In 18th Century Spain a small village is ruled over by an evil Marquis. A beggar goes to the castle of this unfair ruler and asks for a small amount of bread and is consequently humiliated and jailed. He is soon forgotten and becomes more animal than human the only contact he has with humanity is through the mute servant girl who feeds him . When the servant girl is thrown into the beggar's cell and raped in a fit of lustful rage she falls pregnant. After being released from the cell she escapes the castle and is taken in by the kind Alfredo Corledo. On Christmas Day... Leon is born. His mother dies at birth and Corledo takes to raising the boy. Leon grows up to be a normal boy until age 6 when he begins to go missing at night and goats are reported savaged the next day. Leon is a werewolf a condition brought on by his traumatic heritage. However with love and attention the transformations can be fought and they are until Leon becomes a man. One full moon he again turns into a werewolf and terrifies the town. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. In 18th Century Spain, a small village is ruled over by an evil Marquis. A beggar goes to the castle of this unfair ruler and asks for a small amount of bread and is consequently humiliated and jailed. He is soon forgotten and becomes more animal than human, the only contact he has with humanity is through the mute servant girl who feeds him . When the servant girl is thrown into the beggar's cell and raped in a fit of lustful rage she falls pregnant. After being released from the cell she escapes the castle and is taken in by the kind Alfredo Corledo. On Christmas Day, Leon is born. His mother dies at birth and Corledo takes to raising the boy. Leon grows up to be a normal boy until age 6 when he begins to go missing at night and goats are reported savaged the next day. Leon is a werewolf, a condition brought on by his traumatic heritage. However, with love and attention the transformations can be fought and they are until Leon becomes a man. One full moon he again turns into a werewolf and terrifies the town. Actors Clifford Evans, Oliver Reed, Catherine Feller, Anthony Dawson, Yvonne Romain, Richard Wordsworth, Josephine Llewellyn, Hira Talfrey, John Gabriel, Warren Mitchell, Anne Blake, George Woodbridge, Michael Ripper & Ewen Solon Director Terence Fisher Certificate 12 years and over Year 1961 Languages English
Hammer studios present their version of the Werewolf myth. Leon (Oliver Reed) is born on Christmas Day as the result of a horrific rape, and so finds himself condemned to a tormented life as a werewolf. His terrifying transformation can only be stopped by the unquestioning love of a good woman or a silver bullet.
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