AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

trimbolicelia Not bad black-and-white early 60's English-dubbed Italian-Austrian made horror film. Shows its Germanic roots. The sets, actors, moody atmosphere and spooky music makes it seem like a West German Edgar Wallace mystery film. A werewolf is stalking the grounds of a girls' reformatory. It never goes near the dormitory. There is no lack of suspects among the faculty. The famed "Ghoul in School" song was never heard by myself, at least in this release. Highly recommended.

Zeegrade I was punched in the gut so hard it dropped me to the floor. Writhing in pain, I was suddenly kicked in the genitals. As the intense pain overcame me I blacked out thinking "What have I done to bring this punishment upon me?" At least that is how I felt as I watched disk 3, side A of Mill Creek's 50 Chilling Classics collection. After laboring through Haunts I turned my glazed over eyes to Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory a.k.a. Lycanthropus. With a title like that it leaves little mystery concerning the plot.A new professor arrives at a reform school for girls the very same time a student, prisoner, whatever the hell they are is murdered. When the campus faculty that is staffed by morons find the body they note how the wounds seem to be from a "vicious animal". Let me pause in query as I ponder what could possibly be the culprit. Could it be said werewolf in the title? Maybe. Do I care. Absolutely not. Barbara Lass is hot in an early sixties way and definitely poke worthy for a smelly deadbeat hippie of that time. This is an Italian-Spanish production of the typical American werewolf movie of the fifties. At times you can see the characters speaking English and in other scenes the lines are clearly foreign. The ending is a head-scratcher as it is never explained how or why the culprit became a werewolf to begin with or the motivation for the attacks. You can probably guess who the werewolf is within fifteen minutes anyway. Do yourself a favor and put this foaming dog to sleep.

slayrrr666 "Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory" is a pretty enjoyable if slightly flawed entry.**SPOILERS**Arriving at an all-girls boarding school, Dr. Julian Olcott, (Carl Schell) learns that his scandalous past will be forgotten and he is expected to perform like any other teacher on campus. Trying not to interfere with the usual antics of the students on campus, a rash of murders from the students manages to find Sir Alfred Whiteman, (Maurice Marsac) as the prime suspect due to his lecherous ways with the students. When student Priscilla, (Barbara Lass) brings forth evidence of this, it throws more heat towards him, but as the deaths continue, they eventually realize that the killer is a werewolf and could be anyone on the staff, forcing them into a race to stop the killings before more are harmed.The Good News: There was a couple of rather good points to this one. The fact that there's a rather good sense of sleaze generated from the school's dealings is pretty nice. It's quite unusual to be able to see this kind of thing put so prominently in a film from the time-period, as the back-stabbing, cheating, adultery and infidelity are all put on display here, and the fact that so much time is devoted to this is where it gets really nice and dirty, since the film is never made out for certain that what's going on is happening to underage women or not. They look close enough for it to be an issue, the intent of the school would fit in well but the gray area with that manages to be even sleazier. There's also some really nice Gothic atmosphere from the film on display as well, from the darkened woods to the really creepy scenes within the dormitory of the creature stalking the others while they're sleeping, and it leaves a rather nice, creepy feeling during these scenes. This is also on display during the rather fun chase through the woods to open the film, as the action is fast and furious, but the creepy surroundings in the woods makes this one even more of a better scene because it's a thrilling encounter within a creepy location, and that always works. The final confrontation in the laboratory that spills out into the town and through to the bar is a good one as well, making for a satisfying ending that pulls a nice twist out of it as well and makes it a positive ending. The last plus here is the rather nice way it manages to hide the identity of the killer, since there's a couple red herrings strewn about and each one has plenty of evidence, rather than calling one a red herring with a lot of evidence toward it, then naming a few others with circumstantial evidence only, while this one spreads that out amongst most of the red herrings, proving for a healthier mystery and a lot of fun during those scenes trying to figure it out. These here are what work for the film.The Bad News: This one did have a few problems to it to hold it down. One of the biggest ones is that, because it focuses on the sleaze factor, not a whole lot of action is in here. The film takes a while to get to it's good parts that some of the middle section here comes off as downright dull. The endless scenes of everyone running around talking to each other about what's happened to the others or what should be done, and it's a pretty dull move for the most part. These just make the film so dull and really lifeless during these parts. Another flaw to this is that the werewolf, which is another somewhat problematic effort, by keeping the creature off-screen for most of the time, which is a good thing as it's so fake-looking. Keeping the title creature off is a bad thought, but having one that looks this bad is somewhat of a good thing, since beyond a couple of craggily features to give shadows on the face and some fangs, otherwise it's hard to believe that, unless we were told otherwise, this one could be anything else and it wouldn't have mattered as this is one of the few werewolves that looks nothing like what the term implies. These here what really hold the film down.The Final Verdict: This wasn't that bad and actually had some good stuff for it when it had got around to showcasing them. Give this one a shot if you're into the cheesy style or are a fan of European werewolf fare, otherwise this one should be treated with extreme caution.Today's Rating-PG: Violence and mild violence against animals

Coventry Why, in the girl's dormitory of course! My thoughts exactly! The creators of this low-keyed European horror production had one luminous idea and immediately processed it into the title. Unfortunately, they put all their of their ingenuity in the title and the setting and the rest of the film is dreadfully soporific, unexciting and infuriatingly dull. The plot isn't your average werewolf tale but a murder-mystery and, with a slight bit of imagination, you could even call it a predecessor for the later (and much superior) Italian Giallo sub genre. Several of the elements in the story would later grow out to become fundamental key aspects in nearly every Giallo-effort, like a school full of wayward girls, the likable teacher character investigating, blackmail, sex for money and – of course – vicious murders in the woods. A new teacher arrives in the secluded boarding school for 'naughty' girls and barely one day later, the police are already investigating the peculiar death of a student, whose body got barbarically ripped to pieces. It looks like the work of a wild animal, like a wolf, but her gorgeous roommate Priscilla discovers the victim was involved in a sex-and-blackmailing game with the school's resident and respected head teacher. Since all suspicion falls on the new guy, he's eager to help Priscilla out with her investigation. All I can conclude is that "Werewolf in a girl's Dormitory" was made at least a decade too soon. The subject matter isn't necessarily ahead of its time, mind you, but the film could have been a modest classic if only it could have benefited from gorier make-up art and sleazier undertones. In the 1970's, the setting of a school for wayward girls would be the ideal excuse to show nudity, perverted characters and explicit bloodshed. But because it's an early 60's film, the 'wayward' girls are sweet and obedient and the horror is reduced to showing a couple of bodies with their eyes wide open. Sleaze and gore might not have improved the quality, but at least the film wouldn't have been so boring.