The Awful Dr. Orlof (Jess Franco)

[pro-bassoonist]

The Awful Dr. Orlof Blu-ray PRE-ORDER



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https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11192

Redemption Films will bring to Blu-ray director Jess Franco's Gritos en la noche a.k.a The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962), starring Conrado San Martín, Diana Lorys, and Howard Vernon. The preliminary release date set by the studio is August 20th.

When beautiful music hall entertainers begin to disappear under mysterious circumstances, Inspector Tanner is summoned to investigate. His resourceful fiancée decides to help him by attracting the attention of the diabolical Dr. Orlof - who, with his blind henchman, Morpho, is using the skin of slain women to restore the beauty of his disfigured sister, Melissa!

In 1964, when Sigma III released Riccardo Freda's 1962 classic The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (starring Barbara Steele) to American theaters, only a sliver of space was reserved at the bottom of the posters to accommodate mention of its co-feature, The Awful Dr. Orlof. No one could have predicted, however, that the movie lurking behind this unprepossessing title would someday be remembered as the spearhead of a new movement in Spanish horror, and that its young writer/director, using the nom de l'ecran Jess Franco, would go on to direct approximately 150 more films over the next 35 years, becoming by far the horror genre's most prolific artist.

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[Mr. Thomsen]

Excellent! I hope Miss Muerte/ Dr. Z is not far behind.

[pro-bassoonist]

And an upgrade of Franco's Venus in Furs will definitely be appreciated:



I really hope that Raro, or another boutique label, also brings the real Venus in Furs, and the director's cut, to Blu-ray. Laura Antonelli



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[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

And an upgrade of Franco's Venus in Furs will definitely be appreciated:

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I really hope that Raro, or another boutique label, also brings the real Venus in Furs, and the director's cut, to Blu-ray. Laura Antonelli

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Oooh, I've only seen the Franco film, but I've just looked up the other one and I'm interested in seeing it.

[Jaymole]

A Virgin Among the Living Dead and Nightmares Come at Night will also be released this year on Blu-ray by Redemption Films.

[pro-bassoonist]

Yes, all other info on the upcoming Franco releases is in the sticky KINO/Redemption thread:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=2562

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[DarknessBDJM]

I watched it again on TCM not too long ago. It's really difficult to watch Franco films, the editing, camerawork, and acting are what you'd expect from someone shooting their first film without any knowlege of filmmaking. He picks nice locations and film stock though. The only one I'm looking forward to is Virgin Among the Living Dead.