Those looking for an entertaining slice of classic lycanthropic Euro-horror will probably be disappointed by the lack of a fanged, furry female in this trashy effort from director Rino Di Silvestro: the only real werewolf woman in the whole film appears for approximately six minutes at the very beginning. The rest of the film takes place 200 years later and stars Annik Borel as Daniela, an emotionally disturbed man-hater (she was raped as a teenager) who believes that she is the reincarnation of her ancestor, the aforementioned werewolf woman. Whenever the moon is full, Daniela loses control (but doesn't get any hairier) and savagely attacks men, leading her to be institutionalised. One night, Daniela makes her escape, and continues her murderous ways until she falls for a kind stuntman called Luca (Howard Ross), but her happiness ends when she is raped by three men and Luca is killed trying to protect her. Daniela takes revenge, but the police are hot on her trail.
The film features tons of explicit female nudity (Borel frequently gets buck naked, even flashing her taco; the gorgeous Dagmar Lassander, as Daniela's sister, has a steamy sex scene; and a young woman strips off for a tryst with her lover in a barn), and there's a smattering of gore, but the film is remarkably dull for one packed with so much exploitative sleaze. The action is tedious, overly talky, and ends with a damp squib, Daniela caught by the police without putting up much of a fight.
Worth a watch if you're a fan of Annik Borel or Dagmar Lassander, but a disappointment for this particular horror addict.
The film features tons of explicit female nudity (Borel frequently gets buck naked, even flashing her taco; the gorgeous Dagmar Lassander, as Daniela's sister, has a steamy sex scene; and a young woman strips off for a tryst with her lover in a barn), and there's a smattering of gore, but the film is remarkably dull for one packed with so much exploitative sleaze. The action is tedious, overly talky, and ends with a damp squib, Daniela caught by the police without putting up much of a fight.
Worth a watch if you're a fan of Annik Borel or Dagmar Lassander, but a disappointment for this particular horror addict.