Killer priests vs. werewolves: the Reformation got REALLY weird.
In 1590, the Diet of Augsburg ruled that gypsies were the spawn of Satan and, therefore, had no rights whatsoever. The ruling allowed Christians to kill gypsies without penalty, which sparked the church to organize a small group of religious assassins to carry out the dirty work. Unfortunately, the band of killer priests were not informed that the gypsies had made a pact of protection with a powerful werewolf clan, so all hell broke loose. Four hundred years later, the bloody war between the church, gypsies and werewolves rages on and it's up to a small-town police chief to end it or die trying.
Practical Effects
Werewolf suits that look like they fought the budget and lost
Acting
Gunnar Hansen's final genre performance before passing
Costume
Priest assassin robes that scream 'we bought these wholesale'
Director
Ben Dixon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was horror icon Gunnar Hansen's final film appearance before his death in 2015, giving his role as the werewolf elder unintended poignancy.
The 1590 Diet of Augsburg ruling was real—gypsies were indeed declared outlaws—though the werewolf alliance remains, shockingly, unverified by historians.
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