The Curse of the Werewolf

The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

  • 60% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 60% of users liked it
    (1,813 ratings)

After injecting new life into classic movie monsters Dracula and Frankenstein, Hammer Studios apply their Gothic touch to another monster genre with this excellent, stylish piece -- probably the best of the old school (i.e. pre-Rick Baker) man-to-wolf transformation films in the mold of… More

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Unrated,
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Horror
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Jun 7, 1961 Wide
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Matt Brunson, Creative Loafing

    A literate and respectful addition to the lycanthrope canon, generating enormous sympathy for its characters and even taking digs at the abuses heaped upon the working class by the 1%.

  • Steve Biodrowski, ESplatter

    Lon Chaney, Jr.'s Wolf Man may be cinema's most famous lycanthrope, but there can be little doubt that this 1960 film from Hammer Productions is the best werewolf movie ever made.

  • Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com

    Directed by famed horror filmmaker and Hammer favorite, Terence Fisher, this slow-moving tale never quite works.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    One of the better Hammer horrors

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Phil H


    Classic furry tale set in Spain for this wolfman fable and its not too bad for a different look and feel. Its classic 'Hammer' all the way of course, well spoken actors mixed with cockney Londoners haha very Spanish feel I assure you ;) But its the look of the film which is… More

  • Michael G


    Curse of the Werewolf started off in an unconventionally amazing way as it started with some gruesome territory involving rape, gruesome murder and other elements you wouldn't expect from a movie from the early 60s. I liked how it told an almost life story of a werewolf giving… More

  • Stella D


    oliver reed makes an awesome werewolf! altho the makeup is seriously bad :P

  • Dr Blood  


    The 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.

  • Matthew Y


    Above average were-wolf tale from the Hammer Horror Films Studio. Hammer Films made dozens of Dracula, Frankenstein, and Mummy films but for some reason they only made one about were-wolfs. The duo of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee are missed but Terence Fisher's directing… More

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