The beast and the magic sword is the last great film from spanish horror legend paul naschy. Period piece set during the inquisition about a witchfinder general who falls in love with the village beauty, who has made a pact. Paul naschy loved the old universal monster films especially the monster rally. To the uninitiated, naschy is something of a modern, spanish equivalent of lon chaney, jr. Pela nova vez paul naschy interpreta o mitico lobisomem walter daninsky, pela. Waldemar, glad to be finally free of bathorys control, seems almost happy to be put into the mask of shame and staked through. The paul naschy collection horror rises from the tomb 1972, vengeance of the zombies 1973, blue eyes of the broken doll 1974, human beasts 1980, night of the werewolf 1981 bluray directors.
Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. Paul naschy was arguably spains finest maker of horror movies. Paul naschy reigns supreme seeing that the true ruler of spanish horror movie theater. Putting his well researched stamp on a subgenre made financially viable by vincent price in witchfinder general and made gorily disturbing by the mark of the devil this film serves up a complex. Kevin geeks out about paul naschy, the werewolfs werewolf.
An evil witch brings back to life the infamous elizabeth bathory, who was executed several hundred years previously for murdering young. Jekyll and the werewolf grindhouse cinema database. With abducted women as their assistants, the aliens use a traveling circus for cover, but their supernatural plan could have some monstrous consequences. The vampire woman, hunchback of the morgue, horror rises from the tomb, vengeance of the zombies, and the mummys revenge. This time our luckless lycanthrope is the lone survivor of an expedition to tibet who returns home only to find his wife has been unfaithful. The werewolf versus the vampire woman the werewolfs shadow werewolf shadow. There were four other paul naschy werewolf films that were not part of the waldemar daninsky series, as follows. Elvira is travelling through the french countryside with her friend genevieve, searching for the lost tomb of a medieval murderess and possible vampire, countess wandessa. They find a likely site in the castle of waldemar daninsky paul naschy, who invites the women to stay as long as they like. Im not going to lie a werewolf in the amazon is an odd one folks even for us. The mark of naschy site also continues its mission to spread the good word about naschy and to assist naschy projects worldwide. Factorys everimpressive scream factory arm honors spains king of horror paul naschy. Night of the werewolf starts in the distant past, somewhere around the middle ages, at the execution of elizabeth bathory julia saly, satanist witch, and her enslaved werewolf minion waldemar daninsky paul naschy.
So it is with some anticipation, but will little fanfare, that last month, german label subkultur entertainment took an all important step towards meeting this need, by putting out one of naschy s finest moments on a limited edition english friendly bluray. Having seen a number of paul naschy films, this one is not the best or the worst, the werewolf is made up as one of the best i have ever seen. Starring paul naschy, michael rennie, karin dor, patty shepard. Although he would go on making and planning films until his death in 2009, he never again attempted the epic sweep and grandeur of this 10th entry into the saga of waldemar daninsky, a man afflicted by the curse of lycanthropy. He was created jacinto molina alvarez on sept 6, 1934, in madrid, spain. Paul naschy, julia saly and silvia aguilar language. Returning for another bite at the spanish jugular, the paul naschy collection ii features five more of his films, all of which havent been released on bluray before. As waldemar shows elvira the tomb that supposedly houses the countess, she accidentally causes the vampire to.
Paul naschy reigns supreme as the true king of spanish horror cinema. Moreau to his list of onscreen portrayals and he does a fine job. Ramblings and tagged distinctive dummies, night of the werewolf, paul naschy, waldemar daninsky, werewolf vs the vampire woman while i might dabble occasionally in horror figures here and there, i was smart enough to stay away from that part of horror collecting. The werewolf versus the vampire woman 1971 directed by. Here he comes to swinging seventies london, seeking a cure to his malady. Color aka shadow of the werewolf aka the werewolf s shadow aka the werwolf vs. Waldimar daninsky, a lone survivor of a tibetian expedition, returns. Night of the werewolf 1981 directed by paul naschy. This is the spanish language version of curse of the devil, also available here at ssv. Hes been called the spanish lon chaney more like the spanish david beckham since americans never caught on. Paul naschy plays a supporting role as a deranged gravedigger in this zombie movie, set in a small highland village in 19thcentury scotland, where a strangers arrival to claim an. Paul naschy film dvddvdr database the latarnia forums.
They find a likely site in the castle of waldemar daninsky, who invites the women to stay as long as they like. An alien michael rennie wants a werewolf paul naschy, dracula, the mummy and frankensteins monster to help him destroy earth. Its a project that started life as a horror movie and transformed werewolf like. The unseen movies of legendary horror filmmaker paul naschy. As a tribute to the works of paul naschy the unliving aka tomb of the werewolf is a failure and a sad last outing for good old wd. The paul naschy collection is a set of five movies that illustrate these points. Earlier in 2017, scream factorys the paul naschy collection was a real treat for fans both old and new of the spanish horror cult figure, whose status amongst the horror community in the united states is minimal at best. Beast and the magic sword mondo macabro bluray all. Last but not least is night of the werewolf, with naschy playing his most. Naschys first werewolf film was called the mark of the wolfman. Carlos aured, leon klimovsky, jacinto molina paul naschy scream factoryshout. Most definitely this would be a wonderful resource. Basically a paul naschy greatest hits movie, this is a hodgepodge of every waldemar daninsky movie ever made and then some no yeti though.
It has the random werewolf attacks that always take place when someone spends the night in a barn. Ironically, 1973s the boy who cried werewolf was also released by universal and comes at a time when traditional hollywood werewolf films were winding down though spains paul naschy, among others, would continue to keep this category of monster alive. Both come as large and physically imposing, even if they sometimes have a bit of doughiness. An evil witch brings back to life the infamous elizabeth bathory, who was executed several hundred years previously for murdering young woman and bathing in their blood. Taking his place in the directors chair for the first time paul naschy serves up a harsh look at human nature by way of fear, torture and hatred.
A man paul naschy whose ancestors executed a witch is turned into a werewolf by modernday descendants of the executed witch. Thus far, we have helped with the dvd releases of naschy films in germany, england and america, and have played a central role in getting naschy s autobiography published in the united states. Superstition and religious fanaticism of the 16th century is brought to shocking life as you witness every gruesome detail of unspeakable horror. The second film in the hugely popular spanish horror series starring cult film star paul naschy as the legendary waldemar daninsky. Both also werent very picky about the movies they would appear in. He was born jacinto molina alvarez on september 6, 1934, in madrid, spain. Having acquired the mark of the pentagram on his tibetian misadventures, such. Paul naschy, mercedes molina, silvia solar language. With paul naschy, julia saly, silvia aguilar, azucena hernandez.
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