The Mark of the Wolfman

La Marca del Hombre Lobo
Original poster
Directed by	Enrique López Eguiluz
Produced by	Maximiliano Pérez-Flores
Written by	Jacinto Molina
Starring	Paul Naschy, Manuel Manzaneque, Dyanik Zurakowska
Music by	Ángel Arteaga
Cinematography	Emilio Foriscot
Editing by	Francisco Jaumandreu
Distributed by	D.C. Films (Spain), Independent International Pictures (USA, theatrical)
Release date(s)	29 July 1968 (1968-07-29)
Running time	88 min
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Mark of the Wolfman, also known as La Marca del Hombre-Lobo, Hell's Creatures, The Wolfman of Count Dracula and Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (despite the fact that there is no Frankenstein monster in this film), is a 1968 Spanish horror film that is the first in a long series about the werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky, played by Paul Naschy.

Plot

A drunken Gypsy couple spending the night in the abandoned Wolfstein castle accidentally resurrect the werewolf Imre Wolfstein when they remove the silver cross from his corpse. Once alive, he not only kills the Gypsy couple, but also wreaks havoc on a nearby village. The villagers attribute the attack to ordinary wolves, and in response, form a hunting party to kill off the animals. While on the hunt, Count Waldemar Daninsky is attacked by Wolfstein and is afflicted with lycanthropy. After killing innocent victims in the midst of his transformation, he seeks help from specialists, Dr. Janos de Mikhelov and his wife, who turn out to be two vampires. They revive the first werewolf Imre from the dead, and force the two werewolves to battle each other. Waldemar wins and then destroys the vampires, only to be killed in turn by a bullet fired by the woman who loved him most.

Behind the Scenes

Paul Naschy is the show name for writer, actor Jacinto Molina. Famous for a string of horror films where he played werewolves, he would make this film to his credit. The Spanish actor was helped by German investors who endorsed horror films and who backed this one. He acted in this film and wrote it for the first time. Later he would become a director of other horror film and would keep the name Paul Naschy, the last from a Spanish name and the first name from the then Pope of the time, Pope Paul VI. In the United States, the film was given the name Frankenstein's Bloody Terror. In the film, an English voice track states that the Frankenstein family would be involved with werewolves and would take the name Wolfstein. The passing off of this plot was decided by the American distrbutors and the film's American producers who wanted to promote a Frankenstein movie. It was paired in 1974 with the American release Dracula vs. Frankenstein.

External links

• The Mark of the Wolfman at the Internet Movie Database