November 2, 2008
oliver reed makes an awesome werewolf! altho the makeup is seriously bad :P
Anthony Dawson, Catherine Feller, Clifford Evans
In Spain, Leon is born on Christmas day to a mute servant girl who was raped by a beggar. His mother dies giving birth and he is looked after by Don Alfredo. As a child Leon becomes a werewolf after h...( read more
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June 24, 2007The late Oliver Reed gives such a stunning performance as the wolf man that it is obvious that only a true wild man such as himself could have made this role work.
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May 22, 2009Zzzzzzz? This movie is lame. The story is lame, the acting is lame, the makeup is lame. The film was set in Spain entirely for practical/budgetary reasons, which makes little sense, werewolves are creatures that seem rooted in northern Europe and England. There is no good reas...( read more)
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September 5, 2009If you want mindless gore for the sake of gore, this is not the movie for you it's a tragic drama. This is a skillful retelling of an ancient tale. The horror is not in it's bloodshed, but in the terrible fate of an innocent boy's infection with "the curse of the werewolf". The f...( read more)
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August 7, 2009Ugh. I'll give it one star for the fun intesity of Oliver Reed. But that's being gracious.
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July 26, 2009Una original y humanizada mirada al mito licantropico, hasta sirve como la explicacion al origen del mismo
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February 2, 2009Easily one of the most underrated horror films of all time. Wonderfully acted, paced, and directed. I love how they added a backstory on the typical werewolf story. It also helped with character development. But it really got exciting during the climax. Excellent horror film.
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November 23, 2008I have watched a lot, and I mean A LOT, of Hammer flicks. Hell, I probably own half of them. And aside from the prerequisite blood, there's generally a good effort at telling a story, not always following the original, but a story. Usually there is genuine feeling and emotion ...( read more)
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September 23, 2008One of the finest Hammer films I think. The only Werewolf movie and easily the quality is remarkable. I love the last scene where the blood jets off the chest, wonderful and I loved the eerie Gothic sets and the way they blend in this Mediterranean colours but yet fell very cold ...( read more)
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