El Jorobado de la Morgue (The Hunchback of the Rue Morgue) (1972)
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One of the more notorious Spanish exercises in gory horror, this film from Basque director Javier Aguirre stars Jacinto Molina (aka "Paul Naschy") as a hunchbacked Swiss morgue attendant named Gotho. He's in love with a woman who dies of tuberculosis, causing Gotho to grab an axe and… More One of the more notorious Spanish exercises in gory horror, this film from Basque director Javier Aguirre stars Jacinto Molina (aka "Paul Naschy") as a hunchbacked Swiss morgue attendant named Gotho. He's in love with a woman who dies of tuberculosis, causing Gotho to grab an axe and chop up some medical students who want to dissect her then hide her body in a dank crypt. A hallucination scene featuring the woman's body being eaten by rats while Gotho beats and burns them featured real rats, who bit Molina several times. Eventually, Gotho strikes a bargain with mad scientist Alberto Dalbes, who agrees to raise the hunchback's beloved from the dead in exchange for fresh corpses from the morgue to feed his monstrous blob-like creation. Rossana Yanni appears as an imprisoned psychiatrist, and the film co-stars Maria Perschy and Vic Winner ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Javier Aguirre
- Written By
- Paul Naschy, Javier Aguirre, Albert Insua
- Genres
- Art House & International, Horror
R,
- In Theaters
- Sep 1, 1973 Wide
- On DVD
- Nov 24, 2009
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Cast
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Maria Elena Arpon
as Ilse
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Albeto Dalbes
as Dr. Orla
- Maria Perschy
- Vic Winner
- Rosanna Yanni
- Manuel de Blas
- Jacinto Molina
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Paul Naschy
as Gotho
- Alberto Dalbes
- Antonio Pica
- Víctor Alcázar
- Ángel Menéndez
