'La Marca Del Hombre Lobo' (1968) - Enrique López Eguiluz.

One of the more remarkable titles in the extensive canon of Spain's premier horror icon, 'La Marca Del Hombre Lobo' is the thrilling, beautifully shot origin story of legendary lycanthrope, Waldemar Daninsky! The far from painless birth of Gothic Horror's more hirsute, flesh ripping icon is performed with muscular rigour by Iberia's very own Lon Chaney, Jacinto Molina, more commonly known to his fans as inspirational monster-maker, Paul Naschy!

'La Marca Del Hombre Lobo' is a sumptuous looking, singularly unheralded, full-blooded werewolf classic! Authored from the exceptionally fertile imagination of the writer and wickedly charismatic star, Naschy's febrile take on the werewolf mythos remains unique! Naschy's passion for classic Universal horror can be seen in full feral flight as two itinerant gypsies seek shelter from a tumultuous storm in the greatly feared, long derelict Wolfstein castle. A truly benighted locale, wherein it was said all monstrous manner of iniquities were perpetrated by the abominable, Imre Wolfstein! On this fatefully inclement night, its terrible, blood-soaked history was about to be repeated by the opportunistic grave-robbing of these two wine-sotted trespassers.

In addition to an engagingly written text, the uncommon vitality, and pulse-rousing pathos of, Paul Naschy's altogether tragic Waldemar Daninsky raises it above many other horror films of its day. Looking no less exquisite today, its lush, colourful photography, evocative, vibrant soundtrack by Ángel Arteaga, Paul Naschy's 'La Marca Del Hombre Lobo' remains a macabre masterpiece ripe for a meticulous restoration. Marvel at maestro, Paul Naschy hungrily getting his gruesome-looking gnashers into the toothsome role that made him such a howling worldwide success!'