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A doctor unleashes a nightmare of hypnosis curtailing mad violence on the family of a crippled young woman.A doctor unleashes a nightmare of hypnosis curtailing mad violence on the family of a crippled young woman.A doctor unleashes a nightmare of hypnosis curtailing mad violence on the family of a crippled young woman.
Edmund Purdom
- Inspector Crosby
- (as Edmond Purdom)
Loreta Tovar
- Martha Comfort
- (as Loretta Tovar)
Joaquín Blanco
- Agent Nicolas Michel
- (as John Russell)
Jaume Picas
- Sir Henry Robert Comfort
- (as Jaime Picas)
Robert Woods
- Sweet Davey Brown
- (as Robert Wood)
Jesús Franco
- Lord Comfort
- (uncredited)
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Not to be confused with Jess Franco's El siniestro doctor Orloff (1984), The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff (also by Franco) stars William Berger as the titular physician, who, having lost the woman he loved to Lord Comfort, has sworn revenge against the entire Comfort family. Using his hypnotic influence, Orloff has convinced Melissa Comfort (Montserrat Prous) that she is paralyzed, but when the time comes, he is able to make her rise from her wheelchair to become his obedient instrument of death. Also involved in the dastardly goings-on are Melissa's Aunt Flora (Kali Hansa) and her sister Martha (Loreta Tovar), who are keen to get their hands on the Comfort fortune, and so are happy to help the doctor with his plans.
Even the most incomprehensible and tedious Franco film usually delivers a certain degree of sleaze and gore, but this one is almost tame enough to show to dear old gran. In terms of T&A, Tovar and Lina Romay (in what amounts to a cameo) wander around in their knickers (their top halves fully clothed), and we get a brief glimpse of Tovar's tatas in the bath; gore is limited to a splash of blood here and there. It's extremely disappointing given how extremely sleazy and violent much of Franco's output from this era is. It doesn't help either that the film is incredibly talky, making it a very dull watch indeed. The ending, in which hippy musician Davey (Robert Woods) convinces the police to take action in the nick of time, doesn't come soon enough.
Even the most incomprehensible and tedious Franco film usually delivers a certain degree of sleaze and gore, but this one is almost tame enough to show to dear old gran. In terms of T&A, Tovar and Lina Romay (in what amounts to a cameo) wander around in their knickers (their top halves fully clothed), and we get a brief glimpse of Tovar's tatas in the bath; gore is limited to a splash of blood here and there. It's extremely disappointing given how extremely sleazy and violent much of Franco's output from this era is. It doesn't help either that the film is incredibly talky, making it a very dull watch indeed. The ending, in which hippy musician Davey (Robert Woods) convinces the police to take action in the nick of time, doesn't come soon enough.
- BA_Harrison
- Aug 18, 2022
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By what name was The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff (1973) officially released in Canada in English?
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