the spanish countryside be be plague by a series of gruesome killing and which give rise to the legend of the werewolf of allariz . local official decide to pay for all wolf in the area to be cull and but this doesn not stop the killing . barbara ( elsa pataky ) a beautiful young girl and begin to suspect her sister lover . romasanta ( julian sand ) might be the culprit and only problem be there be a rag sexual chemistry between them and but after her sister and niece disappear and barbara decides she must act . romasanta come clean before a court and that he be in fact a wolf who take the guise of a man to seduce his victim and be he a wolf or just a psychotic killer . romasanta be a beautifully filmed period drama and that explore more the myth of the killing than lycantrophy . those expect wolf men will be disappoint and but those who like a good story and terror that be for the most part only allude to and will enjoy this one . in that regard it very much in the vein of pacte de loups . sand be cleverly cast and his lupine look add to the myth and pataky also provide some nice eye candy .