Der Werwolf und der Yeti (1975)

Der Werwolf und der Yeti: Directed by Miguel Iglesias. With Paul Naschy, Mercedes Molina, Silvia Solar, Gil Vidal. Waldemar, the renowned adventurer, joins an expedition to find the Yeti in the Himalayas. While hiking the mountains, he’s captured by two cannibalistic demon nymphets guarding a remote Buddhist temple and becomes their sex-slave. They transform him into a werewolf setting him loose to roam the mountain where he encounters a sadistic bandit.

“While most of the u0026#39;Waldemar Daninskyu0026#39;/u0026#39;Hombre Lobou0026#39; Werewolf flicks starring the great late Spanish Horror legend Paul Naschy cannot really be described as masterpieces, they are all entertaining and have a certain inimitable charm that can only be found in Naschy flicks. Being an enthusiastic Naschy-fan, I must say that u0026quot;La Maldición De La Bestiau0026quot; aka. u0026quot;The Werewolf and the Yetiu0026quot; (1975) is doubtlessly the most ludicrous and preposterous, and sadly also the least entertaining of the u0026#39;Hombre Lobou0026#39; flicks that Iu0026#39;ve seen; and yet it is immensely entertaining and definitely worth watching for my fellow fans of the man.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUsually, Waldemar Daninsky (who recovers from Werewolf-curses and, often, death with every passing film) is turned into a Werewolf by an ancient family curse, or by an unlucky coincidence. In this film, Paul Naschyu0026#39;s most famous character is an adventurer and scientist, who joins an expedition to the Himalayas, in the course of which his colleagueu0026#39;s sexy young daughter falls in love with him (of course). He then becomes a werewolf after being held in a Himalayan cave by two sex-hungry and cannibalistic pagan priestesses… u0026quot;The Werewolf and the Yetiu0026quot; is highly camp and cheesy (also in comparison to the other u0026quot;Hombre-Lobou0026quot; flick, all of which have a delightful camp factor), and occasionally extremely illogical and confused. In about 90 minutes, the film includes cannibal priestesses, the Werewolf, demonic witch doctors and an insane Himalayan warlord who wants to be Fu Manchu, as well as a Yeti (with minimal screen-time). The first half is pretty tiresome, but the film catches up in the second half with tons of sleaze, gore and genuine nastiness as well as camp fun. The landscapes look as Himalayan as Barcelona, and the whole thing makes little sense, but that does in no way lessen the fun. Paul Naschy is charismatic as always and the female cast members are entirely hot.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSince the film has little to no real suspense or creepiness it is easily the least interesting of Naschyu0026#39;s u0026#39;Hombre Lobou0026#39; films, but it is nonetheless highly entertaining. The fact that this impossible-to-be-taken-seriously piece of camp fun was on the UKu0026#39;s infamous Video Nasty list of banned films once again shows the idiocy of film censors. Definitely no must-see, but warmly recommended to my fellow Paul Naschy fans.”