José Ramón Larraz
1929 - 2013José Ramón Larraz (born 1929 in Barcelona) was a Spanish director of exploitation and horror fims such as the erotic and bloody Vampyres (1974).
Larraz began making films in England, then in 1976 apparently relocated his operations back to Spain. He made many different types of films, but is best known for his horror films. His last few horror films were Spanish/ American co-productions. He apparently retired from filmmaking in 1992 at age 63.
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Symptoms
José Ramón Larraz
Angela Pleasence, Peter Vaughan
A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.
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¡Zarpazos! Un viaje por el spanish horror
Víctor Matellano
Ángel Agudo, Carlos Aguilar
In the late sixties, Spanish cinema began to produce a huge amount of horror genre films: international markets were opened, the production was continuous, a small star-system was created, as well as a solid group of specialized directors. Although foreign trends were imitated, Spanish horror offered a particular approach to sex, blood and violence. It was an extremely unusual artistic movement in Franco's Spain.
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Cartas de amor de una monja
Jorge Grau
Analía Gadé, Alfredo Alcón
Spain 1640, the reverend superior nun Mariana, attends the death of her younger sister, Isabel's husband, who is overcome with hopelessness and heartache. Isabel then kisses and caresses the cadaver's exposed body as if he were still alive. Mother Mariana
Love Letters of a Nun
Luto Riguroso
José Ramón Larraz
Charo López, Carlos Ballesteros
After the death of the Father, the women of the family gather at an old isolated house. Old rivalries surface causing nobody to notice the youngest daughter, Loli, sneaking out to meet up with a local hermit. The naïve girl quickly ends up pregnant. After Loli is raped whilst travelling home, everything comes to light and causes unexpected changes for the family.
Luto Riguroso
Stigma
José Ramón Larraz
Christian Borromeo, Alexandra Bastedo
The death of Sebastian's father engenders in him pathological fears and hallucinations. His death wishes seem to cause horrible accidents, which he is unable to control. When his older brother dies, he feels that he has caused it. He undergoes hypnosis, but his apparent supernatural powers continue. As his own life nears its end, he becomes even more violent and sadistic.
Stigma
Emma, puertas oscuras
José Ramón Larraz
Susanna East, Perla Cristal
Emma is a teenager when she is the victim of a terrible road accident in London, and needs psychiatric care after she suffers from resulting brain injury. Her mother, Silvia, confines her in the house, and Emma's personality becomes aggressive, leading to a regrettable series of violent deaths.
Emma, Dark Doors
La visita del vicio
José Ramón Larraz
Montserrat Julió, David Thomson
A superstitious servant girl - who has foreboding nightmares about a naked man on horseback - comes to live with a solitary female artist at her country chateau. As the artist takes the girl under her wing, a sensuous relationship develops between them.
The Coming of Sin
Los ritos sexuales del diablo
José Ramón Larraz
Helga Liné, Vanessa Hidalgo
A young woman travels with her partner to England on the unexpected death of her brother. Staying with her sister-in-law, she finds her companion soon drawn into a satanic cult based in the house whose rites seem to centre somewhat on large-scale sexual congress.
Black Candles
