NIGHT OF THE HOWLING BEAST (75) Adult Version Paul Naschy
1756DVD
The
Fully Uncut "Adult" Version starring Paul Naschy
Contains All the Nudity and Violence
missing from the regular mainstream print
original
spanish title: LA MALDICION DE LAS BESTIA (Curse of the Beast)
also known as THE WEREWOLF AND THE YETI
director: Miguel Iglesias (as M I Bonns) written
by Paul Naschy (as Jacinto Molina)
starring: Paul Naschy · Grace Mills · Silvia Solar · Gil Vidal · Luis
Induni · Jose Castillo Escalona
This
production followed Naschy's CURSE
OF THE DEVIL
(Return of the Walpurgis); it was his eighth film as Waldemar Daninsky,
the reluctant werewolf. While Naschy plays the same character in each
of his films, the stories do not follow any kind of sequence. This time,
he is an anthropologist (and psychologist) who agrees to join a Tibetan
expedition with Sylvia, the daughter of a scientist friend, in search
of the yeti. During the dangerous trek, Daninky is separated from the
others and finds refuge in a mysterious cave. Inside two women come to
his aid (and bed) before he discovers them eating the body of his guide.
Unfortunately, Daninky has been bitten by one of the exotic women and
he is now infected with a lycanthropic virus. Meanwhile, Sylvia and the
rest of the group have been captured by armed bandits led by wicked Saga
Khan and his evil princess who seem to get their kicks through sexual
torture.
Many
of the critics who follow Naschy's career agree this is his most successful
film. However, few cult fans have had the opportunity to see it fully
uncut. This movie - like many others during Naschy's most prolific period
(ie,DR
JEKYLL AND THE WOLFMAN, THE
WOLFMAN NEVER SLEEPS, et al) - was initially shot in two
different versions: 'Mainstream' and 'Adult.' Traditionally, the adult
prints are much more difficult to find. In the early 2000s, after his
highly successful comeback films ROJO
SANGRE (Blood Red) and MUCHA
SANGRE, Paul Naschy went to Hollywood for two movies Fred Olen
Ray's TOMB
OF THE WEREWOLF and COUNTESS
DRACULA'S ORGY OF BLOOD (both 2004). He then flew to Brazil for
Ivan Cardoso's tailor-made project WEREWOLF
IN THE AMAZON. That would be his final motion picture. Paul Naschy
died of pancreatic cancer at age 75 in 2009.
A Spanish
film in English language; widescreen format, uncut version at 92 minutes,
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT. Extras include theatrical
trailers.
Graphic
Violence/Nudity/Sexual Brutality/Gore/Drugs
For mature audiences
