The Curse of the Werewolf

A mute serving girl in the court of the Marques of Santa Vera is imprisoned when she rejects his advances, then raped by a mad beggar. The girl escapes, killing the Marques. She is later found by Don Alfredo Cortello and taken back to his home. The girl's child is born on the 25th of December - for an unwanted child to be born on the day of the lord's birth is considered an insult to heaven.

Years pass. The boy Leon grows up, troubled by dreams of drinking blood and running with the wolves. The local farmer's sheep are found savaged, as if by a wolf. A priest explain to Don Alfredo that an evil spirit has taken possession of Leon. The animal nature is brought out by vice and greed, especially in the cycle of the full moon. The evil can be reversed if Leon is treated with love.

In Don Alfredo's care Leon grows to manhood. He leaves home, and gains a job in a vineyard, where he falls in love with Christina, the manager's daughter. Soon after he arrives, Leon gets drunk and spends the night at a bordello. Transforming into a savage werewolf, he kills two men.

Don Alfredo finds him the next day in is old bed. Leon returns to the vineyard, where Christina's love keep him from becoming a werewolf for a second night. Hoever, the police arrive and arrest Leon for murder, throwing him in jail. By the light of the moon, Leon again transforms and breaks out of jail, escaping through the town across the rooftops. Don Alfredo corners Leon in a belltower, and ends his son's life with a silver bullet.

The End