Romasanta

Romasanta
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Paco Plaza
Written by	Elena Serra Alberto Marini
Story by	Alfredo Conde
Produced by	Julio Fernández Brian Yuzna
Starring	Julian Sands Elsa Pataky John Sharian
Cinematography	Javiar Salmones
Edited by	David Gallart
Music by	Mikel Salas
Production companies	Fantastic Factory Filmax Future Films Castelao Producciones Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) Canal+ Spain Xunta de Galicia Televisió de Catalunya Televisión de Galicia (TVG) S.A.
Distributed by	Filmax (2004, Spain - all media) Filmax International Lionsgate (United States)[1]
Release date	2004 (2004)
Running time	89 minutes
Countries	Spain United Kingdom Italy[2]
Language	English
Budget	$5 million[3]

Romasanta, also known as Romasanta, la caza de la bestia in Spanish, and Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt in English, is a 2004 Spanish-Italian-British horror film directed by Paco Plaza and starring Julian Sands, Elsa Pataky and John Sharian. It is available on DVD from Lion's Gate Entertainment under the title Werewolf Hunt.

Based on a script by Alfredo Conde, according to the end credits the film is based on a true story, that of Manuel Blanco Romasanta, Spain’s first documented serial killer. Conde is a descendant of one of the doctors involved the original Werewolf of Allariz court case that took place in 1853/54 in Galicia, Spain. He went on to write a fictional novel, The Uncertain Memoirs of a Galician Wolfman: Romasanta.^[4] The same case previously provided the basis for the 1968 Spanish film El bosque del lobo ("The Wolf's Forest").