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Jesus Franco (novel)
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2 December 1964 (USA)
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You'll get an insight into the face of terror! See more »
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Dr. Orlof, a former prison doctor, abducts beautiful women from nightclubs and tries to use their skin to repair his daughter's fire-scarred face...
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Slashers and serial killers and more terrorize DVD and Blu-ray
(From Fangoria. 6 October 2009, 2:16 PM, PDT)
The Sleazy World of Jess Franco
(From SoundOnSight. 7 July 2009, 10:13 PM, PDT)
Jess Franco's Bloody Moon
(From Fangoria. 21 December 2008, 12:43 AM, PST)
(From Fangoria. 6 October 2009, 2:16 PM, PDT)
The Sleazy World of Jess Franco
(From SoundOnSight. 7 July 2009, 10:13 PM, PDT)
Jess Franco's Bloody Moon
(From Fangoria. 21 December 2008, 12:43 AM, PST)
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Cast
(in credits order) | Howard Vernon | ... | Dr. Orloff |
| Conrado San Martín | ... | Inspector Tanner |
| Diana Lorys | ... | Wanda Bronsky |
| Perla Cristal | ... | Arne |
| María Silva | ... | Dany (as Mary Silvers) |
| Ricardo Valle | ... | Morpho Lodner |
| Mara Laso | ... | Irma Gold |
| Venancio Muro | ... | Jean Rousseau |
| Félix Dafauce | ... | Inspector |
| Faustino Cornejo | ... | Jeannot |
| Manuel Vázquez | ... | Klemp |
| Juan Antonio Riquelme | ||
| Fernando Montes | ... | Maurice (as Fernando C. Montes) |
| Elena María Tejeiro | ||
| Javier de Rivera | ||
| Ángel Calero | ||
| Fernando Sala | ||
| Laly Vicent | ||
| José Carlos Arévalo | ||
| Rafael Ibáñez | ||
| Carmen Porcel | ||
| Rafael Hernández | ||
 | Marisa Paredes | ||
| Juan García Tiendra | ||
 | Jesus Franco | ... | Piano Player |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Pilar Gómez Ferrer | ||
| Mercedes Manero | ||
| Amy Márquez | ||
| María de la Riva | ||
| Mari Carmen Ruiz | ||
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| Jesus Franco | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Jesus Franco | novel (as David Khune) | |
Produced by | |||
| Leo Lax | .... | producer | |
| Marius Lesoeur | .... | producer | |
| Serge Newman | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| José Pagán | |||
| Antonio Ramírez Ángel | |||
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| Godofredo Pacheco | |||
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| Alfonso Santacana | |||
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| Antonio Simont | |||
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Delta (1962) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Sigma III Corp. (1964) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- World Entertainment Corp. (1968) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) (dubbed)
- Sinister Cinema (1993) (USA) (VHS)
- Something Weird Video (SWV) (1993) (USA) (VHS) (Frank Henenlotter's Sexy Shockers from the Vaults, Vol. 1)
- Redemption Benelux (1995) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Image Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
- Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
- Image Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (on "The Orloff Collection")
- Tapeworm Video Distributors (video)
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90 min | Sweden:86 min (banned version)
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As I ruminate over the matter right now, this is my favorite film of the genre. The general consensus of this film's silliness does not discourage me. Horror is the most cinematic of cinema avenues, and this one works for me because it evokes a mood through atmosphere and sustains it.
Ostensibly we have a story about a mad doctor who steals female bodies and uses their individual parts to patch up a unified whole. The real patching up lies in what Franco does here in regard to elements from horror past. We have Morpho, who is a composite of creatures: a Frankenstein, a Dracula, the deformed Karloff monster from The Raven. And we have Orlof, who embodies a myriad of established characters, notably Doctor Gogol from Mad Love.
And it's all wrapped up in the atmosphere of such Univeral classics. The atmosphere drips. This is a wonderful film.