answer is a no sadly. 'Howling II' does not meet the criteria for a good bad film because it has trouble filling it's ninety minute runtime. The movie is essentially the late great Christopher Lee spouting apocalyptic warnings in between cuts of werewolf S&M sex that is basically pornography. That it is such a boring movie is kind of beyond me...My draw to the film was Christopher Lee, the late horror legend. The loss of his great talent pains me but he left a magnificent legacy of wonderful performances in classic horror films. 'Howling II' is his turd. I used to believe that Lee and his frequent partner Cushing could do no wrong in this type of role even if the film was bad. The problem is that 'Howling II's complete ineptness brings Lee down. Largely it is the fault of the inane dialogue which Lee himself cannot save although by God he tries his hardest. The problem being that Lee emanates intelligence and depth in his on screen persona and when this dialogue is so slap together with no concern to theme or character, well it makes Lee look stupid. This is so unfortunate. Seeing as how Lee is wasted there was really no chance of this film working as everything else is pretty pathetic. The campiness of Sybill Danning as Stirba wears off quickly. I mean the werewolf orgies are funny at first but it ends up being the only thing the werewolves do in the film. One thinks that instead of the S&M costumes they should have spent a little more of the budget on perfecting the werewolves which look like second rate Chewbaccas. The cardinal sin of 'Howling II' is it's padding. It doesn't know how to fill a feature and thus a criminal amount of padding is added to the script to increase it's run time. The same theme song is repeated at least five times. We get harrowing scenes of our heroes looking for their hotel or pondering about whether a dwarf is watching them. In my opinion a bad movie cannot be a good bad movie if it doesn't have a sense of purpose or a brisk pace. 'Howling II' drags and it drags bad. It would be fine if we spent more time with Lee but with the shaved gorilla Reb Brown the whole thing becomes a chore.The excessive scenes are entertaining for a little bit but it isn't worth sitting through the whole thing. One gets the whole effect of the 'Howling II' in a short Youtube compilation clip and sometimes that is the best way to experience a bad movie. I wouldn't watch it again except in a Rifftrax scenario or if I were to pelt it with insults with a friend.

atinder The Howling 2 1985This is my first watch of the sequel The one think I can say about this movie is that, it was not boring at all and it did not take to long to get startedI was a bit annoyed from first werewolf scenes as when doing people turn to werewolf in day? Full moon plot was ignoredAs rest of the movie people were turning in werewolf in day light throughout , Which really bugged me.What the hell was the whole supernatural finger magic near the end , that just felt so out of place.The make up effects were not good at all and transformation scenes were really badly editedOne thing I actually liked was the song that played most of the movie , I had it stuck in my head the all day.I felt the acting was just mediocre 3/10

trashgang Howling II picks in at the ending of The Howling (1981) and has Christopher Lee on board. We follow Ben White (Reb Brown) the brother of Karen White (who died in the first Howling) who wants to know what happened with his sister and decide to follow Stefan Crosscoe (Christopher Lee) to Transilvania to hunt down a gang of werewolves. This all looks promising but I can tell you that it isn't what it should be.The reason for this turkey is the fact that The Howling 2 should have been a comedy but once shot the producers decided to at scary elements to it. That explains the bad editing and the fact that inserts of the werewolves looked ridiculous. But not only that, the acting wasn't convincing too and it's clearly to see that Lee saw that he was in a turkey, he just says his words without any emotions. Not only that, some werewolves really looked laughable and people just howling didn't add towards the scariness or horror element. Some parts were shot in the UK so they added a Gothic/Punk club, but even that was a mistake. On the walls you can see Specimen (gothband) and G.B.H. (punk) amongst others but also Batcave. Batcave was a goth club in Soho London. Not only the movie looks like it didn't fit well, the end credits are the only thing really worth watching because it's a compilation of alternate takes and deleted takes combined with Sybil Danning ripping of her shirt 18 times to show her buxom juggs. Be advised, The Howling franchise is the worst entry you will ever see up to 2012. Gore 0/5 Nudity 2/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

