The Curse of the Werewolf

The Curse of the Werewolf 1961 is a British film based on the novel The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore. The film was made by the British film studio Hammer Film Productions and was shot at Bray Studios. The leading role of the werewolf was Oliver Reeds first credited film appearance. Benjamin Frankels score is notable for its use of twelvetone serialism, rare in film music.

The girl is released the next day and sent to entertain the Marques Siniestro. She kills the old man and flees. She is found in the forest by the kindly gentlemanscholar Don Alfredo Corledo Clifford Evans who lives alone with his housekeeper Teresa Hira Talfrey. The warm and motherly Teresa soon nurses the girl back to health, but she dies after giving birth to a baby on Christmas Day a fact that Teresa considers unlucky since the child was born out of wedlock.Alfredo and Teresa raise the boy, whom they name Leon. Leon is cursed by the evil circumstances of his conception and by his Christmas Day birth. An early hunting incident gives him a taste for blood, which he struggles to overcome. Soon, a number of goats are found dead, and a herders dog is blamed. ........

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