MORGHEN THE UNLIVING MOVIE
It's a project that started life as a horror movie and transformed (werewolf-like?) into a porn movie with some few bits of horror thrown in. As a tribute to the works of Paul Naschy "The Unliving" aka "Tomb Of The Werewolf" is a failure and a sad last outing for good old WD. I tried watching the making of feature afterwards, but only got partway thought it as I found I didn't particularly like the people making the film - the lack of respect for the "leading lycanthrope" (well, he's the only "Name " in the film even if he's not really central to it) was irksome. Interestingly there are some CGI effects included, such as a brief flashback scene of Waldemar morphing into his lycanthropic form, but it's not enough to recommend this flick. Maybe if Mr Molina had had a hand (paw?) in the scripting/directing of this film things might have been different, but as it is. The only exceptions to this are Daninsky himself, who spends his brief screen time mostly moping/lurking silently around the castle grounds in the daytime and attacking extraneous characters at night as the werewolf and the lady psychic (the reincarnation of Waldemar's long-dead wife) who spends much of her time being melancholic until the climax when she deals far too easily with the villainess of the piece (it's Elizabeth Bathory in case you're wondering who turned up in a couple of previous Waldemar outings). None of the characters are particularly likeable and spend far too much screen time copulating (true, Naschy's movies contained some eroticism, but not to this extent), I counted five sex scenes that seem to go on interminably and far too graphically, usually interrupting the flow of events just when it seems something interesting is finally going to happen (when they're not "bonking" each other, they just sit around being obnoxious). Admittedly the man himself was past his physical prime when this was made and so wasn't able to be as active as much as he used to, but to be honest Naschy's/Waldemar's presence in this travesty is gratuitous at best (Waldemar's painting seems to get more screen time than he does). This release should carry at least one of these disclaimers - "Contains nudity and sex and precious little else!" and/or "Warning: May contain werewolf!" Frankly, being an aficionado of Mr Molina's/Naschy's movies work and his Waldemar Daninsky films in particular this was a BIG let down. As Joe Bob Briggs would say, ''It's got the three B's: Blood, Boobs, and Beasts!'' Directed by Fred Olen Ray Stars Paul Naschy, Michelle Bauer, Jay Richardson, Beverly Lynne Special Features: Commentary Track by Fred Olen Ray and David DeCoteau, ''A Werewolf in Hollywood'' Behind the Scenes Video Documentary, original trailers, stills gallery.
The castle is rumored to possess a secret treasure hidden within its walls, but ultimately death is all they find as the eternal Countess Elizabeth Bathory seeks to sacrifice them in order to please the Lord of Darkness, bathe in their blood, and revive Daminsky from his tomb.
MORGHEN THE UNLIVING TV
The story begins as a TV crew makes its way to Castle Daminsky in search of a story. For the first time ever, Naschy brings his classic werewolf character to life in America as he joins scream queen Michelle Bauer and late-night Cinemax favorite Beverly Lynne in director Fred Olen Ray's tribute to the great Spanish horror films of the 1970s. Presented in its original 95 minute uncut version! The last of the great horror legends, Paul Naschy, revives his most famous monster creation - the doomed werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky - in this blood-soaked Gothic nightmare.
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