Back Gritos en la noche Catalan Gritos En La Noche Welsh Schreie durch die Nacht German Gritos en la noche Spanish فریادهایی در تاریکی Persian L'Horrible Docteur Orlof French Il diabolico dottor Satana Italian Siaubingasis daktaras Orlovas Lithuanian Ужасный доктор Орлофф Russian Den förskräcklige doktor Orlof Swedish
| The Awful Dr. Orloff | |
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 Spanish theatrical release poster | |
| Spanish | Gritos en la noche |
| Directed by | Jesús Franco |
| Written by | Jesús Franco |
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| Cinematography | Godofredo Pacheco[1] |
| Edited by | Alfonso Santacana[1] |
| Music by | Jose Pagan[1] Antonio Ramírez Ángel |
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| Distributed by | Delta Films (Spain) |
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Running time | 93 minutes[1] |
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| Language | Spanish |
The Awful Dr. Orloff (Spanish: Gritos en la noche, lit. 'Screams in the Night'; French: L'Horrible Docteur Orloff) is a 1962 Spanish-French horror film written and directed by Jesús Franco.[3] It stars Howard Vernon as the mad Dr. Orloff (sometimes spelled Orlof) who wants to repair his disfigured daughter's face with skin grafts from other women with the aid of a slavish, blind henchman named Morpho. A co-production between Spain and France, filmed in Madrid, the film is considered to be the earliest Spanish horror film.[4]
The Awful Dr. Orloff was the first horror film directed by cult filmmaker Franco, and the first of many subsequent collaborations with Howard Vernon. Franco would reuse the Orloff and Morpho characters in many of his later horror films, such as Vampyros Lesbos, Revenge in the House of Usher, and Faceless.
- ^ a b c d e f Thrower, Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco. Strange Attractor Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-907222-31-3.
- ^ a b "Credits". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ^ Thrower, Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco. Strange Attractor Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-907222-31-3.
- ^ Hortelano, 2011. p. 221