Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (1968)
"La marca del Hombre-lobo" (original title)

A man suffers from the curse of lycanthrope and seeks help from doctor and wife team. They both turn out to be vampires and end up dueling it out with the werewolf star.

Director:

Enrique López Eguiluz

Writers:

Paul Naschy (story), Paul Naschy (screenplay)

Stars:

Paul Naschy, Dyanik Zurakowska, Manuel Manzaneque

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul Naschy	...	Waldemar Daninsky
Dyanik Zurakowska	...	Countess Janice von Aarenberg (as Dianik Zurakowska)
Manuel Manzaneque	...	Rudolph Weissmann
Aurora de Alba	...	Wandessa Mikhelov
Julián Ugarte	...	Dr. Janos Mikhelov (as Julian Ugarte)
José Nieto	...	Count Sigmund von Aarenberg (as Jose Nieto)
Carlos Casaravilla	...	Judge Aarno Weismann
Ángel Menéndez	...	Otto the Forest Keeper (as Angel Menendez)
Antonio Jiménez Escribano	...	(as Antonio G. Escribano)
Rafael Alcántara	...	(as Rafael Alcantara)
Juan Medina
Antonio Orengo	...	Otto the Butler
Ángela Rhu	...	(as Angela Rhu)
Pilar Vela
Milagros Ceballos	...	Martha

Storyline

A man suffers from the curse of lycanthrope and seeks help from doctor and wife team. They both turn out to be vampires and end up dueling it out with the werewolf star.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | werewolf | first of series | crashing through a window | crucifix | 

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Taglines:

FREE - Burial to anyone who dies of FRIGHT during the performance of this film.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

GP

Details

Country:

Spain West Germany

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

8 October 1971 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hell's Creatures

Filming Locations:

Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 26,431,972 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Maxper Producciones Cinematográficas (Maximiliano Pérez Flórez), HIFI Stereo 70 Kg

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (70 mm prints) Mono (English version)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Samuel M.Sherman was screening foreign titles for a suitable 'Frankenstein,' he actually passed on "Assignment Terror" (original title "The Man Who Came from Ummo"), Paul Naschy's sequel to "La Marca del Hombre Lobo," which was completed in 1967, two years before its followup. Ironically, the film he passed on combined Naschy's werewolf with a Dracula, Mummy, and Frankenstein monster, though under different names, and starred Michael Rennie and Karin Dor, two internationally known actors.

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Goofs

Rudolph looks into the mirror and sees no reflection from the vampire Wandessa. As she pulls him toward her to embrace him you can see both her hands in the mirror.

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Crazy Credits

Most English-language prints open with hype-up credits and voiceover boasting "Filmed in 70-millimeter and 3-D" (even in the fuzzy 8mm prints for TV) and cartoon-drawing intro claiming this to be Frankenstein movie.

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Connections

Featured in Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss (2012)

User Reviews

Shoot him with a silver bullet!

The last time I encountered Paul Naschy was in the video nasty The Werewolf and the Yeti. This is the film that started his career as Count Waldemar Daninsky. If you like good old campy horror with busty gypsies and vampires showing maximum cleavage, then this will fit the bill. Besides, wolf-man transformations are always fun to watch.

Of course, the horror is accompanied by a juicy love triangle as Count Waldemar Daninsky seems to have stolen Countess Janice von Aarenberg (Dyanik Zurakowska) from her young beau Rudolph (Manuel Manzaneque).

Count Daninsky joins a group of villagers after "wolves" when the gypsies mistakenly removed the silver cross from the wolf-man while robbing graves. He saves Rudolph's life, but is bitten in the process, thus starting the series of films where Nachy is a wolf-man.

Seeking help, they come into contact with vampires. No, there is no Frankenstein; that was added for American markets.