Outstanding production values (and some nice full frontal nudity throughout) help make Paul Naschy's THE RETURN OF WALPURGIS watchable. The direction, unfortunately, feels half-hearted and Naschy's habit of retelling his character's origin in every single outing doesn't help. Of course, the prologue here fills in some gaps in the history of his character's curse, but a simple flashback (in black and white, say, to differentiate it from the "current" action) would've saved a lot of time. While I would've preferred to have seen the confrontation between Naschy and the axe murderer the climax of the movie itself, it's just as well, I guess: Naschy simply seems to be going through the motions himself in this one; his "attacks" are half-hearted swipes that lack the true FURY OF THE WOLFMAN.
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