Furia del Hombre Lobo, La (1972)

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:

Sadistic | Scientist | Whip | Murder | Pentagram

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
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 Monstruos del terror, Los (1970)

Soundtrack:

Toccata in D

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".