The Night of the Werewolf

this movie of naschy's is a remake of the werewolves shadow and i like the original better. i dont think it can top frankenstein's bloody terror. the film score ,color photography and atmosphere are much better in frankenstein's bloody terror and as the werewolf naschy never was as terrifying and with a lot of energy as in frankensteins bloody terror!

This is about some girls who go to Transylvania to awaken an ancient vampire. There's also a werewolf about, in fact, he becomes the main character of the film as he falls in love with one of the girls, and eventually battles the head vampire. It was a fairly interesting story, and great credit must be given for the beautiful visuals on display throughout the film. This is one of those movies where you could show 100 screenshots to someone and they would think it was an awesome, must-see film.Unfortunately, that's about the only good thing about the film. The story is told in a very abrupt fashion that often skips from scene to scene with no transition or explanation. For instance, we originally meet two girls who are going to Transylvania, but once they get there, there are three. A bit later, another girl is sacrificed in order to bring the vampire to life. Where did she come from? Who are these people? The whole movie is like that. It's as if 15 minutes of transition scenes were never filmed. It's the type of thing you'll have to watch a second time just to figure out what the heck was going on the first time you saw it. Also, unless Transylvania has a lot of semi-arid deserts that I'm not aware of, this was obviously filmed in Spain. It also has to be stated that the vampires must have been idiots. They could have killed the werewolf at any time, but instead they wait until the full moon when he's nearly invincible before attacking him. The dubbing was rather awful, even allowing for the normally poor quality of dubbing. I found it impossible to become attached to any of the characters because they came off as people speaking lines - really poorly written lines that were corny in the extreme at times, and not as actual human beings.As far as the DVD, the picture quality is absurdly good, especially considering the age and obscurity of the film. I've never seen an older film look so perfect. The sound quality is another matter. You get a Spanish 2.0 track, and English 2.0 track, and an English 5.1 track. On the 5.1 track, it's like they took a mono track and just ran it through all the speakers. Dialog comes out of all five at once, though it has a much more detailed sound than the English 2.0 track. As far as the 2.0 track, it sounded okay until a certain exceptionally loud musical passage. A single note was held for a long time, and I swear it made my whole head vibrate. I listened to a bit of the Spanish track, the actors didn't come off much better in that language either. Besides, the whole point of the movie is the fabulous visuals; If you want to miss out on all that and spend the whole time reading text at the bottom of the screen, well, be my guest.Overall, this film is an absolute feast for the eyes, it's like a piece of Gothic artwork. However it's a movie, not a painting, and the storytelling and dialog are simply bad. I'm afraid I can't give it better than a 2 out of 5. Maybe it will grow on me a bit more if I watch it again. I hope so, as it's a gorgeous movie.

Both of the films on this Blu-Ray, I had initially purchased on their DVD release from BCI. I must say that I like the DVD packaging the best, as the films seem to be presented with a bit more class. Top notch packaging on the DVD. The Blu-ray, however, is the way to go with regard to the feature presentation. While I did have some issues with the menu operations, as they were simply ported over from the DVD and did not always work the same, I had absolutely no problem appreciating the image quality. The DVDs were amazing. A lot of love and care was taken in their production. The Blu-ray doubles the bit-rate and doubles the picture quality. Like putting on glasses for the first time, moving from the DVD to the Blu-ray was remarkable. The great DVD image that you were used to, all the sudden seems fuzzy in comparison to the Blu-Ray. Both films benefited form the Blu-ray upgrade. While BCI did not go all-out with their Bit-rate transfer, this is definitely a must-purchase for horror fans, particularly those of Paul Naschy. And the price? Wow. Two movies on TWO SEPARATE Blu-ray discs for around $20! That can NOT be beat. My only hope is that BCI continues in this way as I have been buying all of their Spanish horror releases to this point, I am now going to wait for the Blu-ray releases as they are worth the wait. My suggestion to them is to work on the menu operation and maybe increase the bit-rate. Stellar release however. Buy it.

I cannot say anything too bad about this other than the lack of 1080p. Getting Naschy to introduce the movies is great and at it's current price you really cannot go wrong. Both movies are good, but Night of the Werewolf is of course the best - i love that movie. I had been looking for some older atmospheric horror like this! I am very happy that i got this Blu-ray and hope they continue to produce these with the little bonuses... though Naschy has passed-on it is a treat to be able to have him spook-us-out introducing his films.

I had never heard of Paul Naschy before. I did some research and found that many consider him to be a Spanish equivalent of Lon Chaney Jr. And I must agree with this. The first film, "Night of the Werewolf" is pretty good. An evil witch wanted a werewolf under her control. She got the werewolf but missed that "control" part. So now it's an angry werewolf verses an evil witch. Naschy has played the werewolf character many times before and the role is perfect for him....just like Chaney. But also just like Chaney, it seems he is not so good in other roles. The second film, "Vengeance of the Zombies" is pretty bad. This really isn't Nascy's fault. The script is rather poor and the girls who play the zombies are simply terrible. I give the first film 3 stars and the second film 2 stars. I hope we see some more of his werewolf films. By the way, both films have some scenes with some nudity and would probably get an R rating because of it. This is not obvious looking at the cover or description. It doesn't bother me, but some folks might like a warning before showing these films to the kids.

Im really happy that i got the chance to buy this film. Also, happy that it got to be on DVD after a longggg wait. I have to say, that this film is truly a very decent film and part of the Naschy's classics in the werewolf sagas that he has played. Remember, its not as good as "Curse of the Devil" and "Werewolf Shadow"..but, its right next to them thats for sure, however, it is better than "Frankenstein's bloody terror" though thats for sure. A true must have for any Paul Naschy fan and old school horror fan. Recommended!!!!

Fun campy movie that I enjoyed watching.