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Romasanta
''Romasanta'', also known as in Spanish, and ''Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt'' in English, is a 2004 Spanish-Italian-British horror film directed by Paco Plaza and starring Julian Sands, Elsa Pataky and John Sharian. It is available on DVD from Lion's Gate Entertainment under the title ''Werewolf Hunt''. Based on a script by Alfredo Conde, according to the end credits the film is based on a true story, that of Manuel Blanco Romasanta, Spain’s first documented serial killer. Conde is a descendant of one of the doctors involved the original ''Werewolf of Allariz'' court case that took place in 1853/54 in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. He went on to write a fictional novel, ''The Uncertain Memoirs of a Galician Wolfman: Romasanta.''Alfredo Conde ''The Uncertain Memoirs of a Galician Wolfman: Romasanta'' Antípodas Monographs 2006 The same case previously provided the basis for the 1968 Spanish film ''El bosque del lobo'' ("The Wolf's Forest"). Plot The story takes place in 185 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Blanco Romasanta
Manuel Blanco Romasanta (né Manuela; 18 November 1809 – 14 December 1863) was Spain's first recorded serial killer. In 1853, he admitted to thirteen murders, but claimed he was not responsible because he was suffering from a curse that caused him to turn into a wolf. Although this defense was rejected at trial, Isabella II of Spain, Queen Isabella II commuted his death sentence to allow doctors to investigate the claim as an example of clinical lycanthropy. Blanco has become part of Spanish folklore as the ''Werewolf of Allariz'' and is also known as ''The Tallow Man,'' a nickname he earned for rendering his victims' fat to make high-quality soap. Background Manuel Blanco Romasanta was born on 18 November 1809 in Regueiro, Esgos, Province of Ourense, Ourense province, one of five children born to Miguel Blanco and María Romasanta. Originally thought to be female, he was named Manuela and raised as a girl until the age of six when a doctor reassigned his sex. At the age of ei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivana Baquero
Ivana Baquero Macías (born 11 June 1994) is a Spanish actress. At the age of 11, she was chosen to star as Ofelia in ''Pan's Labyrinth'', for which she won critical acclaim and the Goya Award for Best New Actress. In 2015, she was cast as Eretria in the television series '' The Shannara Chronicles''. Early life Baquero was born in Barcelona, Spain, the daughter of Iván Baquero and Julía Macías. She attended the American School of Barcelona, where she learned to speak fluent English, Spanish and Catalan. She graduated in 2012. Career Baquero started acting professionally at the age of eight, playing a few small roles in a number of films, the most notable of which is '' Fragile'', in which she played a minor role. She was in a number of other films including ''Romasanta'' and ''Rottweiler''. She has also appeared on Spanish television on a few occasions. From about 1,000 young actresses, Baquero was picked to play the role of Ofelia in ''Pan's Labyrinth'' in 2006. The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Sands
Julian Richard Morley Sands''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005'' Retrieved 4 May 2014. (born 4 January 1958) is an English actor based in the United States. He is known for his roles in films such as '''', '''', '''', '' |
Elsa Pataky
Elsa Lafuente Medianu (; born 18 July 1976), known professionally as Elsa Pataky, is a Spanish-Australian model and actress. Pataky is known for her role as Elena Neves in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise. She has appeared in the films '' Snakes on a Plane'' (2006), ''Giallo'' (2009) and '' Give 'Em Hell, Malone'' (2009). She also starred in the Spanish film '' Di Di Hollywood'' (2010). Early life Pataky was born Elsa Lafuente Medianu in Madrid, Spain, the daughter of José Francisco Lafuente, a Spanish biochemist, and Cristina Medianu Pataky, a Romanian publicist. She has a younger half-brother: Cristian Prieto Medianu, a cinematographic director. She uses the surname Pataky in homage to her Hungarian maternal grandmother Rosa Pataky. Pataky attended the Universidad CEU San Pablo, studying journalism and taking acting classes. In addition to Spanish and Romanian, she is fluent in English, Italian, Portuguese, and French. Career Pataky was a member of the Madrid theatre com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Bosque Del Lobo
''The Ancines Woods'' ( es, El Bosque del Lobo, lit=The Forest of the Wolf also known as ''The Wolf's Forest'') is a 1970 Spanish drama/ horror film co-written, produced, and directed by Pedro Olea. It is based on the novel by Carlos Martínez-Barbeito, and is partially based on the life of Manuel Blanco Romasanta and his alleged lycanthropy. Plot The film focuses on Benito Freire, a lonely and miserable peddler whose world is dominated by ignorance and superstition. Wandering through various Galicia towns, he regularly suffers from severe attacks of epilepsy. Rumors about him begin to spread throughout the region, rumors that claim that Benito is both a werewolf and possessed by a demonic spirit. As the rumors about him continue to spread, Benito slowly descends into madness. Cast * José Luis López Vázquez as Benito Freire * Amparo Soler Leal as Pacucha * Antonio Casas as Abad * John Steiner as Robert * Nuria Torray as Avelina * María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara as Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Piquer
