Directed by:
Jesús FrancoCinematography:
Juan SolerPlots(1)
With his 1962 film The Awful Dr. Orlof, director Jess Franco laid the ground work for the Spanish horror boom that was to follow later in that decade. The film's mixture of sex, surgery and gothic horror was a game changer in many ways. Twenty years on, he revisited his classic to create this chilling and macabre follow up. The Sinister Dr. Orloff features the original doctor, played by Howard Vernon, with Antonio Mayans as his son, Alfred. The film is set amongst the bright neon lights and gaudy tourist attractions of Alicante, on Spain's Costa Blanca. Alfred Orloff cruises the bustling night-time streets, seeking out women, whom he takes back to his empty apartment. There he drugs them and has his blind brother, Andros, carry them off to a secret laboratory where Orloff has created a bizarre mind transference machine, hoping to transplant the consciousness of the captive women into the body of his comatose mother. Orloff's father becomes aware that his son is starting to enjoy these murderous night games and decides that he must stop the deadly experiments that are being conducted in his name. But when Inspector Tanner's wife becomes the next victim, events take a tragic and unexpected turn. (Mondo Macabro)
(more)Cast
Howard Vernon
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Antonio Mayans
Spain
Best movies:
El Cid (1961)
The Call of the Wild (1972)
A Dog Called... Vengeance (1977)
Juan Soler
Best movies:
Oasis of the Zombies (1983)
Jesús Franco
Spain
Best movies:
The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)
Venus in Furs (1969)
Che! (1969)
Lina Romay
Spain
Best movies:
Jack the Ripper (1976)
Faceless (1987)
Macumba sexual (1983)
Tony Skios
Best movies:
El desafío de Pancho Villa (1972)
The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
Linda (1981)