Marca del Hombre-lobo, La (1968)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

Director:

Enrique López Eguiluz

Writers:

Paul Naschy (story)
Paul Naschy (screenplay)

Release Date:

January 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

You'll Live Through A Thousand Torments of Sheer Shock!

Plot:

A man suffers from the curse of lycanthrope and seeks help from doctor and wife team. They both turn...

Plot Keywords:

3 Dimensional | Werewolf | Vampire

Cast

Paul Naschy	...	Count 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
José Nieto	...	Count von Alen
Carlos Casaravilla	...	Gypsy Judge
Ángel Menéndez
Antonio Jiménez Escribano		(as Antonio G. Escribano)
Rafael Alcántara
Juan Medina
Antonio Orengo
Ángela Rhu
Pilar Vela
Milagros Ceballos

Also Known As:

Hell's Creatures (UK) (USA) (promotional title)
Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (USA)
The Mark of the Wolfman (International: English title) (informal literal title)
The Vampire of Dr. Dracula
The Werewolf's Mark
The Wolfman of Count Dracula (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

88 min | Germany:93 min | USA:78 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1

Sound Mix:

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

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Sweden:15 | USA:GP | Canada:AA (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Maxper Producciones Cinematográficas (Maximiliano Pérez Flórez)

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Amando de Ossorio: el último templario (2001) (V)

A distant but fond memory

This film is absolutely NEVER aired on TV anymore and is nearly impossible to find on video. I remember seeing it several times as a staple on one of the numerous horror movie shows that used to air in NYC years ago (Creature Features, Thriller Theater, etc.) I would love to revisit it.

As a cheapo horror movie buff (and veteran of the "old" Times Square horror/kung fu/blacksploitation double-feature movie houses), I've since learned that like many other European horror movies of the era, the version seen here in America (Frankenstein's Bloody Terror) is a truncated version of the original Spanish print. Stripped down from 93 minutes to just 78 minutes only added confusion to plot points that were vague or contrived to begin with. I'm keen on seeing the original version, but I'm sure the shorter randomly edited version is probably a lot more fun (as is often the case -- see The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula for another example).

The only Naschy werewolf film that I've seen in video release is Fury of the Wolfman, which doesn't hold a candle to this movie in terms of pure kitschy so-bad-it's-good delight.