Leon Klimovsky’s The Werewolf vs Vampire Woman (1971), despite a 4K restoration and a reputation for being one of Paul Naschy’s best movies, is slow and dull, with occasionally effective imagery – Naschy has an avid fan base, but in the handful of his movies that I’ve seen he seems an uninteresting and uncharismatic actor. Rosenthal obviously recognized this as he took his name off the final product, which is credited to Alan Smithee. Of the most recent acquisitions from Vinegar Syndrome, only a couple really warrant a thoughtful comment … as for the rest: Rick Rosenthal’s belated and misguided “sequel” to Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, The Birds II: Land’s End (1994) is an act of hubris which merely illustrates how good the original is by falling so far short. Does that mean I’m increasingly wasting my time when I ought to be concentrating on more challenging and worthwhile movies? Probably… Looking over the pile of recently-watched Blu-rays by my desk, I find there’s not a lot to say about most of them. An ancient vampire is foolishly revived in Leon Klimovsky’s The Werewolf vs Vampire Woman (1971)
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