Paul Naschy stars as the tragic Walter Daninski character for what must be the fifth or sixth incarnation, this time he's been attacked by a yeti-like creature while on an expedition in Tibet. The twist here is the presence of his co-worker Dr Alman (Cristal) who moonlights as a mad scientist developing zombies that awaken under her control. Journalist (Rivers) becomes interested in both Daninski and Alman when his girlfriend (Lujan) disappears while assisting Alman with her experiments.
The first thirty minutes shows promise - Daninski is cuckolded by his pretty but neglected wife (Zorilla), wrecks his car in an automobile accident, then undergoes the hirsute metamorphosis anticipated by the film's title. The film thereafter is a nonsense; while the narrative tries to focus on the jealousy, tragedy and despair of the central characters (Naschy, Cristal and Lujan) as they compete with their alter egos and conflicted loyalties, the context isn't sincere - it's just hokey.
Naschy's werewolf is a crazed manimal, bounding about frantically like a rabid chimp, it's amusing moreso than frightening. I can certainly appreciate what the film was attempting to be, but at best it's a romantic melodrama spiced by some monkey nut running around biting random people while a demented scientist does human experiments on hippies and drunks for mind control purposes. I'm not certain that's what Naschy was aiming for, but that was my experience.
The first thirty minutes shows promise - Daninski is cuckolded by his pretty but neglected wife (Zorilla), wrecks his car in an automobile accident, then undergoes the hirsute metamorphosis anticipated by the film's title. The film thereafter is a nonsense; while the narrative tries to focus on the jealousy, tragedy and despair of the central characters (Naschy, Cristal and Lujan) as they compete with their alter egos and conflicted loyalties, the context isn't sincere - it's just hokey.
Naschy's werewolf is a crazed manimal, bounding about frantically like a rabid chimp, it's amusing moreso than frightening. I can certainly appreciate what the film was attempting to be, but at best it's a romantic melodrama spiced by some monkey nut running around biting random people while a demented scientist does human experiments on hippies and drunks for mind control purposes. I'm not certain that's what Naschy was aiming for, but that was my experience.