a week or Spain’s king of horror as El Hombre Lobo Waldemar Daninsky.
Six of the series in some sort of order, well it was chronological but it wasn’t in exact order as I’ve watched some of the ones in between previously.
It started in a bizarre way… shots of London while the bagpipes caterwauled “Jockland the Brave” in “Dr. Jekyll vs The Werewolf” aka “Dr. Jekyll and the Wolfman” (1972).
Paul Naschy returns as El Hombre Lobo for the sixth time as he searches for a cure to his full moon madness by visiting the grandson of the infamous Dr. Jekyll. IMDb
Next up Waldemar was off to Tibet to find the Yeti in “The Curse of the Beast” aka “The Werewolf and the Yeti”, “Night of the Howling Beast” and “Hall of the Mountain King” (1975).
Which was of course the intro and explanation of how he became a werewolf in “The Fury of the Wolfman”, which was fourth in the series, while this was number eight.
Daninsky joins a Yeti expedition in the Himalayas but gets captured by cannibalistic nymphs guarding a Buddhist temple. They turn him into a werewolf where he encounters a sadistic bandit while roaming the mountains. IMDb
Next up was the next in the series, number none, “The Return of the Wolfman” aka “The Night of the Wolfman” aka “The Craving” (1981).
Into the 80s and Waldemar is back cumming around with Lizzie Bathory and her blood bathing.
An evil witch brings back to life the infamous Elizabeth Bathory, who was executed several hundred years previously for murdering young woman and bathing in their blood. IMDb
Number 10 sees the hairy Daninsky trying to find a cure in Japan in “The Beast and the Magic Sword” (1983).
It’s another new explanation on how he became a werewolf. It was a bit like The Wolfman meets the Water Margin.
In the 16th century, lycanthrope Waldemar Daninsky travels from his native Europe to Japan, seeking a way to cure himself of being a werewolf. Only a Japanese sorcerer named Kian and a magic silver sword can save him. IMDb
Number 11 sees yet another backstory on how Waldemar got the fur with “Licantropo: The Moonlight Murders” aka “Lycanthrope: The Full Moon Killer” (1997). Gypsies and Nazi SS officers.
Waldemar Daninsky, a best-seller writer, is exhausted and needs help from Dr. Westenra, the daughter of the local coroner. Meanwhile, gruesome murders are happening. IMDb
Last and certainly least was the final entry, “Tomb of the Werewolf” (2004). Liz Bathory is back again…
Pre-credit opening sequence consists of Countess Erzabeth Bathory, making a pact with the devil in exchange for eternal youth & beauty from sacrificing young, nubile virgin women. After credits flashes to modern times, as a reality show TV crew visits Castle Daninsky, in search of hidden treasure hidden with the castle dungeons. Instead, they discover THE TOMB OF THE WEREWOLF, unleashing the cursed servant of the Countess, centuries later for all those in cable television land to see! IMDb
Well that’s the El Hombre Lobo series done, 11 of the 12 films, one apparently has never been released if it was actually ever made. All fun stuff, some better than others, some real daft stuff.