El retorno del Hombre-Lobo (1981)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Paul Naschy

Writer:

Paul Naschy (writer)

Release Date:

1985 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

An evil witch brings back to life the infamous Elizabeth Bathory, who was executed several hundred years previously for murdering young woman and bathing in their blood. |

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | Beautiful Woman | Student | Witchcraft | Satanism

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Paul Naschy	...	Waldemar Daninsky / Werewolf
Silvia Aguilar	...	Erika
Azucena Hernández	...	Karen
Julia Saly	...	Countess Elisabeth Bathory
Pilar Alcón	...	Barbara
Beatriz Elorrieta	...	Mircaya
Luis Barboo	...	Bandit
Narciso Ibáñez Menta	...	The professor
Charly Bravo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
José Cela
Ramón Centenero
Tito García	...	First thief
Rafael Hernández	...	Second graverobber
Alexia Loreto	...	Victim in the stall besides her boyfriend
Ricardo Palacios	...	First graverobber
Manuel Pereiro
Mauro Ribera
José Riesgo
David Rocha	...	Young bandit
Pepe Ruiz

Directed by
Paul Naschy		(as Jacinto Molina Alvarez)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Paul Naschy		writer (as Jacinto Molina Alvarez)

Produced by
Modesto Pérez Redondo	....	producer

Cinematography by
Alejandro Ulloa

Film Editing by
Pedro del Rey

Costume Design by
León Revuelta

Makeup Department
Ángel Luis De Diego	....	makeup artist

Special Effects by
Antonio Molina	....	special effects

Production Companies

• Dálmata Films S.A.

Distributors

• Federico de la Cruz Martín (1981) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Film Concept Group (1985) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• BCI Eclipse (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Deimos Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Vestron Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Cam España  music

Also Known As:

Night of the Werewolf (USA)
Return of the Wolfman
The Craving
The Night of the Werewolf (International: English title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Spain:13 | USA:R | Canada:(Banned) (Ontario)

Company:

Dálmata Films S.A.

Trivia:

The music playing during the opening and end titles is taken from Stelvio Cipriani's soundtrack for Tentacoli (1977).

Quotes:

Mircaya: You should watch Erika, Waldemar. Her spirit is false. She's totally evil.
Waldemar Daninsky: I know she's perverse...but she has such beauty!

Movie Connections:

Followed by Tomb of the Werewolf (2004) (V)

Werewolves do not exist. They do not exist!

This is the 9th of 13 films in the Hombre Lobo series featuring the eternally cursed Waldemar Daninsky played by Paul Naschy. His work will soon be much more well known as Fangoria is releasing Werewolf, a brand new, fully painted series of graphic novels based on the film series and its title character.

Vampires versus werewolves. The vampire, Elisabeth Bathory (Julia Saly) controls the werewolf Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy) until they are executed in the 18th century. Two grave robbers (Ricardo Palacios & Rafael Hernández) remove the silver cross from Waldemar and he comes alive, free of the Countess.

Meanwhile, three women (Silvia Aguilar, Azucena Hernández & Pilar Alcón) are searching for the Countess' grave.

While Erika (Aguilar) and Barbara (Alcón) are preparing to revive the Countess, Karen (Hernández) is falling in love with Waldemar. He needs her to kill him to remove his curse.

Erika even sacrifices her friend in the ritual to gain power. Meanwhile, Waldemar is heavily snacking as it is a full moon.

The Countess even manges to use Waldemar's servant Mircalla (Beatriz Elorrieta) to attack him, but Karen is right there to save the day. Too bad, he wasn't there for her.

The next full moon brings forth the battle. Rock breaks scissors, and paper covers rock, and all is well.

Good acting, and a high quality DVD.