happyendingrocks This dull and toothless example of how far sequels can stray from the greatness of their predecessor is so utterly stupid and incomprehensible that it doesn't even deserve its reference to Joe Dante's masterful gem in the title. The ludicrously lame sub-moniker should give you an idea of the level of intelligence you'll be dealing with if you decide to slog your way through this wretched mess, since the same minds who created this film also thought "Your Sister Is A Werewolf" was a good movie title. Amazingly enough, this isn't the worst name they came up with; their original idea was "Stirba- Werewolf Bitch." Kind of sort of picking up where things left off, the action here begins at the funeral of Karen White (you won't recognize her because she's played by a stand-in; Dee Wallace wisely opted not to sully her good name by appearing in this), where we learn that she's not actually dead. Your Sister attempts to assert its originality by revising the guidelines of the lycanthropy mythology, and we're informed here that since the silver bullets were taken out of Karen's body during her autopsy, her werewolf super powers kicked in again and brought her back to life (conveniently, this doesn't happen until her coffin lid is closed after the memorial service, so there seems to be a few days of lag time on this go-go-resurrection). So, if we really think about this logically, that would mean that not only does every werewolf whose human body undergoes postmortem examination come back to life, but those who somehow get put into the ground without an autopsy or embalming taking place will have their skeletons rise from their graves after decomposition naturally removes the silver artifact that killed them from their flesh.But, wait... That's not the most fascinating addition the concussed film-makers cooked up for this feast of foolishness. You see, according to Howling II, the REAL way to kill a werewolf is to, of course, drive a stake through its heart (?!), and this is the method of dispatch which defeats several of the creatures we meet in this film. It gets better. The monstress queen's lair, where our heroes must travel to in order to rid the world of the lycan curse once and for all, is located in the place everyone immediately associates with werewolves: Transylvania (??!!). Once the team of would-be werewolf slayers arrives and our female protagonist makes sure to point out that she brought cloves of garlic with her to protect them from the creatures, we have no choice but to wonder if director Philippe Mora even knew what movie he was making a sequel to.Oh, and by the way, werewolves apparently also have the ability to suck the souls out of human victims to rejuvenate themselves. And shoot lazers out of their fingers that make people's eyes burst out of their heads. And, yes, I'm completely serious.The creature FX range from serviceable to atrocious, and most of the monsters we see spend the film in a perpetual state of half-transformation, which is represented by clunky prosthetics that make them look more like puffy-faced apes than lupine shape-shifters; this impression is strengthened by the appearance of several of the fully formed beasts, whose bulbous, over-sized dimensions make it readily apparent that they're running around in modified gorilla costumes. This outing ramps up the gore and eroticism to make up for its sheer baffling inanity, so there is a lot more splatter and nudity on hand here than in the original Howling. If that sounds like an endorsement, go ahead and run with that, because it's the only thing close to one you'll find in this write-up.The inclusion of the great Christopher Lee should be a point of interest, but his scenes are actually heart-breaking to watch. Ever the gentleman, Lee demonstrates grace and professionalism throughout this farce, but it's patently obvious by his demeanor and general lack of enthusiasm how mortified he is to be tackling such insipid material.Miami Vice was the hottest show in the world when this was made, and, oddly, Howling II directly models entire sequences after that '80s staple. Any scene which features a car driving at night is shot and edited in a blatantly similar style, and the pulsing synth-rock soundtrack blaring in the foreground cements this homage. Unfortunately, the producers only sprang for one band to appear on the soundtrack and apparently only paid them for three songs; one of them is actually about werewolves, and you will have the dubious pleasure of hearing it over and over and over and over and over and over again throughout the film.If you find yourself wondering why Sybil Danning was afforded such prominent placement in this movie despite the fact that, as evidenced by her performance, she has trouble even forming a four-word sentence like "Go get the girl," you'll get two reasons during her "check THESE out" scene, in which she tears her top off and exposes her breasts. The vital importance the film-makers place on this epochal shot is emphasized during the closing credits, where Danning's reveal is repeated precisely 17 more times (I counted).The two stars in my score are solely for Christopher Lee's presence and the film's ample allotment of diversionary bloodshed (okay, we'll throw Danning's boobs in there too). Everything else in Howling II from the stilted introduction to the hokey climax is simply abominable. I love bad movies as much as anyone, but this is just plain unbearable.