Bezenby It's Walpurgis: Origins as we get the story of how perpetually-cursed Waldemar Daninsky and his lycanthropic ways came to be. Again. Back way back then, way way back when, Waldemar's ancestor was a good fellow who hunted down witches and devil worshippers. One witch in particular curses the ancestor's family to be cursed forever, although there seems to be some sort of delay I guess as the Daninskys enjoy several centuries of happiness before the curse falls squarely upon modern day Waldemar when he pissed off a gypsy clan by accidentally shooting one of them while hunting. The other gypsies are rather peeved that Waldemar can't be taken to court for killing one of their own, so during a bizarre selection process involving a lot of nude women and a strangely dressed man, a certain lady is selected to seduce Waldemar and curse him with lycanthropy, which she does, only to be hacked up five minutes later by an escaped mental patient. Not long after, Walmdemar discovers that his bic razor isn't quite doing the job once the full moon appears. Although it take a little while to get there, once Waldemar goes full wolf the carnage begins, with rather a lot of innocent bystanders getting their necks chewed off (and in one instance, their face) while that poor innocent escaped psychopath gets all the blame (and a knife to his guts, courtesy of Walmemar). There's also a romantic sub-plot between Waldedededemarademer and two sisters that results in some full-frontal nudity. Some poor bastard also takes a huge rock directly to the face for good measure too.Yep, this one ticks all the boxes too. Loads of gore, stupid situations, nudity and the usual 'old school' werewolf makeup. Does the trick for me. Nice ending too.

lastliberal This was an excellent print. That means that you unfortunately have to look at blood so fake that it is funny. The dubbing was excellent in a technical sense, so the poor dialog is crystal clear. Why don't they leave the films alone and subtitle them? Paul Naschy is Waldemar Daninsky, in what is the 7th in the series. Don't worry if you haven't seen any others as Daninsky gets freshly injured in each one and the werewolf costumes are all different. However, this one gives us a glimpse back to the beginning and the origin of the Daninsky curse when an ancestor runs afoul of Elizabeth Bathory.There are plenty of luscious women and lots of full frontal to enjoy as the movie proceeds.Certainly there is sufficient gore for the most rabid horror fans.

The_Void Paul Naschy made a hell of a lot of horror films and, unfortunately, many of them are somewhat less than brilliant. His "Hombre-Lobo" cycle is a set of films that sometimes gets some attention and this film is a part of that series. I've seen two previously - Werewolf Shadow and 'The Werewolf and the Yeti', which somehow managed to make it onto the Video Nasty list. I'm not a fan of either film at all and I feared this may be another bad example of the cycle, but to my surprise, Curse of the Devil is actually quite good! The main inspiration obviously comes from the Universal classic 'The Wolf Man' and features an upstanding citizen struck with the curse of changing into a werewolf every full moon. It's one of those deals where an ancient ancestor messed with the wrong people and it's turned out bad for Count Waldemar Daninsky as he becomes the afflicted generation. A witch instructs a beautiful naked woman to put the curse on Daninsky with the aid of a wolf's skull. She has sex with him first and then does the honours, leaving the Count with a bit of a problem.Spanish horror tends to be a bit slow, and that is the case here; though it's not a big problem as the film is always at least interesting and it's not as slow as some other examples. The title is a bit misleading and alludes to something more along the lines of Satanic horror, though obviously that's not the case; the 'curse' part makes some sense though. Paul Naschy delivers another good performance that fits his character, though he gets a lot of experience playing the same kind of roles so a good performance should really be expected. The werewolf effects appear to have been based on the Universal classic and possibly Hammer Horror's The Curse of the Werewolf too. I can't say they're very convincing, but there is a change sequence that's amusing. There's not a great deal of gore in the film but this is made up for by the way that the film delves into the werewolf legend. I can't say that this is a great film or a great werewolf film; but it's an enjoyable one and for my money the best of the three "Hombre-Lobo" films that I've seen.

dccduk The previous reviewer was somewhat coy. Putting the curse on poor Valdemar fortunately requires a well-endowed coven to have a Satanic orgy, which is indeed a delightful slice of 70s Gothic-erotica.The opening medieval fight scene really lets you know what you're in for. It makes 'Monty Python & the Holy Grail' look like 'Gladiator'. Superb badly-dubbed dialogue throughout. Tasty variety of buxom Spanish maidens thrust into the action, to keep things bouncing along. Most shameless ketchup gore effects imaginable. I especially liked the killing of the tipsy woodsman in his house (towards the end) - he really looks as if someone's just rubbed a very saucy pizza all over his face. And watch out for Valdy's fantastic flying leaps - who would have imagined werewolves could swoop so gracefully into action?Worth watching for the cleavage alone. Awoooooo...