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  Review by Callisto ★★★ 6

  Is this what you call a Christian burial? I oughta arrest all of you!

  Some dude in, like, medieval times, decides to set Elizabeth Bathory on fire and hang her followers at a fancy castle. Before she's burnt to a crisp, she puts a werewolf curse onto him and all of his descendants. Fast forward to present time (I think), one of the dude's descendents accidentally kills a gypsy (according to the plot description on here) when wolf hunting. This angers the gypsies so they summon Satan and use a sexy lady to turn Paul Naschy into a werewolf. The way this happens, you will never think of. In short, during the night of Walpurgis (I learned this is a…

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  Review by Krautsalat ★★★½

  Paul Naschy is the cutest werewolf, he always has that surprised/confused/embarassed look on his face after he transforms.

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  Review by Demdike ★★★

  As with most of Paul Naschy's wolfman films The Curse of the Devil aka The Return of Walpurgis plays like an A-Z of gothic horror. From the opening scenes of sacrificial witchcraft to the sumptuous castle settings, this film looks stunning. The great Paul Naschy is a commanding screen prescence and dominates each scene he appears, be it the caring Waldemar or the ferocious wolfman.

  The film is awash with gorgeous girls all seemingly unperturbed by nudity or Naschy's chest rug. Make up artist Fernando Florido has his work cut out creating several gory sequences, from stabbings and bites to faces being ripped off, its all here, no wonder the film was cut in many countries. Francisco Sanchez must also receive a credit due to his excellent cinematography, creating some wonderful panoramic vistas especially during the opening castle witch hangings

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  Review by Bloodspiller ★★★½

  Director: Paul, did you write a werewolf into the script with a pencil?
  Paul Naschy: it'll blow people's minds, trust me
  Director: but you've played a werewolf in every movie you've been in...
  Paul Naschy: and he kills people via violent horseplay
  Director: ....fine

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  Review by Greg Stuart Smith ★★★★ 2

  Any movie that opens with witches and Knights then jumps forward and has werewolves is good in my opinion!

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  Review by nikki ★★★★

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  “Hail to Satan, the most powerful.”

  Curse of the Devil is a 1973 Mexican-Spanish co-production horror film directed by Carlos Aured which follows a man whose ancestors executed a witch who is turned into a werewolf by modern-day descendants of the executed witch.

  Yet another origin for Naschy’s most iconic character, Curse of the Devil is a fun, Hammer-esque tale with lashings of gore, nudity and a dirty axe wielding dude. 

  Naschy is again solid in his role and I like how different the makeup was this time around.

  Overall, this was pretty entertaining.

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  Review by undead_bela ★★★★

  Valdemar es el hombre lobo más erótico festivo (literalmente folla con la hermana de su prometida en esta película, lo cual es inquietante teniendo en cuenta que Naschy era el que escribía estás películas) y más victimista ante la vida y aún así es el que más ternura causa. Paul Naschy lo interpreta de una forma elegante y a la vez muy achuchable. La carita de América explain que pone cada vez que se transforma (aunque lleve ya 6 transformaciones en la película) es que es para achucharlo muy fuertemente.
  Las películas del hombre lobo de Paul Naschy habrán envejecido de una forma u otra pero si algo hay que reconocerle es que al tío le encantaba este mundo y…

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  Review by that Hallow33n shit ★★½

  Hammer-lite, and I refer to the indulgent side of Hammer. Naschy’s movies might be even more indulgent, as there’s always something lurid going down.

  Lord knows there are just not enough movies with legitimate Wolf Men running around getting wild and slashing everyone up. When Hombre Lobo jumped off that balcony, I just about flipped out of my chair!

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  Review by MurrMurr ★★★

  I can't believe I'd never seen a PAUL NASCHY werewolf movie before.

  Dug it.

  Very old-school – strictly formula, but a solid good time, with Gothic vibes, cheap and cheerful gore, a mob of peasants, and nudity. What more could you want?

  Donde lobo? Hay lobo!

  Will deffo check out more Naschy joints.

  [October horrorthon: movie #7]

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  Review by Andrew Moncrieff ★★★½

  Where does this rank in the Daninsky series? Smack bang in the middle. It’s clear the budget is lower (like Werewolf and the Yeti, the next in the series) than Werewolf VS the Vampire Woman, but its dreams are still big. It’s well made, it’s just not really the most distinguished or interesting in the series - it’s kind of par for the course. If I watched it in isolation and not the same day after two others, I’d probably like it more. As it is, it kind of disappears into the haze.
  Well made and gory enough for fans.

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  Review by 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 ★★★ 1

  I've been watching Naschy's bafflingly enthusiastic Hombre Lobo series out of order, so I'm not sure in continuity, but this one seems to be the origin story for Waldemar Daninsky. We are treated to a totally unexpected set up where Daninsky's ancestor was an Inquisitor hell-bent on ridding his land of witches. They curse his family as they are hanged, and I have to say, this introduction had me hooked. 

  Something else that sets this one apart is that Daninsky's victims aren't just farmer's daughters walking around at night (okay, a few of them are), they are something approaching actual characters. Good people, shitty people, and as they are preyed upon or turn against one another, I found myself caring. This one…

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  Review by Sean Dillon ★★★★★

  Love this movie even with all of its goofy flaws, but why is every night a full moon?