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-'''''The Awful Dr. Orloff''''' ('''Gritos en la noche''') is a 1962 Spanish–French horror film, directed by [[Jesús Franco]]. It stars [[Howard Vernon]] as the mad Dr. Orloff (or sometimes Orlof) who wants to repair his disfigured daughter's face with [[skin graft]]s from other women with the aid of a slavish, blind henchman named Morpho. The film is considered to be the first [[Spanish horror]] film. Howard Vernon continued to appear in a number of Franco's horror films up until his death. Franco would later feature a number of blind or disfigured henchmen also named Morpho in many of his later horror films, such as ''[[Vampyros Lesbos]]'' and ''[[Revenge in the House of Usher]]''.+'''''La Chute de la maison Usher''''' (Neurosis : The Fall of the House of Usher) est un film réalisé par [[Jesús Franco]] sorti en [[1982 au cinéma|1982]]. On y retrouve [[Howard Vernon]] dans le rôle principal ainsi que [[Lina Romay]] et [[Françoise Blanchard]].
-==Production==+== Synopsis ==
-While filming his tribute to Hollywood [[musical film]]s (''Vampiresas 1930''), director [[Jesús Franco]] convinced his producers to watch the British film ''[[The Brides of Dracula]]'' (1960). After the screening, Franco proposed that he could make similar films "in the same vein, but with a different style". Franco eventually convinced the same French co-producer who produced ''Vampiresas 1930''.+Dans sa demeure sinistre, le vieil Usher fait le récit de ses crimes alors que la folie s'empare peu à peu de lui.
-Franco was concerned how the film would be handled by Spanish [[censorship|censors]]. As a result, he produced two versions of the film, one that was unedited and one that was for British and Spanish audiences that had the scenes with [[Nudity in film|nudity]] in them cut. [[Spanish censors]] were also concerned with films that would damage the reputation of Spain. To avoid this, Franco set the film in France.+== Fiche technique ==
 +* Réalisateur : [[Jesús Franco]]
 +* Producteur exécutif : [[Daniel Lesoeur]]
 +* Photographie : [[Allan Hardy]]
 +* Scénario : [[H.L. Rostaire]]
 +* Musique : [[Daniel White]]
 +* Genre : épouvante, fantastique
 +* Pays : {{Espagne}}
 +* Sortie : 1982
 +* Durée : 1 h 30
-==Release==+== Distribution ==
-''The Awful Dr. Orloff'' premiered in [[Madrid]], Spain in May 1962 under the title of ''Gritos en la noche'' (Screams in the Night). It premiered in Paris in May 1963 under the title ''L'horrible Dr. Orloff''' and was released in the United Kingdom as ''The Demon Doctor'' later the same year. In the U.S. it was released in 1964 as the second half of a [[double feature]] with ''[[The Horrible Dr. Hichcock]]'' (1962). ''The Awful Dr. Orloff'' became the first internationally successful horror and exploitation film production from Spain. +* [[Howard Vernon]] : Dr. Roderic Usher
- +* [[Antonio Mayans]] : Dr. Alan Harker
-A sequel to the film, titled ''El Secreto del Dr. Orloff'' and also directed by Franco, was released in 1964.+* [[Lina Romay]] : Maria, la dernière maîtresse de Roderic Usher
- +* [[Françoise Blanchard]] : Melissa
-==Reception==+* [[Olivier Mathot]] : Morpho
-The film received a negative reception from critics on its initial release. In 1964, a review in the ''New York Times'' for a double feature of ''The Horrible Dr. Hichcock'' and ''The Awful Dr. Orloff'' stated "For once, the adjectives in the titles were not only descriptive but also accurate." The ''[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' described the film "at once appalling and unique, so bad as to be almost enjoyable for its ludicrous qualities, so singular that curiosity hunters are likely to look at it agog." The review noted that one or two shots were "worthy of [[James Whale]] or [[Jean Epstein|Epstein]]" and that the score was "quasi-musical noises." The review concluded that it was "a singular film...really most extraordinary."+* [[Daniel White]] : Dr. Seward
- +* [[José Llamas]] : Adrien
-From retrospective reviews, Donald C. Willis described the film as one of many "mainly trivial variations on ''[[Eyes Without a Face]]''", while praising the "lighting of the castle and the night exteriors". In [[Phil Hardy (journalist)|Phil Hardy]]'s book ''Science Fiction'' (1984), he stated that ''The Awful Dr. Orloff'' was declared as "the initiator of an entire subgenre mixing horror and medical Science Fiction in a gory way bordering on the pornographic".+* [[Antonio Marín]] : Mathias, le majordome
-==See also==+* Fata Morgana : Edmonda
-*[[Spanish horror]]+
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La Chute de la maison Usher (Neurosis : The Fall of the House of Usher) est un film réalisé par Jesús Franco sorti en 1982. On y retrouve Howard Vernon dans le rôle principal ainsi que Lina Romay et Françoise Blanchard.

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Dans sa demeure sinistre, le vieil Usher fait le récit de ses crimes alors que la folie s'empare peu à peu de lui.

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