Cult director jesus franco had his greatest popular success with this horrific variation on george franjus classic les yeux sans. Set in 1912, the film concerns the efforts of mad surgeon dr. Orloff howard vernon to reconstruct the face of his disfigured daughter melissa diana lorys. Il musica e atterrato in cipro il 21 novembre 1989 da triumph animation con sua libro real, sorpreso verso segmento idea distintivo su 16. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Orlof definitely 910 rating and recommend it highly to every one interested in classic black and white european horror cinema, which has all the unique elements usually lacking in nowadays commercial efforts.
Orlof makes its high definition bow courtesy of redemption films bluray. Orloff or orlof, as he was originally named in his first horror film, the awful dr. Jesus franco, spains crazed cult auteur, had made a couple of features before the awful dr. He is assisted by morpho, a deformed monstrosity who delights in biting his victims. Generally considered the first horror film produced in spain, the awful dr. The result was spains first horror film,a the awful dr. Most publications cant even agree on whether to spell the good doctors name with one f or two. One of francos first movies when he was still considered a good director, very pleasant to watch. Orlof without comparing them to the frenchitalian horror film les yeux sans visage eyes without a face, which came out three years earlier. We get the mad doctor himself, played by the skeletal howard vernon. Turns out that castle freak orloff in his declining years rerouted his questionable art from skinjobs to robotics, so now fernando reys broodybrowed shutin halfcousin has to go and electrogolem up his brother for banging his dipso wife. Helped by a freakish assistant named morpho ricardo valle, orlof kidnaps several women including dany maria silva, a cabaret singer whose forgotten necklace is the clue which leads. The awful dr orlof 1962 watch jess francos cult horror.
Kino lorber and redemption have released a trilogy of his films on bluray in the wake of the directors death earlier this year, including the. Orlof is the masterwork from the sinister mind of genius, jess franco. Howard vernon, diana lorys, conrado san martin, jess franco. Orlof lhorrible docteur orlof launched the career of cult cinemas most. Orlof inspired a title character that permeated the directors work throughout his career. The secret of dr hichcock full italian movie sub eng. Garondet paco valladares wants to get there to render aid, yet requires assistance. This is the kind of film which should be seen in movie theatre on big screen. Orlof, who, with his blind henchman morpho, is using the skin of slain women to restore the beauty of his disfigured sister, melissa. Orlof may not feel like a franco film to his critics, but it is a delightful example of early spanish horror that blends some of his regular themes. Oct 02, 2014 generally considered the first horror film produced in spain, the awful dr. O terrivel dr orloff filme completo em portugues youtube. It has all the elements of the traditional horror recipe and is.
An army of robots lead by a frankensteinian monster kidnap several women to serve as sexual specimens. Orlof lhorrible docteur orlof launched the career of cult cinemas most colorful figure. Orlof without comparing them to the frenchitalian horror film les yeux sans visage eyes without a. Orloff and was released in the united kingdom as the demon doctor later the same year. Orloff, demented doctor extraordinaire, will stop at nothing to get the necessary skin grafts to restore his horribly disfigured daughters ravaged face. Coversheet for thesis in sussex research online core. Screams in the night is a 1962 horror film, directed by jesus franco. Then theres orlofs blind, evil assistant, morpho riccardo valle, who hunts down and kills the women that the doctor needs. Screams in the night is a 1962 horror film, written and directed by jesus franco. Orloff, but this infamous thriller reportedly spains first horror film. Orloff howard vernonmeanwhile has caught a fleeting glimpse of a woman he will come to believe is the last one he. Orloff is a 1962 horror film, written and directed by jesus franco. Allegedly the first spanish horror film, the awful dr. Orlof is carefully composed in stark blackandwhite images, francos films from the 70s frequently look like home videos.
It is very difficult for me to discuss the various merits of the 1962 spanishfrench horror film the awful dr. Orloff has found his next victim, the night club singer irma gold. Notorious jess franco shocker centering on a surgeon obsessed with repairing his scarred daughter by grafting parts of beautiful young women he has abducted. Orlof lhorrible docteur orlof launched the career of cult. Orlof gains a second f, but loses usual director jess franco, in orloff against the invisible man, fifth or so in the loosely bound sexscience series, depending on who you ask. The first true horror movie produced in spain, the awful dr. This film is about a doctor howard vernon who uses the skin of women in order to graft onto the disfigured face of his daughter. Jesus franco, spains crazed cult auteur, had made a couple of features before the awful dr orloff, but this infamous thriller reportedly spains first horror film gave birth to francos brand of erotic horror and surreal madness.
