Seddok, l'erede di Satana (1960)

A stripper is horribly disfigured in a car accident. A brilliant scientist develops a treatment that restores her beauty and falls in love with her. To preserve her appearance the doctor ... See full summary »

Director:

Anton Giulio Majano

Writers:

Piero Monviso (story), Gino De Santis (scenario),

Stars:

Alberto Lupo, Susanne Loret, Sergio Fantoni

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alberto Lupo	...	Prof. Alberto Levin
Susanne Loret	...	Jeanette Moreneau
Sergio Fantoni	...	Pierre Mornet
Franca Parisi	...	Monique Riviere
Andrea Scotti	...	Il giardiniere
Rina Franchetti
Roberto Bertea	...	Sacha
Ivo Garrani	...	Il commisario
Gianni Loti
Tullio Altamura
Gianna Piaz
Francesco Sormano
Nicoletta Varè
Appio Cartei	...	(as Cartei Appio)
Bruno Benedetti

Storyline

A stripper is horribly disfigured in a car accident. A brilliant scientist develops a treatment that restores her beauty and falls in love with her. To preserve her appearance the doctor must give her additional treatments using glands taken from murdered women. His unexplained ability to turn into a hideous monster helps with this problem but does nothing to win her love. The doctor's woes multiply as the police and the girl's boyfriend begin to close in on him.

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | serial killer | public domain | car crash | disfigurement | 

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Taglines:

You'll gasp with Horror . . . a spine-tingling motion picture only the atom age could produce!

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

19 August 1960 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Atom Age Vampire

Company Credits

Production Co:

Leone Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 72 min (video) 69 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in The Evil Dead (1981)

User Reviews

A Lot of Fun To Watch

A crazed Professor Levin goes to rather bizarre and extreme lengths to ensure his formerly disfigured young girlfriend remains beautiful, desirable and under his control.

This Italian Science Fiction/Horror epic is really quite silly thanks in large part due to the English dubbing and likely editing. But the film does work somewhat on a soap opera level and has some better than average transformation sequences. Actually it's quite entertaining but not always for good reasons. Still it was better than I was expecting.