PAUL NASCHY

[horrorhunter]

Here is a rare Naschy gem. El Caminante (1979). The Devil walks in the flesh as Christ did, and stirs up some caca along the way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDA0vjtqvpk&feature=player_detailpage

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Howl Of The Devil (1987) with Paul Naschy and Caroline Munro. No English subs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3pmk7_LzLg&feature=player_detailpage

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Video posted by another Naschy fan of his Naschy DVD collection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zxHTqEsaR4o

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The autobiography is a must-read for all Naschy fans.

http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Naschy-Memoirs-Wolfman/dp/1887664386/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434159735&sr=8-1&keywords=memoirs+of+a+wolfman

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A Dragonfly For Each Corpse (1974)

Leon Klimovsky directs a pretty good giallo about a serial killer exterminating people perceived as deviants in Milan. This Spanish/Italian coproduction features Naschy as hardnosed police inspector Paolo Scaporella and sexy Erika Blanc as his girlfriend. Eurohottie Maria Kosty also livens up the proceedings. The killer's signature is a detailed dragonfly replica soaked in the victim's blood left on each corpse. Blue Eyes Of The Broken Doll is probably a better Naschy giallo, but this one is pretty darn good, due in part to the presence of the lovely miss Blanc.

I picked up a really good boot of this flick from Cult Action. As Peter Cushing stated of cheese in Revenge Of Frankenstein, "I can recommend it".
http://www.cultaction.com/





Here's Erika as the succubus from The Devil's Nightmare (1971).

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La Maldicion de la Bestia (1975) (The Curse Of The Beast, aka The Werewolf And The Yeti, aka Night Of The Howling Beast, aka Hall Of The Mountain King)

PLOT SUMMARY (SPOILERS!):
Waldemar Daninsky, anthropologist and adventurer, joins an expedition to hunt the Yeti in Tibet. While scouting ahead he gets lost in the mystical region of Caracoram and chances upon a cave containing a shrine to Monoch, demonic servant of Black Kali. He collapses from thirst and exhaustion and is nursed back to health by the two demonic nymphets. Sex eventually ensues and when he comes out of his delirium he discovers the two snacking on human remains (probably those of Joel played by Spanish Horror mainstay Victor Israel who had accompanied Daninsky on the scouting trip and was lost). Daninsky defeats the two lovely demons but gets bit on the chest in the process and is contaminated with lycanthropy. Meanwhile, the main expedition pressed on to search for Daninsky and Joel, including Daninsky's friend, the professor, and his hot daughter, Sylvia. The men eventually go mad with fear and leave, killing the guide, Tiger Passan, and leaving the scientists stranded. When they attempt to return to base camp they are attacked by bandits serving the local warlord Sekkar Khan. Sylvia escapes and joins Waldemar, and the two find a monastery where the priest helps them. He informs them of a red flower with magic properties which will cure Waldemar's condition if mixed with the blood of a girl who loves him (which Sylvia does by this point, after all we're talking about Waldemar Daninsky here  ). The priest also gives her a silver dagger in case things go awry. Wandessa (a Dragon Lady type) who is Sekkar Khan's evil ally, discovers that the two are hiding in the monastery and sends Kahn's thugs to capture them. Now, all surviving members of the expedition are prisoners in Kahn's palace. Kahn has a terrible disease which causes nasty boils on his back, and Wandessa delights in attempting to cure it by removing the skin from the backs of comely female prisoners and placing on Kahn's back for his treatments. Hell quickly breaks loose as the female prisoners and Daninsky escape. Wandessa is killed by the female prisoners and Kahn is killed by Waldemar in a pretty good fight ending in a pit of spikes. The full moon has it's way as Waldemar and Sylvia make their escape through the countryside. Waldemar runs away from Sylvia and turns into the Werewolf. The Yeti finally makes a proper appearance, abducting Sylvia. The Werewolf attacks the Yeti and wins, but is badly wounded. As luck would have it, Sylvia finds the magic red flower in time to save Waldemar. This is a rare happy ending in a Naschy Werewolf film.

Night Of The Howling Beast is one of the most popular of Naschy's Werewolf movies. It features action, horror, Eurohotties in various states of undress (Silvia Solar is especially fetching as the evil power-hungry Wandessa), an interesting plot, beautiful locations, and appearances by some old Eurohorror friends such as Luis Induni as Sekkar Khan (Luis was the main recurring thug from Dr. Jekyll And The Werewolf), Gaspar Gonzalez as Tiger Passan, and Victor Israel as Joel. The film was well directed by Miguel Iglesias (as M.I. Bonns). Sylvia was played by Mercedes Molina (as Grace Mills) who was also in Naschy's Exorcism. I really enjoy Night Of The Howling Beast and give it a 8/10.

If you want Night Of The Howling Beast on DVD then boot is the path. The best one I've found is the two disc set from Cult Action.  http://www.cultaction.com/film-catalog/horror/the-werewolf-and-the-yeti-1975-dvd/#cc-m-product-6499584152 You get the 87 minute international version (which was shown in the US) with the nudity, and the 82 minute Spanish version with the nice picture quality for $15.99. They even still have free shipping as far as I know. The international version looks like it was sourced from a VHS tape but picture quality isn't too bad. The Spanish version is beautiful but it is missing some scenes and most of the nude scenes have been replaced by clothed scenes. Spain had a real problem with nudity so most Eurohorror was shot with alternate scenes for different markets.



