ROMASANTA: HUNTING OF THE BEAST (2004) Paco Plaza directs
3237DVD
Werewolf
Thriller from Paco Plaza, the director of .REC
Original
Spanish Title: ROMASANTA:
LA CAZA DE LA BESTA [Romasta: Hunting of the Beast]
also known as LEGEND OF ROMASANTA and WEREWOLF MANHUNT
director:
Paco Plaza
starring: Julian Sands · Elsa Pataky · John Sharian ·
Gary Piquer · David Gant · Maru Valdivielso
This
is the story of Manuel Romasanta, the only man ever brought to trial in
Europe for being a werewolf. He was a vicious serial killer, part Casanova,
part wolfman who preyed on countless females in 19th Century Spain.
The movie is not only a thriller of top echelon but it's also incredibly
erotic, thought-proking and historically accurate.
More
and more people are disappearing daily. Mostly females. The locals whisper
about "the Werewolf of Allariz." Then the police begin finding
bodies, gutted and mutilated beyond recognition. Meanwhile, traveling
vendor Manuel Romasanta moves into a small cottage on the edge of a wolf
plagued forest with lovely Josephine and her beautiful sister Barbara.
When Josephine mysteriously disappears, Barbara begins to suspect that
Romasanta is actually the killer. She, however, is attracted to his "animal
magnetism" and soon becomes his next victim.
Based
on Carlos Martinez Babeito's horror docu-novel El Bosque de Ancines
(inspired by the legend of the bandit werewolf Romasanta, the same source
material for 1970's EL
BOSQUE DEL LOBO [The Forest of the Wolf].
A Spanish
film
(shot in English language); widescreen, uncut (94 min.) version in DVD
encoded for ALL REGIONS, playable on any American DVD machine; in English
language; bonus includes making-of, trailers & crew interviews.
Violence,
Gore, Adult Material & Nudity: Viewer discretion is advised.
