Rent Dr. Jekyll's Mistresses (1964)

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Rent Dr. Jekyll's Mistresses (aka El Secreto del Doctor Orloff / The Mistresses of Dr. Jekyll / The Secret of Dr. Orloff / Doctor Jekyll's Mistresses) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
Melissa (Agnès Spaak), an attractive Austrian college student, is invited to spend the Christmas holidays at the castle of her uncle, Dr. Conrad Fisherman (Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui), but the mood she encounters there is hardly festive. Her uncle's behaviour is cold and furtive, and her Aunt Ingrid (Luisa Sala) is perpetually drunk. Melissa's curiosity is aroused by a photo of her late father, Andros (Hugo Blanco), whom she never knew, but she in unaware that her uncle - a discipline of the mad Dr. Orloff - has brought her father back from the grave and is using him as a killing machine.
Actors:
, Agnès Spaak, , , , Pepe Rubio, , , Daniel Blumer, , , Mer Casas, , José Truchado, Juan Antonio Soler, , Julio Infiesta, , Julia Toboso,
Directors:
Producers:
Marius Lesoeur
Writers:
Jesús Franco, Nicole Guettard, A. Norévo
Aka:
El Secreto del Doctor Orloff / The Mistresses of Dr. Jekyll / The Secret of Dr. Orloff / Doctor Jekyll's Mistresses
Studio:
Arrow Films
Genres:
Classics, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Countries:
Spain
BBFC:
Release Date:
09/09/2002
Run Time:
85 minutes
Languages:
Dubbed, English LPCM Mono, French LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.66:1
Colour:
B & W

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Interesting early Jess Franco sci-fi chiller ... - Dr. Jekyll's Mistresses review by NP

Spoiler Alert
08/06/2017

Prolific director Jess Franco follows up his previous very successful Orloff films with this stylish black and white chiller. As is often the case with Franco, this production has been distributed around the world under several titles. Some refer to the title character as Orloff, and some as Jekyll. But who cares when we're having this much fun? The weakest link is the main man himself - whatever his name is! With Howard Vernon unavailable, Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui steps in; he's avuncular, cuddly and friendly-faced, the polar opposite of Vernon.

Everything else is much as it often is in monochrome Jess Franco films. Stylish, arty, stark, polished, creepy and ever so slightly dull. The magnificent monster is far too handsome to warrant all the shrieking that greets his every appearance. Hugo Blancoplays zombie henchman Andros very well, and he's aided by sinister lighting and spooky music, but really, his 'hideousness' amounts to nothing more to bad acne.

This is an enjoyable ride, though, and a million miles away from the gleeful bargain-basement fetish-romps that Franco would soon be producing. Some seeds of his future obsessions are sown here, in what would become familiar character names (Andros, Melissa for example) and a lengthy exotic jazzy cabaret sequence.

Perhaps not quite up there with the earlier 'The Awful Doctor Orlof', this is nonetheless unsettling, riotous early picture from the notorious Uncle Jess.

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