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Series: Dr. Orloff and Friends

Review: The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962)

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Submitted by Nate Yapp on Mon, 2008-10-06 00:45

Whether you believe that prolific multi-hyphenate Jesus Franco, director of over 150 films and writer, co-star, or composer of many of them, is an irritating hack or a secret genius, you have to respect his 1962 film, The Awful Dr. Orlof. You may not admire it, although I certainly do, but its place in film history is set. The first “true” horror movie produced in Spain, The Awful Dr. Orlof is a flash point in the turbulent transition of the horror film from the Gothic to the modern.(read more...)

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