Joe Dante's the Howling brought werewolves into the 1980's, so naturally a sequel would be made. Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf was cheaper but still managed to turn a profit, so naturally the director of part 2 was given the job of part 3. It's...unusual I'll say that.
There has been a lot of chatter over Russian channels. Lately more and more mentions of 'werewolves' are being heard. Clearly this must a code, but for what?
Anthropologist Harry Beckmayer (Barry Otto) doesn't think this is a code. He recently found footage from 1905 showing Aborigines killing something that looks like both a man and a wolf. He tries to convince the President of the United States (Michael Pate) of the danger, but his pleas fall on deaf ears.
Back in Australia, a young woman named Jerboa (Imogen Annesley) has just arrived in the big city. She's not just a country bumpkin though, as she makes it clear she's fleeing her abusive step-father Thylo (Max Farichild) and his increasingly creepy advances. He's also a werewolf.
Donny Martin (Leigh Biolos) spots her in the park one day and chases her down. He's in love and also wants to hire her for a horror film he's working on. She gets hired, despite having no knowledge of film or even horror. To help her study (and get closer) Donny takes her to a local cinema showing It Came form Uranus. Jerboa snarks her way through it, dismissing the werewolf transformation sequences especially.
Their relationship grows, even though Jerboa refuses to remove her top during lovemaking, plus she has a long and low scar on her stomach. Donny doesn't think any of this is odd. When exposed to a strobe light at the wrap party, she starts to develop more hair than normal and longer teeth. Fleeing from the party only gets her hit by a car. While at the hospital a few notes are made. Mostly that she has stripes across her back and a pouch...and she's pregnant.
In another plot, Jerboa's sisters, disguised as nuns, show up in the city looking for their little sister. They also make a habit of killing anyone who gets in their way. Beckmayer and his colleague Professor Sharp (Ralph Cotterill) are having no luck trying to convince anyone that werewolves exist. Taking in a visiting Russian ballet performance, they are shocked when the prima ballerina Olga (Dasha Blahova) transforms into a werewolf during the show. Sharp is shocked at any rate. Beckmayer is more intrigued.
Olga is captured, but escapes the scientists. She is drawn to the small hamlet of Flow (note the spelling), where Jerboa's family lives. Thylo is looking for a new mate and Olga fits the bill, as Jerboa has just given birth to a healthy pup.
Stuff continues, romances are made and the strangest cameo of Dame Edna I've ever seen occurs. I've seen plots that are too skimpy but this dumps enough plots for three films. We learn that the US Army lead a massive werewolf hunt in the 1890's leading to the creature's decimation in the states. Why couldn't the film focus on that? We also get Beckmayer's romancing Olga, the Russian werewolf ballerina. Again, that could be an entire film by itself.
Donny comes across as either a moron or a creep in most of his appearances. When he first sees Jerboa he sprints after her like a maniac. The time line also seems confused. Does Jerboa's pregnancy last nine months or a couple of weeks? As an aside, I would highly recommend checking out Lupa's review, available here
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