José Ramón Larraz Gil[1] (1929 – 3 September 2013) was a Spanish director of exploitation and horror films such as the erotic and bloody Vampyres (1974).[2][3]
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Born | José Ramón Larraz Gil 1929 Barcelona, Spain |
Died | (aged 84) Málaga, Spain |
Occupation | Screenwriter, Film director and producer |
Years active | 1970–2002 |
Born in Barcelona, Larraz earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree and moved to Paris in 1952, where he started his career as a comics writer for magazines like Pilote and Spirou.[4] His most known creation was the action-comic series "Paul Foran", which he wrote under the name "Gil" and also made some artistic contributions to.[5]
Larraz moved to England, where he began making films, 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. Symptoms was an official British entry at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.[6] His last few horror films were Spanish-American co-productions.[7] He apparently retired from filmmaking in 1992 at age 63.[8]
Larraz died, aged 84, in Málaga on 3 September 2013.[9]
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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1970 | Whirlpool | [10] | |
1971 | Deviation | ||
1972 | Watch Out Gringo! Sabata Will Return | ||
1973 | The House That Vanished | Alternate titles: Scream and Die, Don't Go in the Bedroom | [11] |
1974 | Emma, Dark Doors | ||
1974 | Symptoms | Alternate title: Blood Virgin | [12] |
1974 | Vampyres | Alternate titles: Daughters of Dracula, Blood Hunger | [13] |
1978 | The Coming of Sin | Alternate title: The Violation of the Bitch | [7] |
1979 | The Golden Lady | ||
1979 | El periscopio | ||
1980 | Polvos mágicos | Alternate title: Lady Lucifera | |
1980 | Stigma | ||
1981 | The National Mummy | ||
1982 | Black Candles | Alternate title: Sex Rites of the Devil (Spanish: Los ritos sexuales del diablo) | [7] |
1987 | Rest in Pieces | ||
1988 | Edge of the Axe | [7] | |
1990 | Deadly Manor | Alternate title: Savage Lust | |
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