Movie reviews: Howling II
Formerly known as Howling II: Stirba Werewolf Bitch in Britain and Your Sister Is A Werewolf in the States. No, really.
When Ben, the brother of the main character of the first movie, is told that his sister is a werewolf, he is skeptical. After much convincing from a werewolf hunter named Stefan (Christopher Lee), he decides to team up with him and kill Stirba, Queen of the Werewolves (Or Stirba: Werewolf Bitch, whichever).
Why do I keep doing this to myself and insist on watching shitty movies. I should have known better than to even think about watching the Howling sequels. This whole movie just looks cheap. They don't even bother to use the original actress for a flashback to the end of the first movie.
Somebody obviously didn't do their research when making this movie. A stake through the heart? Garlic? Transylvania? Holy water? Feeding on the life of others? That's fucking vampires, dammit! It seems like this movie was originally a vampire movie, but the original movie was so successful that the filmmakers just stuck the name on it and didn't even change any of the details. Argh!
There's a story that during the making of Gremlins 2, Christopher Lee apologized to Joe Dante (the director of the original) for appearing in this massive turd. Apparently the only reason he chose to appear in this pile of shit was because he'd never appeared in a werewolf movie. Christopher Lee was the only redeeming feature of this movie. Everything else was just terrible. Bad acting, woeful werewolf effects, shoddy editing, everything!
There's only two reasons why Sybil Danning was cast as Stirba (Werewolf Bitch) and they're repeatedly shown during the end credits. You don't care by that time, you're just happy that the thing's finished. Avoid.
Next time: Things don't look too good for Howling III, do they?
When Ben, the brother of the main character of the first movie, is told that his sister is a werewolf, he is skeptical. After much convincing from a werewolf hunter named Stefan (Christopher Lee), he decides to team up with him and kill Stirba, Queen of the Werewolves (Or Stirba: Werewolf Bitch, whichever).
Why do I keep doing this to myself and insist on watching shitty movies. I should have known better than to even think about watching the Howling sequels. This whole movie just looks cheap. They don't even bother to use the original actress for a flashback to the end of the first movie.
Somebody obviously didn't do their research when making this movie. A stake through the heart? Garlic? Transylvania? Holy water? Feeding on the life of others? That's fucking vampires, dammit! It seems like this movie was originally a vampire movie, but the original movie was so successful that the filmmakers just stuck the name on it and didn't even change any of the details. Argh!
There's a story that during the making of Gremlins 2, Christopher Lee apologized to Joe Dante (the director of the original) for appearing in this massive turd. Apparently the only reason he chose to appear in this pile of shit was because he'd never appeared in a werewolf movie. Christopher Lee was the only redeeming feature of this movie. Everything else was just terrible. Bad acting, woeful werewolf effects, shoddy editing, everything!
There's only two reasons why Sybil Danning was cast as Stirba (Werewolf Bitch) and they're repeatedly shown during the end credits. You don't care by that time, you're just happy that the thing's finished. Avoid.
Next time: Things don't look too good for Howling III, do they?