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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786300185869 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6300185869 Label: Universal Studios Languages: Manufacturer: Universal Studios Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Release Date: May 02, 1995 Running Time: 91 minutes Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: June 07, 1961 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: After Hammer Studios rewrote the histories of Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Mummy it was only natural to take on the howling hirsute one. Discarding the cursed gypsies, blooming wolfsbane, and chanted legends that swirl through Universal's The Wolf Man, director Terence Fisher and screenwriter John Elder (a pseudonym for producer Anthony Hinds) returned to Guy Endore's novel The Werewolf of Paris for inspiration. Switching locations to 18th-century Spain (to make use of standing sets from a canceled production about the Spanish Inquisition), this is a story of sex, sadism, and decadence, a curse produced from human evil. Young orphan Leon, the progeny of a mad, animalistic prisoner and a ravaged young peasant, is plagued with nightmares while village sheep are slaughtered, but it isn't until he grows into the stocky young Oliver Reed that his curse takes its terrifying toll. Reed cuts an intense figure as the brooding, serious young man and makes a marvelous werewolf, moving with a boxer's grace under feral makeup that looks as much ape as canine. Curse of the Werewolf has all the cleavage and blood you'd expect from a Hammer film, but it's Fisher's eerie touches that make the film so gripping: a dog's howl anticipates the crying of the newborn Leon, holy water ripples as if coming to a boil before his christening, and the wild-eyed, fanged boy struggles against the bars in his room consumed in a canine bloodlust. --Sean Axmaker Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Very memorable!I saw this movie when I was 16 years old and I never forgot it. I went back to the theatre several times because I enjoyed it so much. When I was older, I rented the movie to see if it was as really as good as I recalled it to be. I was just as impressed with it when I was 30 as I was when I was 16. I can still say(and I am 59 years old) tthis was the best horror film I ever saw and definitely the one I thought was most memorable in my life. It was all due to the fantastic color and acting. ... Read More Rating:  - NO WHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS THE CHANEY JR. VERSION! 2 1/2 STARSI am a big fan of the Universal classics and have found a place in my heart for the Hammer versions as well. 'The Curse Of The Werewolf is one of the slower paced Hammer productions and we don't get much of the Wolfman until the very end of the film. The make-up is pretty good but, it pales in comparison to Jack Pierce's genius make-up from the 1941 classic 'The Wolfman'. Still, I do like the Werewolf make-up in this dry Lycanthrope tale that strays far from the folklore, as it has become iconic ... Read More Rating: - One of Fisher's finest finally on DVD (see below)Being released as part of a two disc, dual layered dual sided Hammer Horror set from Universal in September, "Curse of the Werewolf" features a fine performance from a very young Oliver Reed. You'll need to use the ASIN below or the webpage to find it as it isn't listed (at present) under its own title but under "Phantom of the Opera". Set in Spain (although Guy Evans source novel is set in France) Reed Plays Leon who's mother died during child birth and whose father raped the girl. Born in Christmas ... Read More Rating: - Variation on a theme by Universal.Hammer only made one foray into the murky world of werewolf-mania, but they hit one over the fence with this entry. Young Leon Corledo (Oliver Reed) changes into a gray-pelted werewolf when evil is exalted and the full moon shines bright. Terence Fisher provides his sure-fire talent as director. Although influenced by the classic Universal product, this wolf man stands on his own. Odd elements to a familiar story line appear in the beast's origin. The script is based on "The Werewolf of Paris," an ... Read More Rating:  - AmateurishThey were making sophisticated, quality films by 1961. This isn't one of them. |
