Spain, 1973
81m
35mm film, colour
A Spanish horror film directed by Jesus Franco.
Plot Summary
Melissa is becoming increasingly paranoid that she may have committed a crime while sleeping and her family have her committed to the care of Dr Orloff, fearing that she is losing her mind. Dr Orloff is out for revenge on Melissa, whose father had married the woman he loved – but what are her relatives really up to?
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: Jesus Franco
Manacoa Films
Producer: Jesus Franco
Assistant Producer: Isidro Prous
Script/Story: Jesus Franco
Assistant Director: Ana Maria Settimo de Esteva
Continuity: Josefina Pruna
Directors of Photography: Antonio Millán, Alberto Prous, Juan A. Prous
Stills: Maximo L. Piedra
Editors: Roberto Fandino, Juan A. Barbero
Music: David Khunne [real name: Jesus Franco]
Make Up: Carmen Menchaca, Elena Cervera de la Torre
Hair: Hipolita Emilia Lopez
Art Director: Jose Massague
Locations: Barcelona, Spain; Canary Islands, Spain
Cast
William Berger (Doctor Orloff)
Montserrat Prous (Melissa Comfort)
Edmond Purdom [real name: Edmund Purdom] (Inspector Crosby)
Loretta Tovar [real name: Loreta Tovar] (Martha Comfort)
Kali Hansa (Lady Flora Comfort)
Robert Wood [real name: Robert Woods] (Sweet Davey Brown)
Manuel Martín (Albert Mathews, Melissa’s butler)
Jaime Picas [real name: Jaume Picas] (Sir Henry Robert Comfort)
John Russell [real name: Joaquín Blanco] (Agent Michel)
Lina Romay (Sweet Davey Brown’s girlfriend)
Jesus Franco [Melissa’s father] *
Alternative Titles
Los ojos del Doctor Orloff
Links
See also
El enigma del ataúd (1969)
Gritos en la noche (1962)
Miss Muerte (1966)
El secreto del Dr Orloff (1964)
El siniestro doctor Orloff (1984)
La vie amoureuse de l’homme invisible (1971)
Remake of
Les Cauchemars naissent la nuit (1970)
References
Books
Horror and Science Fiction Films Volume II by Donald C. Willis p.290 – credits, review
Obsession – The Films of Jesus Franco pp.98-99 – credits, review (by Lucas Balbo)
