Howl of the Devil (1987)

Original title

El aullido del diablo

Directed by

Paul Naschy

Genre

horror film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A horror actor uses dark magic to summon classic monsters and villains to terrorize his family. The film is a showcase for the star to play many famous horror characters in a single story.

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What happens

Howl of the Devil (Spanish: El aullido del diablo) is a Spanish horror film written, directed by and starring Paul Naschy, along with Caroline Munro, Howard Vernon, and Naschy's son Sergio Molina (credited as Serg Mills). The film was finished in 1988 (according to its copyright date) and intended as a comeback vehicle for Naschy (who had not headlined a film since 1984), but due to various factors never received any significant theatrical release and was widely unavailable until 2021. The film is notable for providing Naschy—famed as the "Spanish Lon Chaney"—an opportunity to briefly portray a wide variety of classic horror characters, including Quasimodo, Frankenstein's Monster, Mr. Hyde, The Phantom of the Opera, Grigori Rasputin, Fu Manchu, Bluebeard, The Devil and his own iconic character Waldemar Daninsky from the Hombre Lobo films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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