The Awful Dr. Orlof1962
“You'll get an insight into the face of terror!”
Directed by Jesús Franco
The premise
Dr. Orlof, a former prison doctor, abducts beautiful women from nightclubs to use their skin to repair his daughter's fire-scarred face. He is assisted by Morpho, a deformed monstrosity who delights in biting his victims. Orlof had better hurry, though -- a young police inspector and his ballerina girlfriend are onto his sadistic practices.
Horror Vault's take
In a fog-laden Gothic underworld, a disgraced doctor pursues a desperate and gruesome crusade to restore his daughter's ravaged face, preying on the women of the night to do it. His blind, feral henchman Morpho stalks the shadows, making each abduction a horrifying ordeal. Standing between the doctor's obsession and his next victim are a determined inspector and a sharp-eyed ballerina who sense that something deeply wrong lurks beneath the city's surface. Jess Franco's influential early shocker helped define European horror's taste for sleaze, atmosphere, and Grand Guignol dread.
Content: Violence Against Women, Biting And Physical Assault, Themes Of Abduction And Captivity, Disturbing Imagery Of Disfigurement
Cast
Conrado San Martín
Inspector Tanner
Diana Lorys
Wanda Bronsky / Melissa
Howard Vernon
Dr. Orloff
Perla Cristal
Arne
María Silva
Dany (as Mary Silvers)
Ricardo Valle
Morpho Lodner
Mara Laso
Irma Gold
Venancio Muro
Jean Rousseau 'Jeannot'
Félix Dafauce
Chief Inspector
Faustino Cornejo
Raymond
Manuel Vázquez
Klein
Juan Antonio Riquelme
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