{"id":19839,"date":"2019-12-28T21:43:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T02:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=19839"},"modified":"2019-12-28T21:58:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T02:58:14","slug":"werewolves-sex-and-steamy-delinquents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=19839","title":{"rendered":"Werewolves, Sex, and Steamy Delinquents"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Yes, the poster art is awesome in emphasizing the lurid details of what’s often been written off as a forgettable Austro-Italian riff on Universal’s werewolf series, but\u00a0Lycanthropus<\/strong> \/ aka\u00a0Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory<\/strong><\/a> (1961) had been floating around on grey market DVDs before Retromedia commissioned a special edition in 2004 that sought to contextualize the production, and spotlight its obvious virtues.<\/p>\n

Severin wisely ported over the great commentary between co-star Curt Lowens and still busy film historian \/ moderator David Del Valle for their laudable Blu-ray edition, which was reportedly made from a newly discovered print featuring the uncut Italian release.<\/p>\n

Werewolf<\/strong> was made on a tight budget and is hampered by some preposterous dialogue exchanges, but that is<\/em> part of the fun with these small gems – a European cast trying to give dignity and gravitas to a genre hybrid of horror and eurosleaze – but the production is also of note for being scripted by Ernesto Gastaldi.<\/p>\n

I don’t think it’s a leap to argue Gastaldi is one of Italy’s greatest genre constructionists; in his prolific career, he’s shown a consistent skill in playing a clever shell game with obvious and newly dropped clues of which most are part of an elaborate camouflage of a simple crime.\u00a0Werewolf<\/strong>\u00a0is<\/em> a monster movie, but the giallo elements give the story just enough credibility to keep us wondering whether the monster is real, or something else.<\/p>\n

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Only two elements within this U.S. poster are true. The other two are poppycock.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In Severin’s recently filmed interviews where Gastaldi reflects both on his career and the Italian film industry during the 1960s and 1970s, there’s a mischievous tone which is perhaps rooted in a pro who managed to inject enough craftsmanship when budgets, time, and derision by snooty critics were in play. Like fine wine (and cheese), there’s a maturity to his scripts which sometimes put contemporary overblown studio productions to shame. Where you might feel cheated for wasting time on a derivative start-studded shocker or dull indie homage, Gastaldi’s work is always worth revisiting, especially when it’s blessed with striking casts, great music, and agile directors.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading,<\/p>\n

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Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
\nKQEK.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WEREWOLF IN A GIRLS’ DORMITORY \/ LYCANTHROPUS (1961) gets a deserved second chance in Severin’s lovely Blu-ray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[3704,2562,2563,6342,6343],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/WerewolfGirlsDormitory_featured.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-59Z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19839"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19862,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19839\/revisions\/19862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}