The Curse of the Werewolf

In Spain a cruel and arrogant Marques is wedding a young and beautiful maiden. During the elaborate celebration a beggar appears. After making fun of him, the marques gives the beggar some food and then has him thrown in the dungeon. The beggar becomes friends with the jailer and his young daughter. After the jailer dies, the mute girl of his grows up to be a beautiful and voluptuous woman. The marques, now an old and bitter widower, makes sexual advances toward her and she bites him and runs off. He then finds out who she is and has her thrown into the dungeon until she changes her mind about his advances. The beggar, old and deranged, rapes her. She is let out and the marques pulls his old tricks again until she stabs him to death. The young mute flees and hides in the forest until found by the kindly Don Alfredo. He and his wife take care of her until she has the beggar's baby. Unfortunately, her baby is born on Christmas, which carries awful curse that takes her life and causes her baby son to wear the mark of the beast. Years later, the young boy, still being raised by the couple, escapes their home and disappears during the night. On these nights, livestock is found slaughtered by a powerful beast. The couple finds out that it is Leon, their adopted son. A local priest reveals then that he is a werewolf and that only love can calm the savage beast. The couple heeds the priest's advice and love keeps the beast at bay. When Leon becomes a man and moves away for work, he falls for a young lady. His bestial nature takes over and he returns to his murderous ways, killing his friends. As the death toll rises, the other prophecy of the priest comes true. "Whatever weakens the spirit will strengthen the wolf." Finally, the hunter becomes the hunted, and Leon, the werewolf is killed by his own father.