La furia del Hombre Lobo (1972)

A man has had a werewolf curse cast upon him. If he doesn't get rid of it, he turns into a killer werewolf when the moon is full.

Director:

José María Zabalza

Writer:

Paul Naschy (story)

Stars:

Paul Naschy, Perla Cristal, Verónica Luján

Cast

Cast overview:
Paul Naschy	...	Walter Daninsky / Wolfman
Perla Cristal	...	Dr. Ilona Alman / Eva Wolfstein
Verónica Luján	...	Karen (as Veronica Lujan)
Miguel de la Riva	...	Det. Heinrich Miller (as Michael Rivers)
Mark Stevens	...	Bill Williams
Pilar Zorrilla	...	Erika Daninsky (as Diana)
José Marco	...	Merrill (as Jose Marco)
Francisco Amorós	...	Fredrick (as Francisco Almoros)
Javier de Rivera	...	Helmut Wolfstein (as Javier Rivera)
Ramón Lillo	...	Detective (as Ramon Lillo)
Fabián Conde	...	Nevell Yates (as Fabian Conde)

Storyline

Waldimar Daninsky, a lone survivor of a Tibetian expedition, returns home to find his wife has been unfaithful to him. Carrying the curse of the pentagram (or pentagon, as stated by the monk who nursed him back to health), the fury of the wolfman is unleashed! After disposing of his cheating spouse, he finds himself captive in a castle by a female mad scientist conducting mind control experiments. In a vein attempt at escape, he discovers the freaks left over from past experiments dwelling in the dungeons.

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Plot Keywords:

werewolf | sadistic | scientist | murder | luger | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

7 February 1972 (Spain)

Also Known As:

The Fury of the Wolf Man

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 12,063,084 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Maxper Producciones Cinematográficas (Maximiliano Pérez Flórez)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 84 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The English dubbed copy of this film is part of the Public Domain on the U.S. territory.

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Connections

Follows Assignment Terror (1970)

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Soundtracks

"Toccata in D"
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

User Reviews

Bring it ALL on ...

This thing has it all.

We've got the plot that can't be deciphered, bad acting that can't be stopped, large dogs that serve no purpose, fully visible full moons during horrible storms. You've got the tortured soul Wolf-guy, the mad scientist gal, dungeons with prisoners hanging from chains, orgies where the males expose more flesh that the ladies. There's grave robbing and revived corpses and we can't forget the masked phantom guy who resolves a plot issue with his dying three words. Revived dead lady becomes zombie-werewolf and dukes it out with leading wolf man. For the science freaks there are Chematodes that allow one to control a brain, whether in a lady friend or wolf changing thingy. Nearly non-existent color, Twilight Zone theme moments ... and the name Wolfstein (get it?).

Horror hauled itself out of the dark with movies like this Spanish production. For those of us who sweat every step with them, these films, as sorry as they are, are cause for celebration when we happen upon them on cheap DVDs.

If you're riding the current wave of horror (a really, really rare happenstance these days - most of that which passes for modern horror doesn't reach deeply enough within us to trigger the "horror" reflex) please don't waste your time with this. Honestly.

If you're an old codger and can remember tricking your parents so you could get with an older friend to a showing of "Lady Frankenstein", this one will make you smile.

"The Fury of the Wolfman" is one of the loyal thankless that trudged and lugged and slogged horror along the decades. So, like the focus of their stories, "it wouldn't die".