Feature1966·86m·5.8

The Diabolical Dr. Z

Nothing ever stripped your nerves screamingly raw like the diabolical Dr. Z

HorrorScience Fiction

A woman seeks to avenge her father's death using a local dancer, with long poisonous fingernails, to do her bidding.

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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)

Details

Status
Released
Original language
Spanish
Languages
French, Spanish
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Ciné-AllianceHesperia FilmsSpéva Films

Crew

Director

Jesús Franco

Writers

Jean-Claude Carrière, Jesús Franco

Alejandro Ulloa

Director of Photography

Daniel White

Original Music Composer

Marie-Louise Barberot

Editor

Jean Feyte

Editor

Antonio Cortés

Production Design

Gallery

Reviews

Wuchak

12/5/2025

7.0

**_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+

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