Villain(s)  Werewolf,

Actor(s):  Paul Naschy, Manuel Manzaneque, Dyanik Zurakowska, Julian Ugarte

Brief Description  Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror (originally titled La Marca del Hombre Lobo or The Mark of the Wolfman) is a landmark 1968 Spanish Gothic horror film that launched the legendary career of writer and actor Paul Naschy. Despite its deceptive American title, the movie contains absolutely no connection to Frankenstein or his monster. Instead, it serves as an atmospheric, colorful monster mash featuring both werewolves and vampires.

Plot:
The story begins at a masked ball thrown in honor of the engagement between Rudolph Weissmann and Countess Janice von Aarenberg. The romance is complicated when the wealthy, brooding Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy) dances with Janice, causing her to fall instantly in love with him. Waldemar tells the young couple the dark legend of nearby Castle Wolfstein, where an ancestor named Imre Wolfstein was killed by Waldemar's grandfather for being a werewolf. Later, two grave-robbing gypsies camp in the castle ruins. Seeking hidden valuables, they break into the Wolfstein crypt and foolishly remove a protective silver cross from Imre’s corpse, resurrecting the ancient werewolf.

The resurrected beast begins preying on the local village. Waldemar hunts down the monster to protect the town, but during the brutal struggle, he is bitten and infected with the curse of lycanthropy. Desperate to rid himself of the agonizing curse, Waldemar seeks the help of Dr. Janos Mikhelov and his alluring wife, Wandesa, who are renowned experts in the occult. Unbeknownst to Waldemar, the couple are actually bloodthirsty, manipulative vampires. Instead of curing him, they attempt to subjugate the werewolf to execute their own sinister plans. Realizing he has been double-crossed, Waldemar's only option for survival—and to protect Janice—is to fully unchain the ferocious lycanthrope within to fight the vampire couple in a chaotic, Gothic monster showdown.