Gritos en la noche
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Gritos en la noche (1961) AKA The Awful Dr. Orloff was an early horror film of cult director Jesús Franco
. It stars Howard Vernon
as the mad Dr. Orloff ( or sometimes Orlof) who wants to repair his disfigured daughter's face with skin grafts from others. It is reminiscent of Eyes Without a Face
(1959).
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 dedicated Inspector Edgar Tanner (Conrado San Martin) onto Orlof's trail. Using girlfriend Wanda Bronsky (Diana Lorys who also played the daughter) as an undercover spy, Tanner lures Orlof into a trap, but the risks are greater than he imagines. This film spawned several sequels (El Secreto del Dr. Orloff (1964), Miss Muerte (1966), El Enigma del ataúd (1969), La vie amoureuse de l'homme invisible (1971), Los ojos siniestros del doctor Orloff (1973) and El Siniestro doctor Orloff (1982)) as well as influencing many others. Franco was still using the characters of Orloff and Morpho in the late 1980s, and returned to a similar premise with his 1988 film Faceless
.
Jesús Franco
Jesús "Jess" Franco is a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England...
. It stars Howard Vernon
Howard Vernon
Howard Vernon was a Swiss actor.Vernon was born Mario Lippert to a Swiss father and an American mother and was fluent in German, English, and French...
as the mad Dr. Orloff ( or sometimes Orlof) who wants to repair his disfigured daughter's face with skin grafts from others. It is reminiscent of Eyes Without a Face
Eyes Without a Face
Eyes Without a Face is a 1960 French-language horror film adaptation of Jean Redon's novel, directed by Georges Franju, and starring Pierre Brasseur and Alida Valli. During the film's production, consideration was given to the standards of European censors by setting the right tone, minimizing...
(1959).
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 dedicated Inspector Edgar Tanner (Conrado San Martin) onto Orlof's trail. Using girlfriend Wanda Bronsky (Diana Lorys who also played the daughter) as an undercover spy, Tanner lures Orlof into a trap, but the risks are greater than he imagines. This film spawned several sequels (El Secreto del Dr. Orloff (1964), Miss Muerte (1966), El Enigma del ataúd (1969), La vie amoureuse de l'homme invisible (1971), Los ojos siniestros del doctor Orloff (1973) and El Siniestro doctor Orloff (1982)) as well as influencing many others. Franco was still using the characters of Orloff and Morpho in the late 1980s, and returned to a similar premise with his 1988 film Faceless
Faceless (film)
Faceless is a 1988 French slasher film directed by Jesús Franco. The film is about Dr. Flamand and his assistant Nathalie who lure unsuspecting victims to use their skin to perform plastic surgery on the doctor's disfigured sister - a plot reminiscent of Franco's first film, Gritos en la noche...
.