#18 of 31 - HOOPTOBER 5.0 : We Don’t Need A Stretcher In There We Need A Mop

Considering Frankenstein was the clear headliner of this creature feature one would expect to not only see Frankenstein but witness his bloody terror! I mean come on you don't need Sherlock Holmes the champion of deduction for this is a no brainer.. right? I hate to be the bearer of bad news.. This film had absolutely nothing to do with Frankenstein whatsoever! Apparently the distrubutor needed another Frankenstein flick! No problemo we'll slap Frankenstein's name in the title it's a done deal!

In lieu of Frankenstein we got a pair werewolves and a pair of vampires! You'd rightfully expect the monstrous carnage…

I finally saw Exhumed Films' newly struck 3-D 35mm print (from the 3-D negative that Sam Sherman has apparently been hiding all these years) and holy shit was it beautiful. I mean, I go into these Euro horror flicks expecting a certain level of beauty but the depth added by the 3-D photography made all the difference in the world.

This one is famous as Paul Naschy's first movie as Waldemar Daninsky, El Hombre Lobo. The only other Naschy werewolf flick I've seen is The Werewolf vs. The Vampire Woman, also thanks to Exhumed Films, so I can't really comment on how this plays compared to the other Naschy werewolf movies but it hit everything just right for me last…

If only the film were as strange as all the stuff around it. Just for starters, this is a 3D Spanish werewolf film from the 60s, so we’re already hitting a very specific niche. Man I wish I could have caught this with a pair of glasses in the theater. Confused about why this is name-checking Frankenstein in the title, when no Frankensteins are in evidence? The beginning titles explain that we’re going to change the name from “Frankenstein” to “Wolfstein” for this because it’s a werewolf movie. Which doesn’t explain anything. Also Paul Naschy, who plays the main werewolf who is not named Wolfstein, would go on to make like a dozen sequels to this, including one that everyone is…

Part of The 2018 Cult Movie Challenge
Week 24: Werewolf Week

The original title of this 3D Spanish shocker translated to The Mark of the Wolfman. Then, Independent-International's Sam Sherman picked it up as a substitute for Al Adamson's Dracula vs. Frankenstein, which he worried would not be finished in time to play his pre-sold dates (he was right). Rather than rechristen it something like Dracula vs. the Wolfman, which would be closer to accurate, he went with Frankenstein's Bloody Terror and added an animated intro to justify the new title. In defense of supreme showman Sherman, he chose this title before Adamson's inchoate monster mash even had a Dracula in it, and those theaters had been expecting something Steiny.…

Los decorados parecen chalets de la sierra madrileña de películas de Pedro Lazaga u otro similar, no el centro de Europa.
Las voces son las típicas de los doblajes de los años sesenta en España (creo que hay pocos a los que no doblaron...). Desconcertante.
El montaje es torpe a matar, pasando de una escena a otra sin orden ni concierto.
Menos mal que Naschy aguanta el tipo, se le nota el amor por los monstruos de la Universal y el argumento tiene su gracia, aunque esté contado de forma tan cansina.
Eso sí, como, aparte de estar mirando últimamente muchas películas de hombres lobo, estoy con los cortos de la Warner, entre la actuación anfetamínica de Naschy como hombre…

I'm a softie. I feel, when watching any random movie with Paul Naschy, that he was something special. One of the few really passionate geeks out there, on the same level of geekiness as Luigi Cozzi and Mario Bava. Fans of all thing genre, especially the non-realistic, fantasy-injected genre cinema with more heart than money. Frankenstein's Bloody Terror isn't a Frankenstein-movie. The American distributors added a very, very, very silly pre-credit which explains that the Frankenstein family evolved into the Wolfstein family and that's it - the monster of a mad scientist suddenly becomes a supernatural wolfman.

The story is simple. Two gypsies accidentally awakens a werewolf, who - after killing them - goes after the villagers and infects Naschy,…

Spanish actor Paul Naschy has played a werewolf in 14 different movies (at least). For the most part this was in the generation spanning role of Waldemar Daninsky, a sexually irresistible melancholic middle aged man comprised of the following traits: internally Gothic romance, externally Robin Williams, conceptually 007 globetrotting badass. That’s way beyond the number of times Lon Chaney Jr. appeared in his on or off brand persona Lawrence Talbot, so when I finish my review series and name a champion of the film type in a ranked list description, it will be no surprise.

I’ve avoided House of Monsters style mashups so far, giving exceptions only to those which focus squarely on the werewolf character, and thus watched the…

"Die Vampire des Dr. Dracula", ein spanischer Gruselfilm aus dem Jahre 1968, mit Paul Naschy in der Hauptrolle.

Nun, der Film bedeutete Naschy's Durchbruch, machte ihn zu Spaniens Horror-Star No 1. Hier spielt er zum ersten mal seine Referenz-Rolle, die des Werwolfs Waldemar Daninsky, eine Rolle die er insgesamt zwoelf mal verkoerpern sollte, hinein bis ins Jahr 2004. Wobei ich persoenlich nur die Filme bis in die fruehen 80er als echte Reihe anseh – wenn auch selbst die nicht wirklich zusammenhaengen.

Es geht um folgendes: Scheinbar irgendwo in Deutschland oder Oesterreich, wir befinden uns im Jahre des Herrn 1968. In einer abgelegenen Waldgegend befindet sich ein Dorf. Die Bewohner sind vergnuegt und froh. Waldemar ist gerade aus Polen zugezogen, ein…

After hearing of a curse on the family, a descendant decides to investigate a strange accident at an abandoned castle, and upon discovering a severe gash on his chest he finds that he can turn into a werewolf and asks for help only to learn those he trust also has a terrible secret that puts everyone in danger.

This is one of the better entries in the series. Among its better features is how the film’s old-school attitude shines through as it has a great combination of European sleaze and American Gothic sensibilities. That the film takes place almost exclusively in a castle allows for the always-impressive settings, from the gloomy dungeon, long winding hallways, tons of long, winding staircases…