1961 British Hammer film, starring Oliver Reed in his first leading role.

In 18th Century Spain, a small village is ruled over by an evil Marquis. A beggar goes to the castle of this unfair ruler and asks for a small amount of bread and is consequently humiliated and jailed. He is soon forgotten and becomes more animal than human, the only contact he has with humanity is through the mute servant girl who feeds him. When the servant girl is thrown into the beggar’s cell and raped in a fit of lustful rage she falls pregnant. When his son is born, his traumatic conception means he is a werewolf…