Gary Piquer is a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1979. Selected filmography References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Spanish male film actors 21st-century Spanish male actors {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycanthropy
In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (; ; uk, Вовкулака, Vovkulaka), is an individual that can shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature), either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction (often a bite or the occasional scratch from another werewolf) with the transformations occurring on the night of a full moon. Early sources for belief in this ability or affliction, called lycanthropy (), are Petronius (27–66) and Gervase of Tilbury (1150–1228). The werewolf is a widespread concept in European folklore, existing in many variants, which are related by a common development of a Christian interpretation of underlying European folklore developed during the medieval period. From the early modern period, werewolf beliefs also spread to the New World with colonialism. Belief in werewolves developed in parallel to the belief in witches, in the course of the Late Middle Age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Yuzna
Brian Yuzna is an American producer, director, and writer. He is best known for his work in the science fiction and horror film genres. Yuzna began his career as a producer for several films by director Stuart Gordon, such as ''Re-Animator'' (1985) and '' From Beyond'' (1986), before making his directorial debut with the satirical body horror film ''Society'' (1989). He also served as a co-writer for the comedy ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' (1989). Yuzna was the first American filmmaker to adapt a manga, ''Bio Booster Armor Guyver'', into a live-action feature, ''The Guyver'' (1991). He has helmed several adaptations of the work of H. P. Lovecraft, and has assisted many first time directors, including Stuart Gordon, Christophe Gans, and Luis De La Madrid, in getting their projects made. Early life Yuzna was born in Manila, Philippines, to American parents. He grew up in Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and Panama, before moving to the United States in the 1960s, settling in Atlanta, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco Plaza
Francisco Plaza Trinidad (born 8 February 1973), simply known as Paco Plaza, is a Spanish filmmaker known for his works in the horror genre. He is the co-creator of the ''REC'' zombie film franchise. Career Francisco Plaza Trinidad was born on 8 February 1973 in Valencia. Plaza has a degree in Audiovisual Communication from CEU Cardinal Herrera University and a diploma in Film Direction from the ECAM. He speaks Spanish, English and French. Although he is best known as a director, he is also a screenwriter, producer, editor and even was a costume designer on one occasion for ''Tropismos'' (1995), his first short film and with which he made his debut as a director. Paco is known in Spanish cinema and abroad for the creation of the trilogy ''REC'' (2007). A year after the release of the first film, American director John Erick Dowdle made an adaptation of the Paco Plaza film, under the name of ''Quarantine'' (2008). The trilogy ''REC REC or Rec is a shortening of Recording, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Marini
Alberto "Beto" Marini (born 1972) is an Italian screenwriter and producer based in Spain. Biography Alberto Marini was born in Turin in 1972. He earned a degree in law, with specialisation in audiovisual law. Based in Barcelona since 1999, he joined Filmax as part of the development department. In 2010, after working for 11 years in the company (working in development, production and/or writing of films), he left the post of production director in order to work in "more personal" works by means of the creation of his own production company Rebelión Terrestre. His writing credits in the 2015 film '' Retribution'' earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay. He made his directorial debut with the horror film ''Summer Camp''. His film work include writing credits in ''Romasanta'' (2004), '' Sleep Tight'' (2011), ''Extinction'' (2015), '' Retribution'' (2015), '' Your Son'' (2018), and ''Fatum''. He is also the co-creator of the television series ''La uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sharian
John Sharian (born John Shahnazarian) is an English actor of Armenian descent. He appeared in the film '' The Machinist'' (2004). Education John Sharian attended the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut and later the Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, which he left in 1984. Career Sharian graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1991 and began television acting shortly thereafter, appearing in the British sci-fi comedy series ''Red Dwarf'' in 1992. Sharian's film career began in 1994 with his role as one of the leads in '' Death Machine''. He also appeared in '' The Fifth Element'' (1997), '' Saving Private Ryan'' (1998) and '' The Machinist'' (2004). Sharian is a member of Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance. Selected filmography *1992: ''Red Dwarf'' (TV Series, Episode: " Back to Reality") - New Lister *1994: '' Death Machine'' - Sam Raimi *1997: '' The Fifth Element'' - Fhloston Captain *1998: ''Lost in Space'' - Noah Freeman *1998: '' Saving Private Ryan'' - Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Horror Films
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
