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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Curse of the Werewolf |
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A child is born from a mother who was raped by a beastly prison inmate. It was never clear if the prisoner was a werewolf. Almost an hour into the film, we are finally introduced to the protagonist (Oliver Reed) a strapping young Spaniard who sets out to the big city to make a life of his own. While there he is subjected to the debauchery of city existence which causes him to transform into the werewolf and go around killing the city's inhabitants.
It is at this point that Reed asks to be killed by a silver bullet. But the town's magistrate's refuses the request and keeps Reed locked up in prison as a suspect in the previous night's massacre.
Reed transforms a final time, to wreak havoc on the town, by climbing up roofs and hanging out in a bell tower. It's in this setting where Reed as the werewolf dies at the hands of his guardian via a silver bullet.
The movie is all exposition spending far too much time explaining the genesis of the werewolf and what causes the transformations. This is not to say that this is not interesting, because it is. However the "real" story involving Reed and his confrontation with himself and the townspeople seemed rushed as a result of it. For example, Reed has a love interest, but this subplot never seems to begin or develop for that matter. All of the sudden Reed is madly in love with an engaged woman.
--BenBoodman, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Curse of the Werewolf |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on present day Earth
Horror film?
Yes
Kind of Horror Story
- werewolf teething
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- servant
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- can change shapes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- Very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- magical being, male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can change shapes
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) long, like a girl
Body type
- muscular (man)
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity
- Hispanic/Latinic
Physical condition
- very athletic
Setting
Mountains?
Yes
Forests?
Yes
Misc settings
- prison
- mansion
- bar/restaurant
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie
- depressed/sad
Any profanity?
- None
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
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