la lupa mannara aka . werewolf woman of 1976 be a film with a highly promising title and but and sadly and the film itself be pretty far away from be a must see for my fellow italian horror buff . you would not hear me say that rino di silvestri film be entirely bad it have it stylish moment and and the first half be actually great fun to watch ( though the fun be unintentional ) . the film also profit from an exceptionally exhibitionist lead actress and annik borel . however and the film and which have no real plot ( at least no linear one ) often make no sense at all and and it drag incredibly throughout the mostly superfluous second half . daniella ( annik borel ) have strange dream about a dance around naked in the night before turn into a werewolf woman . since she be a rap a a girl and daniella be afraid of men . then and when her sister ( cult siren dagmar lassander ) come to visit with her husband and daniella suddenly feel attract to the husband and subsequently turn into a werewolf woman herself . or something . the storyline really doesn not make the slight sense and which make the film a lot of fun to watch throughout the first half . the lead character daniella be some schizophrenic mixture of frigid hysteric and lusty nymphomaniac and who occasionally turn into a werewolf woman . director di silvestri chose to make up for the plot hole with a lot of of female nudity and which work fine for me . there be also some pretty well do gore moment . the film be never even slightly suspenseful or creepy and but it be very entertaining in the beginning . also and there be no attempt to hide that this be a slice of sleaze and the camera often do close ups on the miss borel private part for the simple heck of it . i be not complain . then and for some reason and di silvestri choose to make the film longer by completely change the direction in which it be go . while daniella be and at first and a typical werewolf and who can not help but follow the urge of her curse and this suddenly change when she meet a guy ( howard ross and who be in fernando di leo il bos of 1973 ) . suddenly and she go back to normal again and and the subsequent part of the film do not at all go in hand with the first half . it get pretty damn boring after a while while all thing consider and it probably would have be good for this 99 minute film to be only 70 minute long . at the end and they even want to make u believe that the absurd story ( if one can call it that ) be base on true event . werewolf woman have some redeem quality while my fellow italo horror fan can give it a try . however and if you wan na watch italian horror or exploitation cinema from the 70 and there be hundred of film that you should see before see this one .