Horror Cult Classic
CURSE OF THE DEVIL
Damn the Exorcist! The Devil won't let go!
A man whose ancestors executed a witch is turned into a werewolf by modern-day descendants of the executed witch.
Details & Specs
- Release
- 1973
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Country
- Spain, Mexico
- Language
- Spanish
- Genres
- Horror
- Also Known As
- The Black Harvest of Countess Dracula, The Return of Walpurgis, Original title: El retorno de Walpurgis
Synopsis
The great inquisitor Ireneus Daninsky has Countess Bathory burned alive and her female followers hanged. Before perishing in the flames the countess puts a curse on Daninsky and his descendants. Four centuries later, Waldemar Daninsky accidentally shoots a gypsy while hunting a wolf. The angry gypsies, who knew of the curse, summon up the Satan and the beautiful Ilona is chosen to seduce the young lord. During a night of love, Ilona bites Waldemar who turns into a werewolf killing his preys on full moon nights. His murders are first attributed to a mad killer escaped from the asylum. Waldemar, who suspects the killer is none other than himself, falls in love with Kinga, the daughter of a professor from Budapest. When Maria, Kinga's jealous younger sister, manages to seduce Waldemar and sleep with him, she is killed by the young man, once again turned into a werewolf.