The Awful Dr. Orloff 1962  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Cries in the Night
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Howard Vernon, Conrado San Martin, Diana Lorys, Ricardo Valle, Perla Cristal, Maria Silva, Mara Laso, Venancio Muro, Felix Dafauce, Faustino Cornejo
Dr. Orloff (Howard Vernon), formerly a prison doctor, is now trying to repair his daughter's fire-scarred face. With his hunchback aid (formerly his brother who he murdered and then made into a robot helper), Orloff kills and skins women for the grafting material. Gross; other Orloff films followed.
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Bad Man's River 1972  PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Eugenio Martin
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, James Mason, Gina Lollobrigida, Simon Andreu, Diana Lorys, Gianni Garko, Aldo Sambrell, Sergio Fantoni, Jess Hahn
An outlaw gang is offered $1 million to blow up a Mexican fortress, but the outlaws are always outsmarted by a devious woman (Gena Lollobrigida).
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Malenka 1969 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Fangs of the Living Dead
Director: Amando de Ossorio
Cast: Anita Ekberg, Julian Ugarte, Gianni Medici, Rosanna Yanni, Paul Muller, Diana Lorys, Carlos Casaravilla, Keith Kendal, Adriana Santucci, Juanita Ramirez
Sylvia (Anita Ekberg) arrives at the castle that she has inherited. Her uncle (Julian Ugarte) warns her that an ancestor, Malenka, who looks just like Sylvia, was burned at the stake centuries ago and promised to return for revenge. You guessed it: townsfolk die, and Sylvia is blamed for the deaths. Could the uncle be plotting to get his hands on the heritance?
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Night of the Blood Monster 1970 PG, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Bloody Judge
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Maria Schell, Maria Rohm, Margaret Lee, Hans Hass Jr., Howard Vernon, Diana Lorys, Jose Maria Prada, Pietro Martellanza, Jose Maria Blanco, John Thompson
Based on real-life, English witch-hunter Lord George Jeffreys (Christopher Lee), this dark, muddled tale follows the exploits of the cruel and sadistic Lord Jeffreys in the late 1600s.
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The Texican 1966 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Texas Kid
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: Audie Murphy, Broderick Crawford, Diana Lorys, Aldo Sambrell, Antonio Casas, Gerard Tichy, Antonio Molino Rojo, Juan Antonio Peral, Helga Genth, Luis Induni, George Rigaud, Victor Israel
Jess (Audie Murphy) is a wanted man after being framed for a murder. When his brother is killed, he heads to Rimrock, which is controlled by Luke (Broderick Crawford). Luke is the one who framed Jess, and he is sure that Luke also was responsible for his brother's death. But Jess needs the evidence. In the process, love blooms for Jess when he meets Kit (Diana Lorys).
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| 1. The Awful Dr. Orloff (1962)
aka: Cries in the Night
2. Bad Man's River (1972)
3. Malenka (1969)
aka: Fangs of the Living Dead
4. Night of the Blood Monster (1970)
aka: The Bloody Judge
5. The Texican (1966)
aka: Texas Kid
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