tavm Continuing my reviews of werewolf movies in mostly chronological order, this is my first time on one with Paul Naschy as Waldemar Daninsky. In this one, he lives in a castle with his sister. A couple of women from college arrive interested in the tale of a vampire woman from medieval times who previously lived in that castle. I'll stop there and just say despite the weirdness that prevails-including several uses of slow-motion-and the fact that this Waldemar also has a romance with one of those ladies, this was quite a fun flick to watch. The version I saw on YouTube was an English-dubbed version of a Spanish film and maybe had some cuts. Anyway, I recommend The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman or La noche de Walpurgis.

a_baron Oh boy, this one really is as bad as it sounds. Set in France, it begins with a cameo of a werewolf coming back to life after having been shot twice with silver bullets, and the pathologist, well, he just had to prove that claim was nothing but a ridiculous superstition. Fast forward a century or more, and the same werewolf back in human form is living in the French countryside with his mad sister. No telephone, no electricity, and who should happen upon him but two young women who are researching a woman who sounds suspiciously like Elizabeth Bathory?Throw in a deranged lustful handyman, a jealous boyfriend who just happens to be a detective, and, well, if you can follow the plot you might be able to understand why it is so bad, but if you can't, feel free to hate it anyway. Is there a classic showdown in which they all die happily ever after only to come back from the dead? Let's put it this way, whatever the ending, there is absolutely no way anyone would consider making a sequel to this garbage, unless Donald Trump beats Hillary Clinton and decides to replace waterboarding with something even more insidious.

kai ringler A werewolf is brought back to life and goes off to the country is search of a safe hiding place and food as well. meanwhile two young girls have the misfortune of their car breaking down while they are in search of a legendary vampire queen's tomb. the girls find refuge in an old castle of the revived werewolf and that is where they will uncover the vampire's final resting place,, and re awken her and unleash all of her powers... not a bad "b" movie,, could have been better, could have been worse.. best part about the movie is of course without a doubt is the ever so sexy Elvira ,, queen of the night,, the darkness and everything else in between,, she never looked so good,,, I will have to watch again to catch up on the finer points of the movie,, but all in all not a bad b flick.

Michael_Elliott The Werewolf versus the Vampire Woman (1971) ** 1/2 (out of 4)A couple beautiful women go looking for the tomb of Countess Wandesa (Patty Shepard) who was believed to have been a vampire. They happen to end up staying with werewolf Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy) and sure enough one of the women (Gaby Fuchs) falls for him while the other falls victim to the Countess when she returns to life. The uncut version of this, under the title WEREWOLF SHADOW, features a few extended scenes involving one of the women's boyfriends but I've always found this to be the lesser version. The American one features bad dubbing but overall I've always found it to be more entertaining. There are several reasons why this here was the best Daninsky picture up to this point. One is that there was a bigger budget, which at least allowed the make-up of the werewolf to look terrific. The biggest reason this picture turned out so much better is that director Leon Klimovsky managed to bring some terrific atmosphere to the picture. The Gothic feel of this picture is without question the highlight because the director really makes you feel and sense an evil presence throughout the picture. This is especially true during the scenes involving the werewolf as well as those were the Countess is brought back to life. The screenplay itself is a few notches better thanks in large part to there being some interesting characters but also because it manages to move at a better pace. The werewolf, the vampire woman and the two female characters are all much more interesting than anything in the previous two movies. With that said, there are still some flaws here including the slow pacing. Still, no matter which version you watch, this here remains an entertaining monster mash.