Werewolf Vs Vampire Woman

Starring:Jacinto Molina
Studio: Unicorn Video
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

A wonderfully atmospheric Naschy werewolf classic
Not bad, but not great

Werewolf vs. Vampire Woman
Starring: Jacinto Molina
Manufacturer: Unicorn Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00065GWWY
Release Date: 2004-10-26

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A wonderfully atmospheric Naschy werewolf classic.......2005-09-25

Having now seen several Paul Naschy films, I have to say the guy is really starting to grow on me. Naschy, who has been dubbed the Spanish Lon Chaney, has made (and is still making) all kinds of movies, but clearly the werewolf was his favorite subject. He has appeared as Waldemar Daninsky in over a dozen films beginning with 1967's La Marca Del Hombre Lobo. (For some ridiculous reason, German producers thought a Spanish name for the character wouldn't sell, and thus Naschy's werewolf became a Pole and Jacinto Molina - the actor's real name - became Paul Naschy.) This particular film, which can be found under a number of names (La Noche de Walpurgis, Blood Moon, Nacht ver Vampire, Shadow of the Werewolf, The Werewolf vs the Vampire Woman, The Werewolf's Shadow), made in 1971, would be his biggest success in his native Spain. It has a lot going for it right from the start: the werewolf himself, vampires, and a really hot brunette. Unfortunately, the print of the film isn't all that great (Naschy's films are just crying out for remastering), which makes it hard to see some of what takes place during a series of wild nights. Still, though, it's classic Naschy, a romantic horror story that presents Daninsky as a cursed man longing for companionship while also desperately yearning to break the eternal curse that turns him into a ravening monster each month during the full moon.

Daninsky has holed himself up in a remote part of the countryside, but he welcomes the companionship of two rather attractive college students who show up at his door seeking help. The girls, Elvira (Gaby Fuchs) and a most seductive Genevieve (Barbara Capell), are researching the legend of an ancient practitioner of the dark arts, Countess Wandessa d'Arville de Nadasdy (Patty Shepard), who supposedly drank the blood of virgins. She is supposedly buried nearby, and the girls are trying to find the long-lost tomb. Despite being attacked by Daninsky's crazy sister, the girls accept Daninsky's hospitality, and they do indeed find the tomb. Like an idiot (albeit a very pretty one), Genevieve removes the mystical crucifix from the corpse's chest - and we all know what that means. It's just as well that she does it, though, as Daninsky has need of it himself. I was pretty impressed by the resurrected Countess' appearance here; it's quite impressive and eerily atmospheric (except for those perfectly ridiculous fangs she sports).

I don't really like the title The Werewolf vs the Vampire Woman because the conflict of these two "monsters" really isn't what this movie is about. It's about love, which is the only power that can finally free Daninsky of his awful curse. In the end, though, the countryside just isn't big enough for a werewolf and a vampire to coexist. Their ultimate conflict isn't the true denouement of the film, however.

The one thing that really hurts this movie is the less than impressive print. It is just hard sometimes to see what is going on during the night scenes, and even the daytime scenes seem to be cast in a shadowy pall that robs the movie of its rightful vibrancy. The werewolf transformations aren't bad at all, and I was most impressed to actually get to see a beheading (as opposed to just watching an axe come down through the air). Naschy's werewolf films do exude a distinctly European air of horror, which doesn't guarantee that American audiences will truly embrace them, but true horror fans really must include some of Naschy's films in their collections, and this film should be one of them.

Not bad, but not great.......2005-01-14

Two female college students set off to find a tomb in Northern France belonging to a black magic witch. While driving their car runs out of gas and they take refuge in a house belonging to a kindly author. Little do they know he is a werewolf. He is also searching for the tomb to end his curse.

Well they find the tomb and pull out the silver cross that still lay in her chest. She comes back to life and immediately is up to no good. The really cute brunette ends up being a vampire that night.

Meanwhile, the other student, a tall red-head, falls in love with the werewolf.

A cop freind shows up and starts investigating the murders that have been at the hands of the werewolf and Lady Vampire. He is captured along with the redhead and are about to be sacrificed by the Vampire Witch. The werewolf comes, they fight, both die, the end.

The two college students are hot, but the brunnette is prettier. She gets really sexy in her ghoul makeup and fangs too after she becomes a vampire. The werewolf looks good, very good makeup artist at work here.

There's no nudity except for a quick nipple during a werewolf attack at the very beginning. A few other close calls, but that's it.

This is not going to be anyone's favorite movie, but on a rainy Saturday night it can be just the thing.

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