Colmillos, el hombre lobo

I love werewolves! Ever since I was a kid, the hairy guy has been my favorite of the movie monsters. When I saw a large moon rising in the sky one night this month, I knew I had to watch a werewolf movie. Colmillos, el hombre lobo was the only one I owned that I had never seen.

Colmillos is from Mexico, which caused me some trepidation. Mexican genre cinema is something of an acquired taste that has mostly escaped my palate. Having written that, I found the film okay.

The rather complicated plot has to do with a poor farmhand, Cristobal, who is in love with a wealthy girl. She loves him too, but Cristobal is ambitious. One night he meets a spirit woman who gives him a statue that creates precious, magical stones. Cristobal sells these magical stones to various people, which makes him well off. Unfortunately, the spirit lady failed to mention that the statue would also turn Cristobal into a werewolf hunting down the people who possess the stones.

The plot is a bit undeveloped. Viewers have no idea who the spirit lady is or why she gives the statue nor do we see the magical stones doing the feats they are supposed to. Colmillos reminds me of a Paul Naschy film from the 1970's, but is generally not as good. Colmillos is surprisingly bloody though (if not always convincingly so).

Colmillos is not a film I would watch a second time, but it was mildly diverting once. I have seen worse werewolf movies.