The Werewolf And The Yeti would make a good Distinctive Dummies 2-pack. The Yeti would have to be substantially taller though. It would appeal to Horror, Naschy, and Cryptid collectors. Bloody versions would be preferable.

Some trivia: Night Of The Howling Beast made Britain's silly Video Nasty list in the '80s. 



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[Memphremagog]

I got the double disc version of HOWLING BEAST recently and I quite agree that it is the way to go here. The picture looks great and it serves this film well. Recommended for anyone who loves Eurohorror, not just Naschy films in general.

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Muchas Gracias, Senor Lobo is a recent book from Creepy Images featuring Naschy memorabilia. I first heard about this on the NaschyCast. The price is in Euros, and with shipping to the US it ended up being $63 and change. It's a nice hardback with nearly 400 pages full of hundreds of high quality photos of posters and lobby cards, as well as info on the distribution of the films and other Naschy goodness. Text is in German and English. Too good to pass up if you're a Naschy fan. I ordered mine today.



http://www.creepy-images.com/product_info.php?info=p13_muchas-gracias-se-or-lobo.html

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Stylized illustration of Waldemar Daninsky and Elizabeth Bathory (or what's left of her) from Night Of The Werewolf (1981)

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Night Of The Werewolf (1981) is a remake of Werewolf Shadow from a decade before. With bigger production values, and experience under his belt, Paul Naschy thought he could improve on the earlier Leon Klimovsky directed classic. Many Naschy fans think that Night is an improvement on Shadow. The plot is a bit different here and there. Silvia Aguilar (Erika) is an evil follower of Countess Bathory whereas the girls in Werewolf Shadow are investigating the legend in a curious and scholarly manner. The werewolf makeup in Night Of The Werewolf is spectacular, but I actually prefer El Hombre Lobo's classic look from Werewolf Shadow. Julia Saly did a fantastic job portraying the epically evil Elisabeth Bathory, but I prefer Patty Shepard as Wandessa Nadasdy. The girls in Night (Silvia Aguilar, Azucena Hernandez, and Pilar Alcon) are gorgeous, but so are Barbara Capell and Gaby Fuchs from Shadow. Naschy's vampire effects from Night (backlit swirling fog, and background zooms) are chillingly beautiful, but I still prefer Klimovsky's slow motion other-worldly hellish frolicking by Patty Shepard and Barbara Capell. As much as I love Night Of The Werewolf (8/10), I fall on the Werewolf Shadow side of the fence (9/10). But, most agree that both films are excellent examples of Eurohorror, and certainly deserve their status as classics.



Night Of The Werewolf is available on the excellent OOP DVD from BCI/Deimos fairly reasonably. It is also available on the OOP Blu-ray from BCI/Deimos on a double feature with Vengeance Of The Zombies. The Blu-ray is expensive if you can find it. The ones I've seen being advertised for around a hun.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4y1JwYkaKo&feature=player_detailpage

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I received my copy of Muchas Gracias Senor Lobo today and...WOW!...this thing is really awesome. It is very well printed and resilient, it arrived from Germany unscathed. It's 392 pages of high quality photos and text in German and, beside it, English. It covers Naschy memorabilia and SO much more. There are many behind the scenes photos, pics of Naschy's original sketches for werewolf makeup, pics of original script books, detailed info on the film releases, etc. Creepy Images even included a complimentary postcard featuring El Hombre Lobo as advertisement for the book. The book is a real treasure and would appeal to monster fans who had never even heard of Paul Naschy, or just fans of beautiful women (the Eurohottie presence in various states of undress is impressive). Naschy fans who don't get one of these gorgeous tomes will be kicking themselves in future.

Tim Lucas review: http://videowatchdog.blogspot.com/2012/10/muchas-gracias-senor-lobo-book-review.html

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Thought I would revisit this old thread and post news of two new Naschy releases on DVD/BD. Unfortunately both are examples of his worst films, but the well's been dry for new Naschy releases for years and I'll take anything at this point. If these are supported maybe someone will actually release some of Naschy's classics on Blu ray with nice commentaries and other cool extras.

First up we have Redemption's Blu ray release for Crimson (1973) (aka The Man With The Severed Head). It will street June 14th and will feature both the regular version (89 min.) plus the longer International cut (98 min.). If you already have the Image DVD the best reason to buy it is the new commentary by Richard Harland Smith. It's available for preorder now on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DEEVJNA/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_img?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2BHTJU2122FCI&coliid=IXESKWWO74ADN




Next, we have A Werewolf In The Amazon (2005) released by Camp Motion Pictures in a 4 film DVD collection of Brazillian filmmaker Ivan Cardoza's monster movies. This is scheduled to street October 4th and the collection will retail for $24.99. I haven't sought out a boot for A Werewolf In The Amazon because everyone says it's terrible, but this collection is cheap enough that I will definitely buy it just to have the Naschy film on a legit release. Who knows... maybe it isn't as bad as reported, and some of the other flicks may be entertaining. I'll be glad to finally add it to my Naschy collection even if it is awful. Here's the scoop on spanishfear.com.

http://spanishfear.com/dvd-release-werewolf-in-the-amazon-collection/

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Poster for A Werewolf In The Amazon (2005).

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The Mark Of The Wolf Man (1968) (aka Frankenstein's Bloody Terror) West German poster.

[neonnoodle]

I've read "Memoirs of a Wolfman" fairly recently and really enjoyed it.  Also watched "Night of the Werewolf" recently, and that was fun too...I was really curious about that one...a sort-of remake of Werewolf Shadow, done bigger and more elaborately.  Kinda nice!