![]() ![]() ![]() When it came out, The Howling II developed somewhat of a Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) reputation. Although Gary Brandner, author of the original Howling novel (which was largely abandoned by the first film anyway), does co-write the screenplay. ![]() The sequel’s connection with the first film is tenuous – the Karen White that is seen here doesn’t even have the same hair colour as Dee Wallace did and the film abandons the lampooning, tongue-in-cheek style of the original and plays itself seriously. The Howling II was the first of a series of entirely terrible sequels (see below for the other titles). Joe Dante’s The Howling (1981) became a cult classic with its tongue-in-cheek werewolf movie in-jokes and genre quotes and most of all for the amazing central werewolf transformation effects set-piece. ![]()
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