Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory

Starring:Barbara Lass, Carl Schell, Curt Lowens, Maurice Marsac, Maureen O'Connor, Mary McNeeran, Grace Neame, Luciano Pigozzi, Anni Steinert, Joseph Mercer, Herbert Diamonds, Elizabeth Patrick, Anne Marie Avis, Lucy Derleth, Patricia Meeker, Martha Marker
Director: Paolo Heusch
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Horror Classics: Christmas Evil, The Ghost, Night of the Living Dead, The Snake People, Don't Look in the Basement, House on Haunted Hill, The House on the Edge of the Park, Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory

Average customer rating:

Horror Classics: Christmas Evil, The Ghost, Night of the Living Dead, The Snake People, Don't Look in the Basement, House on Haunted Hill, The House on the Edge of the Park, Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
Starring: Great Horror Classics
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Horror | Genres | DVD | Video

General | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video

DVDs Under $7.49 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video

All Deals | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video

( H ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video

4-for-3 All DVDs | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video
ASIN: B0000VV45E
Release Date: 2003-10-07

Blood Creature/Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory

Average customer rating:

A very decent Dr. Moreau rip off and a bad dubbed European film
Print Quality
Ugh...
Great package offers loads of fun!!
Friday night at the ol' drive-in!

Blood Creature/Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
Starring: Barbara Lass , Carl Schell , Curt Lowens , Maurice Marsac , and Maureen O'Connor
Director: Paolo Heusch , and Gerardo de Leon
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Horror | Genres | DVD | Video

General | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video

DVDs Under $7.49 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video

All Deals | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video

( B ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:

Drive in Movie Double Feature: Creation of the Humanoids/War Between the Planets
The Screaming Skull
Terror Is a Man
I Married a Monster From Outer Space

ASIN: B00005A07J
Release Date: 2001-03-20

Customer Reviews:

A very decent Dr. Moreau rip off and a bad dubbed European film.......2005-08-30

First up on this Killer Creature Double Feature is "Blood Creature," which is the U.S. reissue title. This 1959 film was originally released as "Terror is a Man" and "Creature From Blood Island." What you really need to know is that this is yet another un-credited version of H.G. Wells's novel "The Island of Dr. Moreau." This screenplay by Harry Paul Harber makes this the island of Dr. Charles Girard (Francis Lederer) who lives with his beautiful wife Frances (Greta Thyssen), and works on turning a panther into a beast-man (Flory Carlos). When his boat sinks, William Fitzgerald (Richard Derr) ends up on shore of Isla de Sangre (Blood Island) and is treated as a guest. But Frances is afraid of the dark and there is clearly something going on.

What makes this version of the cautionary tale by Wells different from most of the others is that once William finds out what Dr. Girard is up to and that Mrs. Girard is really, really, unhappy, he watches the experiments and engages in discussions with the doctor on the nature of man. The whole bit where the hero tries to get the woman he loves out of harm's way bit really does not happen in this one. Apparently when William notes there is a fine line between genius and madness, he does not feel comfortable making a judgment as to which side of the line the mad scientist is working on. So things get to take

Actually, as a Dr. Moreau rip-off movie this one is pretty good. Director Gerardo de Leon knows how to light his shots to great effect and how to best show (or not show) the beast-man. The love triangle does not really get in the way of the film, and the fact that Frances is sympathetic towards the beast-man instead of fearing him (that is left to the maid), makes this one stand out as well. Best of all, despite the promise of the trailer for this film, it does NOT have the "Terror Chimes" that tell you when to cover your eyes (as is the case with Creature Feature DVDs there are the trailers for both features, plus a third trailer for "Devil''s Hand", and the Popeye Cartoon "Spree Lunch"). I was surprised, but this one ends up being a solid four stars and a better telling of the Dr. Moreau story than anything made in the last couple of decades, so it gets four stars.

Our second feature, "Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory" was also released in the United States as "Ghoul in a Girls' Dormitory," "Monster Among the Girls," although its original title as near as I can determine was "Lycanthropus." Now, you have to admit from the title you are expecting to see a werewolf run around a dormitory filled with half-naked young girls, but that is not the case. Yes, European films got to more explicit nudity and gore earlier than their American counterparts, but this film still predates that point in cinematic history and "German shepherd in an institute for wayward girls" would be a more accurate title.

