The Werewolf vs. the Vampire Women (1971)
La Noche de Walpurgis
Things happen that have never been seen by human beings. The blood flows like vintage wine.
Director
León Klimovsky
Writer(s)
Jacinto Molina also story (as James Molin)
Hans Munkel also story (as Hank Munkel)
Producer(s)
Salvadore Romero producer
Cast
Jacinto Molina - Waldemar Daninsky (as Paul Naschy)
Gaby Fuchs - Elvira
Barbara Capell - Genevieve Bennett
Patty Shepard - Countess Wandessa d'Arville de Nadasdy
Andrés Resino - Inspector Marcel
Yelena Samarina - Elizabeth Daninsky
Julio Peña - Dr. Hartwig (coroner)
José Marco - Pierre
Betsabé Ruiz - (as Betsabe Sharon)
Bernabe Barta Barri - Muller
Luis Gaspar - Distraught man
Ruperto Ares -
María Luisa Tovar -
Eduardo Chappa - Tramp/Monster
Review by Sven Soetemans
Certainly NOT a eurohorror-highlight !,
I just love these a.k.a titles…'The Werewolf vs. the Vampire Women' . Ta-da, there you one of the sleaziest and fun sounding titles in all eurohorror/exploitation history. Unfortunately, the film itself is a bit of a letdown. It's cheap and silly of course…but that's not a boundary to me. The fact that it's tedious and overall pretty lame on the other hand IS a boundary! The movie contains too many ‘dead' moments in which nothing happens except for a little unnecessary mumbo-jumbo. There's no tension at all…not even an attempt to build some up, as the monsters and twists seem to appear out of nowhere. The Werewolf's Shadow (another a.k.a) merely depends on a fair amount of bloodshed and the female beauty that is present in the cast. Elvira (played by Gaby Fuchs who had a smaller part in Mark of the Devil) and her very foxy friend Genevieve are crossing the French countryside, searching for the tomb of an ancient female vampire – Countess Wandessa – when they are housed by the charming Waldemar. He offers to help them in their search for the tomb, but he also has a little secret to hide himself. Waldemar is a werewolf and with the arrival of the two girls, he hopes to finally lift up the curse and find piece.
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