On a completely different level than the first Howling -- more like another planet, to be honest. This uses the barest thread of the original to jump into a story about some strange, kinky werewolf cult led by the topless Sybil Danning in Transylvania, and Christopher Lee's attempt to destroy it. It does have a couple of scary moments, not-bad though very brief makeup effects, also some well-done locations, production design, and photography (and a heavy use of New Wave-y music on the soundtrack if you're into that); this is sabotaged by wooden acting from almost everybody involved, a REALLY idiotic script which either makes no sense or seems as though it came from a comic book, and some really strange, choppy editing that renders a few parts incoherent. Also a couple of overly disgusting moments and an end-credit recap that has to be seen to be believed. No great shakes but never boring (just stupid).