La furia del Hombre Lobo (1972)

User Rating:

2.5/10   

Director:

José María Zabalza

Writer:

Paul Naschy (story)

Release Date:

7 February 1972 (Spain)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | Pentagram | Cure | Monster | Experiment

Cast

Paul Naschy	...	Waldemar Daninsky / Wolfman
Perla Cristal	...	Dr. Ilona Elmann
Verónica Luján	...	Karen
Mark Stevens	...	Bill Williams
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Francisco Amorós	...	Fredrick
Sofía Casares	...	Girl in tavern
Fabián Conde	...	Nevell Yates
Miguel de la Riva	...	Det. Heinrich Miller (as Michael Rivers)
Victoria Hernández	...	Ilona's assistant at the castle
Ramón Lillo	...	Detective
José Marco	...	Merrill
Diana Montes
Javier de Rivera	...	Helmut Wolfstein (as Javier Rivera)
Pilar Zorrilla	...	Erika Daninsky (as Diana)

Also Known As:

The Fury of the Wolfman
The Wolfman Never Sleeps (Europe: English title) (longer version)

Runtime:

90 min | USA:84 min (DVD)

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Maxper Producciones Cinematográficas (Maximiliano Pérez Flórez)

Movie Connections:

Follows Las noches del Hombre Lobo (1968)

Soundtrack:

Toccata in D

The Fury Of The Wolfman (1970) BOMB

Apparently, this is what happens when a director allows his 14-year old nephew to rewrite the dialogue on the set while he indulges himself alcoholically in the meantime; as I said earlier, although I've always wanted to catch one of Paul Naschy's werewolf pictures, this atrocity served as my introduction and, as awful as it most certainly is, I still intend to pursue other entries in the series, albeit very gradually.

Despite some high profile disappointments like Joe Dante's THE HOWLING (1981), I love werewolf pictures in general but, to be honest, I quickly lost interest in this film's "plot" and just stood there gazing at my TV screen counting its absurdities as it were. There were far too many to mention them here but I have to say two which struck me as particularly hilarious were the schizophrenic nature of the Werewolf persona (i.e. going from a raging beast in one shot to a dazed, zombie-like state in the very next one - as if he's on a casual midnight stroll in the countryside, and sporting an entirely different wardrobe to boot...and, yes, I did know the reasons for this beforehand), as well as the "Phantom Of The Opera" look of the Wolfstein character! But what do I know - perhaps the elusive full-length version of this mess could very well have been a bona-fide horror classic!