It turns out this particular girl's dormitory is not at a college but a private institute for wayward girls, or at least, a version of what this badly dubbed Italian production thinks would be an American reform school, which means they are mostly bad girls, but with one good girl, Priscilla (Barbara Lass) for us to root for. The plot is basically that Dr. Julian Olcott (Carl Schell) is the academy's new teacher and becomes the target of chief bad girl, Mary (Mary McNeeran). It seems Julian used to be a real doctor, but there was some sort of scandal. He was cleared in court, but his career was still ruined and now he is starting over as a teacher. As for Mary, this is one troubled kid and before we can clearly number all of her sins she is killed by a creature of the night. Everyone thinks there are wolves on the loose, but we know better because we have seen the title of the film.

So, basically "Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory" is a mystery thriller that asks who oh who can the werewolf and/or ghoul possibly be? (actually when we see it in action it is clearly a German shepherd). The problem is that although everybody (and I mean EVERYBODY) in this film acts suspiciously if you do not know who the werewolf really is then you should give up on this genre altogether. The finally tally on this one is that there is no nudity, the transitions of the monster are laughable, and there is no mystery at all to whodunit. Still, this is an entertaining bad movie, which has some sense of style even if the acting is pretty bad (and some priceless moments of dubbed translation). Bottom line is that there are enough decent moments to go along with the deliciously bad parts to make this worthwhile if you like to enjoy bad movies.

Print Quality.......2003-11-12

The drive-in double bill DVD concept is a good one, but the quality of the Blood Creature print is truly awful, with lots of jumps and scratches! Surely a better copy of this film could have been found.

Ugh..........2002-09-13

Note: I only watched "Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory."
The print was perfectly dreadful and "Wereworlf in a Girl's Dormitory" was a disgraceful piece of junk. This (shudder) Madacy DVD has a Popeye cartoon plus theatrical trailers, which barely manages to give this lousy disc 2 stars.

Great package offers loads of fun!!.......2001-11-29

I've read the other reviews and am impressed with their background knowledge. I, too, am a fan of 60's trash horror films, and bought this DVD only because of the price. I am most entertained, and happy with this humble investment. "Blood Creature" was eerie & atmospheric, a little claustrophobic, with storms, etc., adding to the mood. It's silly and fun, and the beautiful Greta Thyssen is there to boot! (I remember her from a film called "Journey to the Seventh Planet", a Danish film that was released in America by American-International, the greatest studio ever to put out "the best of the worst", all the drive-in movies, and practically everything Roger Corman ever did. Richard Derr also appears, typically luggish and looking customarily concerned. I loved him in "When Worlds Collide", one of my favorites. "Werewolf..." is fun, too, with creepy atmosphere and a Peter Lorre look-alike who is sufficiently bizarre. The dubbing is really bad (every line sounds like it came out of a studio microphone...which it did), but there's a lot of homage to the films of James Whale & Val Lewton: suspense and dark intrigue. The song "Ghoul in the School" is an added treat. These two films, tacky as they are, would be OK for the price, but there are previews and even a Popeye cartoon (featuring Bluto & Wimpy, alas, no Olive Oyl). Whatever aesthetic elements may be lacking regarding the actual artistic worth of these 2 films, I wouldn't worry about it. My hat goes off in salute to Madacy Enterainment for putting out a very good package at an unbelievably good price. I hope they continue this trend, and maybe we'll see Corman's original "Not of This Earth" or maybe even "Journey to the 7th Planet". One can only hope.

Friday night at the ol' drive-in!.......2001-05-21

Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (AKA Lycanthropus, The Ghoul in School, and I Married a Werewolf) is one of those movies with a great title, like I Married a Monster from Outer Space and Slave of the Cannibal God, that grabs your attention with its lurid and even ludicrous premise, and makes you want to see the movie, if only to see if it lives up to the title. And like I Married a Monster and Cannibal God, which are pretty solid films, Werewolf just about makes it, too. The plot has a werewolf finishing off the girls at a "finishing school," which is actually an upper-class reformatory, and the attempt to catch the beast. The black and white image quality and the sound are good in this transfer. There's even a catchy little 2-line title song -- `There Was A Ghoul In School!'

I first saw Blood Creature (AKA Terror Is a Man, Creature from Blood Island, and The Gory Creatures) on late night TV many years ago, and it was pretty scary even on the small screen and with commercial interruptions. There was just something uncanny and unnerving about those not-quite-human eyes staring out of those white bandages. This was the first entry in the Philippines/Eddie Romero Blood Island franchise. Richard Derr (When Worlds Collide) stars as a shipwreck survivor who washes up on an island inhabited by a mad scents (Francis Lederer) and his beautiful, lonely wife (Greta Thyssen--Miss Denmark 1952) and a bandage-swathed creature who threatens them all. Inspired by The Island of Dr. Moreau and well worth watching. The black and white image quality and the sound are not too good, though. The image is sharp, but there are lines and streaks, and some dialog is lost on the soundtrack. Just passable.

