The Sinister Eyes of Doctor Orloff (1973)
aka Los ojos siniestros del doctor Orloff
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain | Director: Jess Franco
Language: Spanish | Subtitles: English (optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 | Length: 76mn
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070471/
The Eyes. The penetrating eyes of the seemingly kindly Dr. Orloff glare into Melissa's very soul as his soothing voice drones on and on. Melissa Comfort (Montserrat Prous) is a crippled young woman living with her wicked witch relatives (Kali Hansa and Loretta Tovar). Melissa is disturbed by recurring dreams of her father (played by director Franco) dying in front of her, dribbling blood onto her nightgown. What she doesn't realize is that her relatives have a hidden agenda and her relatives aren't aware of Orloff's own sinister plans to wipe out the remnants of the Comfort family.
William Berger is well cast as the evil Doctor who controls Melissa with hypnosis and drugs. His presence and Franco's whistling, haunting score cast a spell over the proceedings which is only broken by the rather abrupt ending. This psychological horror film is deliberately paced but absorbing throughout. There's no sex or nudity (except there is) and stylistically it is almost zoom-free, a break from Franco's other early 1970s sex-horror projects.
William Berger is well cast as the evil Doctor who controls Melissa with hypnosis and drugs. His presence and Franco's whistling, haunting score cast a spell over the proceedings which is only broken by the rather abrupt ending. This psychological horror film is deliberately paced but absorbing throughout. There's no sex or nudity (except there is) and stylistically it is almost zoom-free, a break from Franco's other early 1970s sex-horror projects.
The Sinister Eyes of Doctor Orloff (1973)
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