Maidgethma Wonderfully offbeat film!

WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Wizard-8 The Hammer movie "The Curse of the Werewolf" is without doubt never dull and has some genuinely good elements here and there, ranging from Oliver Reed's good (and sympathetic) performance to some effective atmosphere. However, the script does have some faults that prevent the movie from reaching classic status. I think screenwriter John Elder was trying for something different, which by itself is not automatically a bad idea. But in the particular way he tried to be different is sometimes a little baffling. For starters, there isn't even the slightest hint of werewolves in the first third of the movie! For the first third, the movie focuses on secondary characters who eventually make an exit and are forgotten about for the rest of the movie. And it's unexplained how Clifford Evans' character manages to narrate this portion of the movie when he wasn't even there. Subsequently, actor Oliver Reed doesn't make his first appearance until more than half the movie is over. Eventually we do get some werewolf action, but it does feel more limited than many other werewolf films. These portions of the movie are kind of fun, and as I mentioned in the subject line, the movie as a whole is entertaining. But if you decide to watch this movie, I would advise you to put your standard werewolf movie expectations aside and prepare yourself for a quite different treatment.

Uriah43 This movie begins about 200 years ago in the small Spanish village of Santa Vera when a beggar arrives and seeks food at a nearby castle belonging to an evil man by the name of "Marques Siniestro" (Anthony Dawson). Although he receives both food and wine he is humiliated in the process and, without much thought, imprisoned by the Marques because of an unintended slight. Time passes and eventually the beggar is totally forgotten about in his prison cell. Then one day when the beggar has gotten quite old an attractive young woman named "Cristina" (Catherine Feller) is also sent into the same prison cell because she failed to answer a question by the Marques due to her being mute. She is then raped by the beggar who dies not too long afterward. A day or two afterward she is sent back to the Marques but when he attempts to have his way with her she kills him and flees into the woods. She then proceeds to live in the woods like a wild animal before being rescued by a nice man named "Don Alfredo" (Clifford Evans). Although her wounds are treated it is soon discovered that she is pregnant and a few months later gives berth to a son named "Leon" (Oliver Reed) on Christmas Day. Unfortunately, being born on this specific day is considered unlucky by the people of the village and eventually the sum of all of these inauspicious events catches up to him and turn him into a werewolf when the moon is full. Naturally, it is during this time that terrible events happen which sets the course for the rest of the movie. Now, rather than reveal any more. I will just say that this film spent quite a bit of time attempting to provide its own interpretation on the origins of lycanthropy but doesn't really get involved in the horror or action sequences until the last third of the movie. This causes the film to seem rather slow and dull at times and not up to the usual standards of a Hammer film. At least, that is my opinion. In any case, I have rated this movie accordingly. Slightly below average.

Morgan Hua I liked this because it wasn't your standard Universal Studios werewolf movie.First, it's set in Spain, not in Romania. The movie starts a bit slow as it's the origin story of how the werewolf is born and not via a gypsy curse. Then the boy's family and the priest are very sympathetic and even the werewolf begs them to kill him. This movie is so different. Even the ending where the werewolf, shot by his father, dies at the top of the church tower and does NOT transform back.The only issue I had was the rape origin story and potential rape by the nobleman. The rape was tastefully done and over dramatic, but I felt it wasn't necessary.

GusF A decent and well made but ultimately underwhelming Hammer film. Rather amazingly, it's the only werewolf film that the company ever made. At this early stage in his career, Oliver Reed just wasn't a good enough actor to play the lead role in the film. However, he is very effective as the werewolf towards the end of the film. However, the film does have a very good supporting cast, something that I've come to expect from Hammer, including Clifford Evans, Anthony Dawson (who is suitably vile as the Marques), Richard Wordsworth, Warren Mitchell, Michael Ripper, Ewen Solon, George Woodbridge, Francis de Wolff and Desmond Llewelyn.Speaking of the beggar, the plan was originally to have him be a werewolf and infect Leon's mother when he raped her. However, the censor objected to this (presumably due to the bestiality implications) and this element was removed from the script. That makes the long prologue in which the beggar is the central character seem less relevant than it should have been. Overall, the writing for the film was decent but not great. It wasn't one of Anthony Hinds' best. He seemed to enjoy writing about mute young women as they pop up again in "The Evil of Frankenstein" and "Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell". It was a bit too jumbled and Oliver Reed's first appearance was far too late at almost 48 minutes into the film.I thought that the make-up was very good but I was surprised how similar it was to that worn by Lon Chaney, Jr. in the Universal Wolf Man films, considering that Hammer was legally forbidden to emulate Boris Karloff's make-up from "Frankenstein" when making "The Curse of Frankenstein". However, it would have been nice if the werewolf made a proper appearance prior to the last ten minutes.