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Howling II (1985)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1985
Running Times: 91 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Cinema 86 / Euro Film Fund / Granite / Thorn
EMI Screen Entertainment
Executive Producer: Grahame Jennings
Producer: Steven A. Lane
Associate Producer: John Alan Simon
Copyright Owners: Cinema '84 (A. Frederick Greenberg, Richard M. Greenberg,
Edwin A. Locke Jr)
SCRIPT
Script: Gary Brandner, Robert Sarno
DIRECTION
Director: Philippe Mora
1st Assistant Director: Toni Cech
2nd Assistant Director: Milos Kohout
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Geoffrey Stephenson
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Charles Bornstein
1st Assistant Editor: Wilt Henderson
MUSIC
Music: Stephen Parsons
Additional Music: Robert Randles
Stock Music: Ernest Tomlinson
SOUND
Sound Mixer: John Midgley SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Steve Johnson, Scott Wheeler
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Jack Bricker DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Karel Vacek
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Associate: Steven North
Publicist: S.C. Dacy
LOCATIONS
Locations: Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic; Prague, Czech Republic CAST
Christopher Lee
(Stefan Crosscoe)
Annie McEnroe (Jenny)
Reb Brown (Ben (White))
Marsha A. Hunt (Mariana)
Sybil Danning (Stirba)
Judd Omen (Vlad)
Ferdy Mayne (Erle)
Patrick Field (Deacon)
Jimmy Nail (Dorn)
Steven Bronowski (Moon Devil)
James M. Crawford (American priest)
Jirí Krytinár (Vasile)
Ladislav Krecmer (Father Florin)
Jan Kraus (Tondo)
Peter Stark (Konstanun)
Igor Smrzík (Luca)
Ivo Niederle (Grigore)
Ed Kleynen (Fred Francis)
Stephen Parsons, Chris Pye, Simon Etchell (Babel)
Myro Sustr (neighbour)
Anna Maria Kolarova (Halloween child)
Jitka Asterová (girl in punk club)
Hana Ludvikova (Karen Marie White)
Shirley Hanson (mother)
Ludmila Safárová (Florica)
Valérie Kaplanová (old Stirba)
Miriam Lugerova (young girl)
John Brown (priest)
Alex Kleynen, Jill Sinclair, Ismael Cruz, Terry Coppersmith, Ron Leonard,
Courtney Leonard, Paul Leonard, Michelle Leonard, John Leonard, Carolyn
Doyle, Joyce Walker, Srance Leclerc (mourners)
Jared Seide (Chuck - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
It's hard to believe that this ridiculous, campy nonsense was a sequel
to the far more original and witty The Howling (1981).
The effects - usually the one thing that can save trash like this -
are dire, the soundtrack is painful and the plot just about non-existent.
Not even Christopher Lee can do much to save this mess.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Ben, the brother of one of the werewolf victims from The Howling,
learns that the world is full of werewolves who are now organised
and planning to wrest control of the world from Man. Reluctantly,
he teams up with veteran werewolf hunter Stefan on a mission to Transylvania
to track down Stirba, Queen of the Werewolves.
AVAILABILITY
Australia
Theatrical Distributor: Thorn EMI Video Australia
Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Norstar Releasing
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Video Collection International Ltd
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Cinema '84/Greenberg Brothers Partnership
(1985); Hemdale Film Corporation (1986)
Video Distributors: HBO Home Video; Republic Pictures Home Video
Laserdisc Distributors: Image Entertainment Inc; Republic Pictures
Corporation
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: R
France
Rating: -12
Norway
Rating: 18
Sweden
Rating: banned
UK
Rating: 18
USA
Rating: R
West Germany
Rating: 18
TIMELINE
1985
August
28: France – theatrical release
1986
April
Day Unknown: USA – theatrical release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Aullidos 2 - Spanish title
Howling II - L'ululato - Italian title
Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf – early
title
Hurlements II - French title
Stirba the Werewolf Bitch – UK title
Das Tier II - West German title
LINKS
SEQUEL TO
The Howling (1981)
SEQUELS
Howling III (1987)
Howling IV: The
Original Nightmare (1988)
Howling V: The Rebirth
(1989)
Howling VI: The Freaks
(1991)
Howling: New Moon Rising
(1995)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Future Shock (1993)
SEE ALSO
Unleashing the Beast: Making The Howling (2003) KEYWORDS
bestiality, curses, exploding heads, funerals, monsters, sequels, the
supernatural, werewolves, wolves
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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