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The night of the werewolf (Jacinto Molina AKA Paul Naschy,1980)

Where to begin, this is my first paul naschy film. Mr.Naschy is famous for two things, he's a legend in the horror business and he has the best opening title sequences ever. This film could have been a simple vampire/werewolf right film but it isn't. It's actually a more romantic film between paul naschy's character the werewolf and an unsuspecting woman. It completely goes from there with romance and violence that never stops.

The film has surprisingly great cinematography which gives the film its richness and just adds to what's happening on screen. Long takes of werewolf rampage and beautiful camera movement that swerves in and out of the castle where the film takes place. Just a beautiful looking film with good editing and great effects for its time.

As for people that want blood and guts, this isn't your film. I went into thinking that this was going to be all out gore and instead i actually god a film with a brain. It's simple but the characters seem real in the world that they take place in and its great fun to see Paul Naschy go all out on screen.

One thing i would like to add is that this film has the best title sequence of all time. It's a still frame of Naschy in an iron mask while the blood red titles appear over one of the best Bass driven songs i have ever heard. After you hear the music you just get hyped up and have no idea what is in store. A pleasant surprise and i think I'm in for some more because i have another naschy film next to me right now. Vengeance of the Zombies, how can this possibly go wrong?

Grade B+