La Noche de Walpurgis is a 1970 Spanish horror movie starring Paul Naschy

Paul Naschy

Paul Naschy was a Spanish movie actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures—the wolfman, the hunchback, Count Dracula, the mummy—have earned him recognition as the Spanish Lon Chaney...

 that is the fifth in a series about the werewolf

Werewolf

A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope , is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse...

 Count Waldemar Daninsky. The film was directed by León Klimovsky

León Klimovsky

León Klimovsky was an Argentine film director.A trained dentist, born in Buenos Aires, his real passion was always the cinema. He pioneered Argentine cultural movement known as cineclub and financed the first movie theater to show art movies...

 and written by Naschy and Hans Munkel.

Synopsis

Two students, Elvira and her friend Genevieve, go searching for the tomb of medieval murderess (and possible vampira) Countess Wandessa. They find a possible site in the castle of Count Waldemar Daninsky, who invites them to stay for as long as they like. When he shows them the tomb of the countess, Elvira accidentally revives her. Daninsky is forced to battle and destroy the vampire queen at the end of the film.

Release

The film has been issued in many different versions, and is also known as Werewolf Shadow, Blood Moon, and The Werewolf Vs. The Vampire Woman.

The film was released theatrically in its native Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 in May 1971.

The film was released theatrically in the United States

United States

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 by the Universal Entertainment Corporation in 1972.

The film was released on a special edition DVD

DVD

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in 2007 by Deimos Entertainment, a subdivision of BCI Eclipse.