Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004)

Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004)

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Romasanta

Auf den Spuren der Bestie

Romasanta - Im Schatten des Werwolfs

Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt

The Werewolf Manhunt

Romasanta, la caza de la bestia

The story of Manuel Blanco Romasanta is quite a well known one in Spain. It happened in the mid-nineteenth century, when a string of violent deaths took place which seemed in some ways like animal attacks, and in others like cold and calculated murder. Eventually a man was arrested -- Manuel Romasanta, and it was found that he used the body fat from his victims to make soap. At his trial he claimed that he became a werewolf, and that it is the nature of a wolf to kill. He was diagnosed with the psychological condition of lycanthropy, and given a life sentence rather than death.

The film itself is based largely on truth, partly on speculation and partly on pure invention for artistic purposes.(IMSB  Noel)

The Sun Was Setting (1951)

The Sun Was Setting (1951)

The story revolves around a young woman suffering from an unspecified terminal illness. The illness (presumably a heart defect) has left her house ridden, and her final desire is to go out and have one last night of fun. Despite the fact that going out will only hasten her demise, and against the urging of her best friend, and her lover, she goes out anyways, only to die before leaving her apartment. 

It's interesting to me that in this fourteen minute short, Ed Wood was able to convey some relatively convincing emotions and dramatic gravitas with this simple plot. The film is very much dialogue driven and free from the stock footage montages which we are used to in most of Wood's work. While it may come as a shock to most people, the screenplay and script really work here. (IMDB SukkaPunch)

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. 

Writers: Edward D. Wood Jr. , Ben Brody (additional dialogue) 

Weekend (2012 Japan)

Weekend (2012 Japan)

All Miki wanted was the chance to turn her blog into a career in the cosmetics industry. When invited to model a new brand at a secluded mountain lodge, she never imagines that her hosts – three seemingly normal men – might be setting a trap. Forced into submission for their kinky snuff website, Miki becomes her captors dog, kept alive only to perform. But Miki’s kidnappers aren’t the only ones with a talent for brutality, because now this young beauty wants only one thing: vengeance! (DVD cover) V&D