Based on the title alone, Werewolf Woman seems like it should have been right up my alley. I like werewolves, and I like women. And I really like me some 70's Italian horror. But rape-revenge? Not so much. And Werewolf Woman seems especially cruel in this regard. Not that the scenes are overly graphic, but I just felt too bad for our main character (Heroine? Antagonist?) to really wring much enjoyment out of the film.
First we get a bizarre opening scene with a gratuitous nude dance, an anatomically correct werewolf transformation, and a gory axe attack. It's probably as "fun" as the film gets. Then we get to our main story, and it just gets kind of depressing. Werewolf Woman focuses on a woman named Daniela (Annik Borel) who was a victim of a (unseen) gang rape when she was younger. Her wealthy father has moved with her out to his isolated estate to help her recoup, but she is still bearing the psychic scars from that traumatic event. She has severe mental issues... in particular as it pertains to sex. She has natural feelings of sexual attraction, but due to the attack in her past, she lashes out with violence and fear whenever those feeling occur. And somehow, she has latched onto an odd piece of family history, where a relative (who looks just like her) was rumored to have been a werewolf. This mishmash of events/mental instability has turned her... well, crazy. Whenever she sees/is close to engaging in a sex act, she'll think she's a werewolf and tear out some throats with her teeth. If you're lucky, maybe she'll have sex with you a little first.
