{"id":35040,"date":"2015-10-26T13:49:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T20:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35040"},"modified":"2020-11-26T03:30:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T10:30:07","slug":"awful-dr-orloff-the-1962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35040","title":{"rendered":"Awful Dr. Orloff, The (1962)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m fascinated by your skin.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Poster-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Poster-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Poster-91x128.jpg 91w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWith the help of his blind assistant Morpho (Ricardo Valle), a doctor (Howard Vernon) kidnaps beautiful women and brings them back to his castle, where he kills them and removes their skin in an attempt to restore the face of his disfigured daughter (Diana Lorys). Meanwhile, an inspector (Conrado San Martin) receives help from his plucky fiancee (also Diana Lorys) in discovering the identity of the killer.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amateur Sleuths<\/li>\n<li>Disfigured Faces<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Jess Franco Films<\/li>\n<li>Mad Doctors and Scientists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Eurotrash&#8221; director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/artist\/jes%C3%B9s-franco-p24719\">Jess Franco<\/a>&#8216;s direct rip-off of Georges Franju&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2939\"><em>Eyes Without a Face<\/em> (1960)<\/a> &#8212; with elements of James Whale&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18354\"><em>Frankenstein<\/em> (1931)<\/a> thrown in &#8212; remains a surprisingly enjoyable (if inferior) thriller. With highly atmospheric cinematography and sets, eerie make-up, creative direction, and a feisty, sexy female protagonist &#8212; one who knowingly puts herself in harm&#8217;s way to help solve her fiance&#8217;s mystery &#8212; this mad-doctor\/amateur sleuth tale delivers enough entertainment to make it worth a look. Given <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/61461\/awful-dr-orlof-the\/\">Stuart Galbraith IV&#8217;s statement<\/a> that &#8220;Franco showed some promise in his earliest films but by the late 1960s his movies became worse than amateurish, marked by out-of-focus camerawork, incoherent editing, incessant yet pointless use of zoom lenses, and unseemly yet decidedly unarousing voyeurism and exhibitionism&#8221;, it seems to me film fanatics should probably consider this their once-and-done Franco viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> As far as I can tell, the only other Franco title listed in Peary&#8217;s book is <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43886\"><em>Barbed Wire Dolls<\/em> (1976)<\/a>, one among many women-in-prison flicks he apparently made later in his career. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wonderfully atmospheric b&#038;w cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Cinematography.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Cinematography-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Cinematography-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Effective sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Sets2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Sets2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Sets2.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Sets2-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Sets2-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creative direction<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Direction2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Direction2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Direction2.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Direction2-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Direction2-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morpho&#8217;s creepy make-up<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Morpho2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Morpho2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Morpho2.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Morpho2-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Awful-Dr.-Orloff-Morpho2-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>An innovative score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a cult film by a cult director. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1784#cult\">Cult Film<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0056040\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=8342&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/61461\/awful-dr-orlof-the\/\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/61461\/awful-dr-orlof-the\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/horror\/awful-dr-orloff-1962-gritos-en-la-noche.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m fascinated by your skin.&#8221; Synopsis: With the help of his blind assistant Morpho (Ricardo Valle), a doctor (Howard Vernon) kidnaps beautiful women and brings them back to his castle, where he kills them and removes their skin in an attempt to restore the face of his disfigured daughter (Diana Lorys). Meanwhile, an inspector (Conrado San Martin) receives help from his plucky fiancee (also Diana Lorys) in discovering the identity of the killer. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Amateur Sleuths&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35040\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35040"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55012,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35040\/revisions\/55012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}