The Curse Of The Werewolf

Starring:

Oliver Reed
Clifford Evans
Yvonne Romain
Catherine Feller
Michael Ripper
Warren Mitchell
Anthony Dawson
Anne Blake
Peter Sallis
Ewen Solon
Hira Talfrey
George Woodbridge
Richard Wordsworth
John Gabriel
Sheila Brennan
Anne Blake

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Status: In Release

Category: Film

Release dates:
May 1, 1961 (UK - Theatrical)
June 7, 1961 (USA - Theatrical)

Genre: Gothic Horror

Language: English

Running time: 88 mins

Directed by: Terence Fisher

Written by: John Elder

Produced by: Anthony Hinds

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Synopsis

"Even the Innocent Girl Who Loved Him Was Not Safe ...Once the Full Moon Rose!"

Throughout his upbringing unnatural phenomena surrounded Leon. He is plagued with a terrible curse over which he exerc ises no control. During the full moon he changes into a ferocious beast initiating an orgy of indiscriminate killing. His love for Christina enables Leon to suppress his lycanthropic feelings until the engagement is broken off which precipitates a tragic conclusion.

Principal Photography: 12 September - 2 November 1960

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doctorw05

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19 Oct 2011, 5:51pm

Oliver Reed at his best. This is always in my top 5 werewolf movies!

bigguy2011

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17 Oct 2011, 5:13am

one of my favorites highly recommand to everyonr

karloff1931

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18 Oct 2010, 11:36pm

i have mixed feelings about "curse of the werewolf." for years, the public could only see the censored version as approximately 2 or 3 minutes were removed before release. upon seeing the uncut version, my opinion hasn't really changed. the pace is still too slow, it takes an age for oliver reed to make his first appearance and the werewolf scenes are too few and too brief for my liking. the makeup job is a very good one however and it does add a measure of suspense during the transformation scenes. also, the climax is reasonably effective. the mixture of sex and violence was certainly quite daring for 1960 when the film went into production. only in the unedited version of the film, is the sex and violence more evident. does all that make for a good horror film? not necessarily and "curse of the werewolf" is no exception. however, for all of its flaws, it is strangely, a hard film not to like entirely.

Zoltan

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21 Sep 2010, 11:25am

An all time classic , one of the best ever Hammer films and an outsatnding performance from Oliver Reed. In fact i'd go as far as to say the best ever Werewolf movie.

The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961)

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