HOWLING II: STIRBA - WEREWOLF BITCH

Ben White attends the funeral of his sister, journalist Karen White, the heroine of the previous film. Following her burial in the chapel's mausoleum, Ben meets both Jenny Templeton, one of Karen's colleagues, and Stefan Crosscoe, a mysterious interloper who tells him Karen was a werewolf. Providing evidence of the transformation—and turning up to destroy Karen as her undead body rises from the grave—Crosscoe convinces Ben and Jenny to accompany him to Transylvania to battle Stirba, an immortal werewolf queen. Along the way, the trio encounters Mariana, another lusty werewolf siren, and her minion, Erle.

Arriving in the Balkans, Ben and company wander through an ethnic folk festival, unaware that Stirba is off in her nearby castle and is already plotting their downfall. Stefan introduces Ben and Jenny to several locals who are sworn to oppose Stirba due to the deaths of their various family members, all of whom were killed either by Stirba or her followers. One night, Ben and Vasile find Stirba's castle nearby but are forced to flee after being spotted, and Vasile is killed in the escape. Stirba later uses Vasile's reanimated corpse to lure Stefan into a trap, but Ben saves Stefan at the last minute. During this, Jenny is captured and taken to Stirba's castle.

Ben and Stefan, along with villagers Konstantin, Luca and Father Florin assault the castle but are ambushed by Stirba's werewolves; Konstantin and Luca are killed in the battle, and Father Florin is injured. Arriving at the castle, the three split up to locate Jenny and kill Stirba. Ben rescues Jenny, killing Mariana, and flees the castle while Stefan and Father Florin confront Stirba. Stirba's demon kills Florin, but Stefan manages to kill Stirba, who burns to death with her.

Sometime later, Ben and Jenny return to the United States and live as a couple. A trick-or-treater knocks on their door, and they are confronted by what appears to be a child in a werewolf costume. After the child enters the apartment next door, they knock on the door and are met by a Romanian man who claims he has no children and lives alone. Declining his offer to come in for a drink, Ben and Jenny return to their apartment.

Stefan and Ben assault Stirba's castle, with Ben rescuing Jenny and killing Mariana, while Stefan destroys Stirba, resulting in both their deaths. Ben and Jenny return to the United States and, after a suspicious encounter with a supposed werewolf child, are left disturbed by the possibility of lingering lycanthropy.

The ending delivers a classic supernatural showdown: the defeat of Stirba, the immortal queen, comes at the cost of Stefan’s life, reaffirming the mortal danger of such mythic evil. Ben and Jenny’s return home, paired with an ambiguous encounter involving a werewolf-costumed child and a neighbor, suggests that the threat of werewolves is never truly vanquished—lycanthropy lingers, and paranoia follows survivors beyond the borders of Transylvania.