Following swiftly on from the events of The Howling, we begin with the funeral of Karen White, transformed into a werewolf and killed at the climax of the original film. In the midst of his grief Karen’s brother Ben (Reb Brown, Big Wednesday, Alice in Wonderland) is approached by Stefan Crosscoe (Christopher Lee, The Wicker Man, The Lord of The Rings), an occult investigator who reveals the truth about what happened to Karen. Stefan convinces Ben, along with Karen’s reporter friend Jenny (Annie McEnroe, Wall Street, Beetlejuice), to travel to Transylvania to help him stop Stirba, Queen of the Werewolves (cult B movie queen Sybil Danning) from rising again. When they reach ‘the black country’ the discover the village they stay in is almost entirely populated by werewolves with only a small group of humans, also sworn to defeating the monsters. However Stirba is expecting their arrival, and she and her nemesis Stefan have more than mutual hatred linking them together. Containing all the hallmarks that made its predecessor a beloved camp horror classic, and with a cracking 80s synth rock soundtrack, Howling II is too good to miss.