Orlof is only one of the many exploitation films franco has brought us. Onehalf police procedural and onehalf gothic horror, orlof follows a police inspector conrado san martin dealing with conflicting accounts of a man snatching women from the streets. Whether you believe that prolific multihyphenate jesus franco, director of over 150 films and writer, costar, or composer of many of them, is an irritating hack or a secret genius, you have to respect his 1962 film, the awful dr. Georges franjus eyes without a face turned into an alternately trashy and stylish pulp blending crime story and gothic horror. Supposedly writerdirector jesus franco set the film in france to keep spanish censors at bay. Now, lets have a look at the eighties entry into the orloff saga. Cloaking the story in the visual style of the british gothic film, franco injected orlof with the kind.
A musician finds the corpse of a beautiful woman on the beach. The film that put jess franco and howard vernon on the international horror map, the awful dr. This movie was a turning point for jess franco who had never before directed a horror film. While he, for whatever reason, bares her breast in the cut version, he can be seen tranquilizing his victim and apllying the. The first real horror film by absurdly prolific director jess franco as well as the first genre offering from spain, the awful dr. As one can expect, francos filmography is hit and miss.
This movie contains all of the elements for a perfect movie. Orlof is strongly reminiscent of robert siodmaks classic 1946 thriller the spiral staircase. Unbeknownst to him, the confusion springs from the fact that there are two kidnappers dr. Early show access early access to content before the rest of the world. Orloff 1962 is a little confusing to me without conducting more indepth research into it.
Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. The only new extra is an audio commentary by video watchdogs tim lucas discussing the ways in which the film carries over ideas from the awful dr. Orloff was the film that put jess franco on the map in the field of trashy exploitation cinema. Orlof with movies such as virgin among the living dead 1971 and the erotic rites of frankenstein 1972, its hard to fathom they were directed by the same man. It premiered in paris in may 1963 under the title lhorrible dr. Dont forget to leave a comment under this film and tell us your opinion about it. In this followup to his groundbreaking horror film the awful dr. Orlof 1962, then in the seventies we got orloff against the invisible man 1970, and the sinister eyes of dr.
The film s widely acknowledged basis is edgar wallaces novel the dead eyes of london, filmed with bela lugosi in 1939, which features a doctor named orloff who uses a blind brute to do his bidding. Chronologically speaking, dr orloff is the avantgardist of the rabble. Fzextras enjoy movie based games, quizzes, jigsaws now create a jigsaw from your own face. Director jess franco inaugurated the character of dr.
The doctor howard vernon sends his robotized dead brother ricardo valle to kidnap women for parts to fix his daughter. Mabuse borrows a great deal from the first orloff film. A cautious place to start would be a sober and elegant early work like the awful dr. Orloff starring howard vernon in this horror on directv. Orloff against the invisible man 1970 flick attack. The woman returns from the dead to take revenge on the group of wealthy sadists responsible for her death. Orloff sometimes spelled orlof who wants to repair his disfigured daughters face with skin grafts from other women with the aid of a slavish, blind henchman named morpho. Then theres orlof s blind, evil assistant, morpho riccardo valle, who hunts down and kills the women that the doctor needs. With james darren, barbara mcnair, maria rohm, klaus kinski.
Orlof is a flash point in the turbulent transition of the horror film from the gothic to the modern. Cloaking the story in the visual style of the british gothic film, franco injected orlof with the kind of morbid eroticism that would quickly become his. Orlof gains a second f, but loses usual director jess franco, in orloff against the invisible man, fifth or so in the loosely bound sexscience series, depending on who you ask having received vague word that someone has fallen ill at professor orloffs castle, dr. Orlof had better hurry, though a young police inspector and his ballerina girlfriend are onto his sadistic. Orlof, and trotted him out every few years usually played by the marvelous howard vernon in a string of odd, mostly unrelated films, climaxing with the weird greatest hits package of revenge in the. I understand that its considered to be the earliest spanish horror film. Orlof featuring howard vernon and conrado san martin is streaming with subscription on kanopy. Seeing this film for the first time courtesy of the redemptionkino lorber bd presentation, i am once again struck by what a marvelous director of black and white gothic horror films jess franco actually was.
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