This Tyburn Tale of terror deals with a second-class travelling circus troupe in 19th Century run by Hugh Griffith who adopts a wolf boy previously brought-up by a pack of wolves after they attacked his parents. The child who once ran with wolves has forgotten his past , except when the moon is full . The circus appears at isolated locations , but early instead of bringing happines and fun , it brings mutilation and death . As the young : introducing David Rintoul leaves a trail of gruesome murders across the countryside and he then runs off to París where goes on his bloody massacres . In the capital he has an overprotective crush on a call-girl while he follows his criminal spree and joins a rundown local menagerie run by Ron Moody .
This werewolf movie packs thrills , chills , suspense, eerie events and grisly killings . Lurching from a hopeless opening sequence in which a voice-over explains the werewolf in decidedly bland terms into a disastrously unfocused section featuring Hugh Griffith as a travelling showman , it ultimately settles down to being an only faintly more coherent tale of werewolf killings , set in a grade-school version of late century París. Although the screenplay results to be some disconcerting and preposterous and even the great Peter Cushing looks sometimes confuse by the shambles around him . As Peter Cushing plays as a meticulous forensic who investigates the astonishing killings and the unknown newcomer David Rintoul performs a jealous Wolfman who attacks the clients of a beautiful prostitute with whom fell in love . Being accompanied by a good cast, such as : Hugh Griffith , Ron Moody , Renee Houston and Roy Castle .
It displays a brilliant cinematography by cameraman John Wilcox, though a perfect remastering being really necessary . As well as thrilling and suspenseful musical score by Harry Robertson. The picture was uneven but professionally directed by Freddie Francis . He was a craftsman , expert on horror genre , shooting a number of films of this kind , such as : Nightmare , Doctor Terror's House of Horrors , The Skull, Torture Garden, Dracula has risen from the Grave , The Creeping Flesh , Craze , The Ghoul, The Doctor and the devils, among others . Rating : 5.5/10. Passable and acceptable horror movie .
This werewolf movie packs thrills , chills , suspense, eerie events and grisly killings . Lurching from a hopeless opening sequence in which a voice-over explains the werewolf in decidedly bland terms into a disastrously unfocused section featuring Hugh Griffith as a travelling showman , it ultimately settles down to being an only faintly more coherent tale of werewolf killings , set in a grade-school version of late century París. Although the screenplay results to be some disconcerting and preposterous and even the great Peter Cushing looks sometimes confuse by the shambles around him . As Peter Cushing plays as a meticulous forensic who investigates the astonishing killings and the unknown newcomer David Rintoul performs a jealous Wolfman who attacks the clients of a beautiful prostitute with whom fell in love . Being accompanied by a good cast, such as : Hugh Griffith , Ron Moody , Renee Houston and Roy Castle .
It displays a brilliant cinematography by cameraman John Wilcox, though a perfect remastering being really necessary . As well as thrilling and suspenseful musical score by Harry Robertson. The picture was uneven but professionally directed by Freddie Francis . He was a craftsman , expert on horror genre , shooting a number of films of this kind , such as : Nightmare , Doctor Terror's House of Horrors , The Skull, Torture Garden, Dracula has risen from the Grave , The Creeping Flesh , Craze , The Ghoul, The Doctor and the devils, among others . Rating : 5.5/10. Passable and acceptable horror movie .