Customer Reviews:

campy, horrible, and crude, but definitely fun.......2007-06-26

This is one of those old monster flicks we watched in the afternoon when it was ok to eat an entire bag of Oreos. While the effects appear cheap, you get a pretty good plot - sudden murders in a girls' reformatory when a stranger arrives, complete with sexual innuendo and even a Peter Lorre look-and-sound alike - and some scary moments. Just the name alone is worth the price of admission if you are about 50, even if this is well, pretty ridiculous at times. What the heck, pour yourself a beer or a glass of wine, kick back, and enjoy the memories of the 60s monster flicks that this evokes. Recommended for that.

We got some real B&W hotties in this!!! .......2007-05-01

Well with a title like this, there are those who just have to check this movie out. Like others have said, it's more a reform school than a dormitory, all the better!!

OK so the plot is a werewolf is killing girls at a reform school. Pretty obvious huh? Well here's the kicker, it's a mystery movie. I won't give it away, but you will NOT guess who the werewolf is! So who are the list of suspects?

1. The new professor who is really a doctor that had his license revoked for accusations of homicide.

2. The groundskeeper who will remind you of Peter Lorre at his creepiest

3. An unknown dude who actually looks like a werewolf

4. A teacher who pays money to the girls fro sexual favors and gets caught.

5. The dean

The story is clever, the acting is above par for a movie from this genre, and the girls are BABES!!!! Sure you have to put up with a little hokieness, like a one armed man with a knife can hold off twenty grown men in a bar, but go along with it. The werewold effects and makeup job are pretty good too. This is not a schlock movie, it's actually a decent flick. I was a little disappointed because I'm a schlock fan, so that should gie you an idea what to expect.

ALPHA DVD VERSION.......2006-11-27

CLASSIC EURO-SHOCK (SCHLOCK?)... WEREWOLF MURDERS IN A REFORM GIRL'S SCHOOL!!! WHAT MORE CAN YOU WANT? IT SOUNDS SO CHEEZY, SO TRASHY...& IT IS, BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY GOOD...GOOD ACTING, GOOD DIRECTION, INTERESTING STORY. I LIKED THIS ONE ALOT AND THINK THAT YOU WILL TOO...
AND THE ALPHA DVD IS A BARGAIN-PRICED BONUS!!!!!!! GREAT PICTURE & GREAT SOUND FROM AN EXCELLENT SOURCE PRINT. BUY THIS B&W EURO-HORROR CLASSIC TODAY & ENJOY!!!

An impressive, different kind of werewolf movie.......2006-06-08

I'm probably in the minority on this, but I think Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1962) is a darn near excellent film (and probably the best non-Universal werewolf movie I've seen). I think some horror fans are a little disappointed in it because the story doesn't really revolve around the werewolf himself, which means it's comparatively short on beastly action. Truly, this is more of a mystery thriller than anything else, but that's one of the reasons I like it. Let's face it; a traditional werewolf movie doesn't require the viewer to think at all. You know who the werewolf is, you see how he struggles (or not) against his cursed affliction, and you wait to see if he will be killed or cured. Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory isn't like that at all. Here, you aren't shown the identity of the werewolf until the end (even though it's pretty obvious all along), you have a number of suspects to weed through, and the werewolf's struggle to be free of his condition isn't particularly compelling.

The original name of this Italian/Austrian movie is Lycanthropus. For the American release, the film was dubbed in English (the dubbing really isn't that bad), and the name was changed to the more eye-catching Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory. The girls' dormitory in question is a sort of school for wayward girls - made possible by the school's benefactor, Sir Alfred Whiteman (Maurice Marsac), who turns out to be a rather pathetic creature who sees the school as his own private brothel. His main squeeze, who was threatening to let his little secret out of the bag, quickly ends up dead - apparently killed by a wolf. No one seems all that upset about the girl's death - except for her best friend Priscilla (Barbara Lass, a Polish actress who would later marry Roman Polanski). Priscilla is convinced that her friend was "assassinated" and sets out to discover the truth. It's a dangerous game she is playing, as her friend is only the first of several characters to wind up dead as events unfold. The obvious suspect is the school's new professor, Dr. Julian Olcott (Carl Schell). All we know about him is that he used to be a doctor and that the jury found him innocent of some crime in his past. Of course, there are several other strong suspects as well. Some viewers seem to tire of all the story's false leads and red herrings, but I see this aspect of the story as a real strength - of course, it would be much more effective if the killer's identity isn't so obvious early on.

