The Curse of the Werewolf

Name: The Curse of the Werewolf
Duration: 1 h 31 min

1hr 31m

3.2/5 (3.1K)

1hr 31m
3.2/5 (3.1K)

In eighteenth-century Spain, an adopted boy becomes a werewolf and terrorizes the inhabitants of his town. More Details »

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Director:

Terence Fisher, Terence Fisher

Producer:

Michael Carreras

Writer:

Guy Endore, Anthony Hinds

Release Date:

Jun 7, 1961

Runtime:

1hr 31m

Synopsis

In eighteenth-century Spain, an adopted boy becomes a werewolf and terrorizes the inhabitants of his town.

Cast

Clifford Evans
Oliver Reed
Clifford Evans
Yvonne Romain
Oliver Reed
Catherine Feller
Yvonne Romain
Anthony Dawson
Catherine Feller
Anthony Dawson

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.2

RATINGS 7 FANS

3.2

Oct 9, 2022

The Curse of the Werewolf is Hammer's only werewolf film, and it's a real mini epic - the ninety minute runtime spectacularly incorporates a story spanning over several decades. The first act is a brilliantly conceived origin story for the werewolf itself. The whole…

176 Likes

Slig001

Oct 9, 2025

RESEÑA EN ESPAÑOL SPOOKTOBER VI: THE HAMMER OF HORROR Fisher and Hammer present their take on classic werewolf stories, featuring lavish and stunning set designs that immerse you in the narrative. The subplot involving the child, along with the way the film sometimes…

160 Likes

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

Apr 25, 2025

Checks all the Hammer boxes you’d want – gothic atmosphere, lavish colours, quite clearly English people pretending they’re Spanish, serious father figures, beautiful women in low-cut dresses – but adds in a rather massive dose of melancholy which felt surprising for a…

109 Likes

Lexzilla
Sep 3, 2026

It hurts giving a Hammer movie such a low score, but I just didn’t care for The Curse of the Werewolf at all. For the most part, it’s incredibly dull. The first half is all meaningless backstory. And the last half isn’t much better. There isn’t any werewolf action until…

29 Likes

Adam 🎞️📺📚🎮

Oct 6, 2013

The opening credits play over a close-up of a crying werewolf's eyes. Nobody in werewolf movie history ever wanted to be a werewolf less than Oliver Reed's character. The opening which threw me for a loop when I first watched this last year made more sense thematically and…

96 Likes

laird

Apr 8, 2026

🌕 🐺 ROAD TO ROBERT EGGERS WEREWOLF 🐺 🌕 (English Version below) _____________________________________________________________ german version Blutrotes Spanien & Britischer Charme: „Der Fluch von…

91 Likes

Mister Cap (english/german)
Aug 28, 2021

Another delightful Hammer horror puts me halfway through my box set and I didn’t even realize until he shows up that the titular monster is played by Oliver Reed looking like a goddamn snack and a half in his human form. It does take a little while to get going, but it…

88 Likes

Tony the Terror

Mar 15, 2025

Probably the best hammer horror I’ve seen so far it’s got a great gothic atmosphere an even better Oliver reed performance and some great scale to the film with the jump in decades. Overall pretty good with some decent cinematography and use of colours.

76 Likes

Sam

May 28, 2024

My day was what Lady Bracknell might call full of incident. I cut my thumb opening a package. My phone wouldn’t charge. I got caught in a traffic jam. The fish sandwich I’ve told others is the best in the Atlanta area was a tad tepid. Perhaps the chef, as with moi, was…

70 Likes

noir1946