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La marca del hombre-lobo (1968)

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 1968
Running Times: 78 mins (USA)     88 mins (Spanish)     93 mins (Germany)
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm     Techniscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Maxper Producciones Cinematográficas
Executive Producer: Maximiliano Pérez-Flores

SCRIPT
Script / Story: Jacinto Molina

DIRECTION
Director: Enrique López Eguiluz

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Emilio Foriscot

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Francisco Jaumandreu

MUSIC
Music: Ángel Arteaga

VISUAL EFFECTS
US Version Titles and Animation: Bob Le Bar

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director / Set Decorator: José Luis P. Ferrer
US Version Art Design: Gray Morrow

LOCATIONS
Locations: Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain; Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Manzanares el Real, Madrid, Spain; Navacerrada, Madrid, Spain; Pelayos de la Presa, Madrid, Spain; San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Madrid, Spain; Talamanca del Jarama, Madrid, Spain

CAST
Paul Naschy (Count Waldemar Daninsky)
Manuel Manzaneque (Rudolph Weissmann)
Dyanik Zurakowska (Countess Janice von Aarenberg)
Julián Ugarte (Dr Janos Mikhelov)
Rosanna Yanni (Wandessa Mikhelov)
Rafael Alcántara
Carlos Casaravilla
Milagros Ceballos
Aurora de Alba
Gualberto Galbán
Antonio Jiménez Escribano
Victoriano López
Juan Medina
Ángel Menéndez
José Nieto
Antonio Orengo
Ángela Rhu
Beatriz Savón
María Teresa Torralba
Pilar Vela

PLOT SUMMARY

Attacked by his reborn lyncanthropic ancestor, Count Waldemar Daninsky fears that he may himself become a werewolf. His only salvation seems to come in the shape of the mysterious Jonas Mialhof and his wife Wandessa. But they turn out to be vampires...

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: D.C. Films

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Independent International Pictures

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: X

USA
Rating: GP

TIMELINE

1968
July

29: Spain – theatrical release

1970
March

2: Sweden – theatrical release

1972
January

Day Unknown: USA – theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

More Horror, More Screams, More Fright Than You'd Ever Dare to Dream!

Sickening Horror to Make Your Stomach Turn and Flesh Crawl!

See the Wolf Monster attack - lusting, slashing, ripping in a gory, flesh-hungry, blood-mad massacre!

FREE - Burial to anyone who dies of FRIGHT during the performance of this film.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Frankenstein's Bloody Terror - US title
Hell's Creatures – UK / US promotional title
The Mark of the Wolfman – International English language title
La notti di Satana - Italian title
Die Vampire des Dr Dracula - West German title
The Vampire of Dr Dracula
Varulvens blodiga natt
- Swedish title
The Werewolf's Mark
The Wolfman of Count Dracula
– US promotional title

LINKS

SEQUELS
Las noches del hombre lobo (1968)
Los monstruos del terror (1969)
La furia del hombre lobo (1972)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Bianco e Nero vol.30 no.11/12 (November / December 1969) p.79 (Italy)
credits

CinemaTV Today no.9969 (25 February 1972) p.21 (UK)
review

Filmfacts vol.15 no.16 (1972) pp.369-370 (USA)
reprinted reviews

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.39 no.459 (April 1972) p.75 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

KEYWORDS

aristocrats, castles, curses, tombs, vampires, werewolves

 


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