![]() ![]() Paul Naschy, who aside from acting as the werewolf, also wrote Assignment Terror's screenplay. Frankie is brought to Odo's castle laboratory and fed huge zaps of sparkly electricity which gets his motor running once again. A wonderful loping organ theme, resembling a low-octave ascending/descending scale run, cues up each time the bandaged one appears on-screen.įinally, Frankenstein's monster, called something like “Frankstonnen” to avoid lawsuits, joins the group, depicted as the classic square-headed behemoth from the Universal Studio films with green skin, the requisite black sportcoat, and a disproportionately large nose. The Mummy's spindly bandage-wrapped frame belies tremendous strength as he searches for freedom and crashes through the stone entrance of his burial chamber. Next, a comically quirky Asian mummy with wet, bulging eyes is resuscitated from its tomb in Egypt. Back in the aliens' operating room, the silver bullets that ended Waldemar's curse are extracted from his chest in a graphic operating scene consisting of stock footage of open heart surgery Dracula and the gypsy girl then accompany Odo back to his lair.Īfter Dracula's resurrection, werewolf Waldemar Daninsky is secreted away from his family crypt amidst howling winds and claps of thunder. Dracula's subsequent regeneration is revealed in a fantastically campy scene depicting a series of squishy internal organs slowly appearing behind Drac's bony exterior. Odo removes the wooden stake lodged between Dracula's bony chest and rams it into the back of the male gypsy who is wholly distracted by Maleva. Later that night, Dracula is freed from his carnival side-show gig. Meanwhile, Odo sizes up the young female gypsy, intent on making her the first of "a group of beautiful women who will blindly obey my orders…." revealing that men, humanoid or alien, all share the same innermost fantasies. Standing among the wandering crowds one evening, Odo instructs Maleva to "Promise to read his future tonight…" (wink, wink) as she approaches the man and makes googley-eyes in his direction. ![]() Varnoff first targets Dracula for regeneration, the Prince of Darkness currently having his skeletal remains displayed from his coffin by a traveling gypsy couple hawking palm reading as part of their local carnival display. Female scientist Maleva Kerstein (Karin Dor), the victim of a fatal car accident, is chosen for her dark eyes and subtle curves, helpful attributes used occasionally to seduce male Earthlings Kirian Downa (Angel del Pozo), a young war surgeon killed in action, is selected for his surgical skill. Odo has been instructed to clone these famous creatures several hundred times before unleashing them en masse on Earth's population a dastardly plan dubbed "Assignment Terror," concocted to clear the way for the arrival of Ummo's inhabitants to their new, human-free home.Ī pair of recently-deceased Earth scientists are reanimated and used as host bodies by aliens accompanying Odo, allowing them to complete their mission of monster resuscitation undetected. Varnoff arrives on Earth, takes human form, and sets up his laboratory in an appropriately Gothic castle from which he coordinates the location and capture of the Mummy, Vampire, Wolfman, Dracula and Frankenstein. With the knowledge that these beings are real, scientist Odo Varnoff (Michael Rennie) is chosen to prepare planet Earth for the relocation of Ummo's entire population. While searching for a suitable foster planet, Ummo's research team learns that various monsters documented by the inhabitants of a certain planet Earth are not merely the thing of legend, but actually exist. Rulers from the planet Ummo discover that their sun is dying, temperatures necessary to sustain life are rapidly falling. Los Monstrous never received theatrical release in the United States, but played for years on late-night horror shows as part of American International's Direct-to-tv package deals made available to local network channels. Los Monstrous del Terror marks the second appearance of Paul Naschy's Waldemar persona although the conflicted werewolf is relegated to one of several supporting roles among a handful of classic monsters captured by aliens. ![]() ![]() Paul Naschy became synonymous with his on-screen portrayal of the doomed Daninsky, building a successful movie career around his popular character and making several appearances as the grief stricken beast in a handful of movies throughout his long career. Paul Naschy carved an important niche for himself during Spain's fledgling exploitation movie production period when he produced La Marca del Hombre Lobo in 1968 this successful film featured Waldemar Daninsky, a man desperate to rid himself of a lycanthropic curse turning him into a bloodthirsty beast when the moon is full. ![]()
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