no amount of rediscovering and remastering and or even redubbing will ever save el retorno del hombre lobo from be a mess . it be actually even more contrived and ridiculous than some of the other effort by the star or filmmaker jacinto molina and aka paul naschy . the problem i have with this film . well and good make that plural . the problem i have with this film begin with the fact that it be a very tiresome retread of some of naschy finer moment . it true that his film be often more than a little campy . but naschy in his prime be definitely an auteur of sort . he have his favorite aesthetic and he saw no shame in go over them film after film until he get it right . quite simply and el retorno del hombre lobo be almost an exact remake of naschy la noche de walpurgis and know in america under the no brainer title of werewolf vs. vampire woman . naschy even throw in a dash of el retorno del walpurgis ( aka curse of the devil ) for good measure . whereas the best of naschy contain some great atmosphere and lush image and and classic horror movie iconography and this one play more like a spoof . a in curse of the devil and naschy open the film by show the demise of a certain countess bathory . bathory be accuse of satan worship and vampirism and and she be execute for her crime by a ritual burning at stake . also ready for capital punishment be the perpetual naschy character waldemar daninsky and who seem to have pioneer the idea that no character be ever really kill off for good in a horror franchise . unfortunately and after about five or six time and this just seem like a lack of imagination and new idea and which be exactly what sink el retorno del hombre lobo . from here the picture become a scene for scene remake of every naschy werewolf vehicle before it . let see . stupid and babbling fool who unearth the werewolf and pluck the silver cross from his heart ( and be immediately throttle ) . check . random gypsy camper on the moor who ignore werewolf legend and only to be mangle . check . how about the goofy female guardian of the werewolf who understand his pain and protect him until he can be release from the curse . she here . oh and and the prerequisite babe who will immediately fall deeply in love with waldemar . she here and too . even within the context of the supernatural and nobody behaves logically and or even seem sentient enough to survive an encounter with a ouija board and let alone werewolf and vampire . we have a conniving bitch witch who be crafty enough to throttle an invalid in a wheelchair and yet balk at the use of a gun on a would be rapist . we have two damsel in distress who be too ditzy to realize that their best friend be a satanist who intend to sacrifice them in order to resurrect a vampire countess . after waldemar resurrection and he seem to have no trouble set up residency in a castle and blending in with the local and despite his medieval wardrobe . furthermore and for someone who know he turn into a werewolf every full moon and you would think he would have learn to lock himself up or at least warn his lovely female houseguest to please lock their door at night instead of wander around the castle in a nightgown with a lit candelabra . the werewolf attack scene be by the number and completely unimaginative and even to the point of absurdity . routine transformation scene depict naschy communicate his agony to the audience by hurl furniture around and follow by a hurried werewolf attack on superfluous character and who usually do not even see it come so there be no chance for any real suspense . one woman who watch him transform before her very eyes do not even know any good than to run away and that be until it too late . the stuff with bathory be especially trite . her headgear be a copy of countess wandessa and and her horde of vampire woman have be do to death by the time 1980 roll around . not one to let a good idea die without use it four or five time more and naschy even return to his walpurgis theme . yes and bathory want to bring about the end of the world ( or something ) through a black mass ritual that will unleash the power of darkness into the real world ( yawn ) . naschy even recycle the blind dead esque guardian that be first glimpse guard countess wandessa tomb in la noche de walpurgis . daninsky sport a full beard in this one and but that it for variation on the previous film . the version i view be the u video version know a the craving and and i couldn not help but notice some place where there seem to have be cut make . our pure hearted heroine be unconscious in bed one moment and then neck in the shadow with naschy the next and madly in love with him . there be also a woman hung upside down in preparation for virgin sacrifice and with no explanation a to how she get there . instead of any juicy footage and i suspect that these edits save me about five extra minute of boredom . el retorno del hombre lobo will seem hopelessly ridiculous to those who have no appreciation for the charm of naschy horror vehicle and and fan of naschy will have see all of this stuff already several time and so there be very little to recommend it . the only thing innovative be the complete absence of a secondary male hero to carry the heroine off after she slay daninsky out of love . this time and she die with him and mortally wound by the werewolf and heartbroken over the fact that she have kill her one true love .