The script of this film impressed me. While it may not answer all of the questions some viewers like to ask, it weaves a number of sub-plots together most effectively, thus maintaining the viewer's attention and interest from start to finish. I also have no problem with the presentation of the werewolf. The makeup looks just fine to me, and I think the werewolf transformations are also pretty good - nothing fancy, not even any time-lapse photography magic, but certainly effective. Opposite the beast, you have great beauty in the fair Barbara Lass, a talented actress blessed with an extraordinary pair of eyes.

There you have it: a strong script, quite good acting, a gorgeous female lead, more than adequate werewolf makeup and effects, and an actual murder mystery. If the killer hadn't been so easy to finger early on, I would have given this film five stars. The verdict is by no means unanimous, but I personally think that Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory is an excellent, memorable entry in the werewolf movie genre.

More "German shepherd in an institute for wayward girls".......2004-08-01

"Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory" was also released in the United States as "Ghoul in a Girls' Dormitory," "Monster Among the Girls," although its original title as near as I can determine was "Lycanthropus." Now, you have to admit from the title that appears on the DVD that we are talking about a werewolf running around a dormitory filled with half-naked young girls, but that is not the case. Yes, European films got to more explicit nudity and gore earlier than their American counterparts, but this film still predates that point in cinematic history. Besides, the idea that you a werewolf and ghoul could be interchangeable is not a good sign either and when you see the art that goes with the title card of this film you might be tempted to just turn it off right then and there.

For the sake of argument, let us say you continue. It turns out this particular girl's dormitory is not at a college but a private institute for wayward girls, which makes it pretty much a high class reform school. Or at least, a version of what this badly dubbed Italian production thinks would be an American reform school, which means they are mostly bad girls, but with one good girl, Priscilla (Barbara Lass) for us to root for. The plot is basically that Dr. Julian Olcott (Carl Schell) is the academy's new teacher and becomes the target of chief bad girl, Mary (Mary McNeeran). It seems Julian used to be a real doctor, but there was some sort of scandal. He was cleared in court, but his career was still ruined and now he is starting over as a teacher. As for Mary, this is one troubled kid and before we can clearly number all of her sins she is killed by a creature of the night. Everyone things there are wolves on the loose, but we know better because we have seen the title of the film.

So, basically "Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory" is a mystery thriller that asks who oh who can the werewolf and/or ghoul possibly be? (actually when we see it in action it is clearly a German shepherd). The problem is that although everybody (and I mean EVERYBODY) in this film acts suspiciously and eerie music accompanied just about every scene in the early part of the movie, if you do not know who the werewolf really is you should be punished by not watching MST3K for a period of not less than two months. That means the final tally on this one is that there is no nudity, the transitions of the monster are laughable, and there is no mystery at all to whodunit.

Still, this is an entertaining bad movie, which has some sense of style even if the acting is pretty bad. A couple of the attack sequences are actually staged well, so maybe director Paolo Heusch or somebody there knew what they were doing. It is enough to get you to perk up for a moment and pay attention. Actress Barbara Lass was actually married to Roman Polanski (1959-62) before she left Poland to make movies in Italy, so there is some cache to her presence. She is not really an actress, but even in black & white you can tell she clearly has great eyes. Bottom line is that there are enough decent moments to go along with the deliciously bad parts to make this worthwhile if you like to enjoy bad movies.

[11 Monster Flicks] White Zombie, Killer Shrews, Monster Walks, Creature from the Haunted Sea, Wasp Woman, Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory, Curse of the Swamp Creature, Lady Frankenstein, Nightmare Castle, Invasion of the Bee Girls, House of 1000 Corpses

Average customer rating:

[11 Monster Flicks] White Zombie, Killer Shrews, Monster Walks, Creature from the Haunted Sea, Wasp Woman, Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory, Curse of the Swamp Creature, Lady Frankenstein, Nightmare Castle, Invasion of the Bee Girls, House of 1000 Corpses

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Horror | Genres | DVD | Video

Digitally Remastered For Superior Picture Quality
Dolby Digital 5.1 Sound
INTERACTIVE MENUS
scene selections
director commentary, audition footage, rehearsal footage, interviews

ASIN: B000GDXCM4

DVD:

DVD

DVD

DVD

The Debut

Salute to Reagan: President's Greatest Moments

Night of the Blood Beast (REGION 1) (NTSC)

DVD: Lucy Show Vol. 3

Freddie Jackson - The Soulful Sounds of Freddie Jackson