The Diabolical Dr. Z
Nothing ever stripped your nerves screamingly raw like the diabolical Dr. Z
A woman seeks to avenge her father's death using a local dancer, with long poisonous fingernails, to do her bidding.
Status
Released
Original Language
ES
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Release Date
August 1, 1966
Popularity
1
Director
Jesús Franco
Writer
Jean-Claude Carrière
Writer
Jesús Franco
Producer
Michel Safra
Producer
Serge Silberman
Where to Watch
Cast
Estella Blain
Nadja / Miss Muerte
Mabel Karr
Irma Zimmer
Fernando Montes
Dr. Phillippe Brighthouse
Howard Vernon
Dr. Vicas
Guy Mairesse
Hans Bergen
Antonio Jiménez Escribano
Dr. Zimmer
Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui
Dr. Moroni
Cris Huerta
Dr. Kallman
Lucía Prado
Barbara Albert
Jesús Franco
Inspector Tanner
Daniel White
Inspector Green
Ángela Tamayo
Juliana
Alberto Bourbón
Policeman
Francisco Camoiras
Fisherman (uncredited)
Mer Casas
Mrs. Moroni (uncredited)
Rafael Hernández
Assistant to Inspector Green (uncredited)
José María Prada
Policeman (uncredited)
Javier de Rivera
Notary (uncredited)
Vicente Roca
Police Doctor (uncredited)
Gallery
Reviews
Wuchak
**_Miss Zimmer manipulates a provocative dancer to avenge her father_** A Spanish-French production masterminded by Jess Franco, this combines the moody artistic tone of early ’60’s B&W mystery/horror flicks “Night Tide” and “Carnival of Souls” with bits of the Frankenstein story for imaginative Euro horror. There’s also the risqué sideshow element of “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies,” just not in color. It’s early Franco at the top of his ‘B’ game. On the feminine front there are several beauties: Lucía Prado (Barbara), Mabel Karr (Irma Zimmer) and Estella Blain (Miss Death), amongst a couple peripherals. It runs 1h 27m and was made betwixt the Madrid-based Hesperia Films and the Paris-based Spéva Films and Ciné Alliance. GRADE: B+
