José Luis Merino
Directing
1927-06-10 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Jose Luis Merino (10 June 1927 – 2 July 2019) was a Spanish film writer and director who developed a cult following among horror film fans. He was born in 1927 in Madrid, Spain, as José Luis Merino Boves, and went on to direct around 30 films during his long and varied career as director and writer (1958–1990), most of them action/adventure films, crime dramas , spaghetti westerns, war movies and costume dramas involving Robin Hood, pirates, Zorro etc. He is known to horror film fans for the two horror movies he directed in the early 1970s: Orgy of the Dead ( aka The Hanging Woman ) and Scream of the Demon Lover (aka Ivanna ), which have both become cult classics over the years. Merino never considered himself a horror film director, he chose rather to favor his many action/adventure films. He died on July 2, 2019, at age 92.
Filmography
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
2004 · Movie
The Grandfather
1998 · Movie
La herida luminosa
1997 · Movie
Course Completed
1987 · Movie
Double Feature
1984 · Movie
El crack dos
1983 · Movie
La avispita Ruinasa
1983 · Movie
USA, violación y venganza
1983 · Movie
Las chicas del bingo
1982 · Movie
Begin the Beguine
1982 · Movie
El crack
1981 · Movie
Viva la clase media
1980 · Movie
¡Qué verde era mi duque!
1980 · Movie
Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte
1979 · Movie
Las verdes praderas
1979 · Movie
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
1979 · Movie
Tobi
1978 · Movie
Alone in the Small Hours
1978 · Movie
Donde hay patrón...
1978 · Movie
Asignatura pendiente
1977 · Movie
Marked by Men
1977 · Movie
Till Divorce Us Do Part
1977 · Movie
Más fina que las gallinas
1977 · Movie
Beatriz
1976 · Movie
Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!
1976 · Movie
Earthquake in Chile
1975 · Movie
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe
1975 · Movie
Los nuevos españoles
1974 · Movie
Juegos de sociedad
1974 · Movie
Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines
1973 · Movie
The Hanging Woman
1973 · Movie
Pirates of Blood Island
1972 · Movie
The Desire in Autumn
1972 · Movie
Zorro the Invincible
1971 · Movie
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance
1971 · Movie
When Heroes Die
1970 · Movie
Scream of the Demon Lover
1970 · Movie
More Dollars for the MacGregors
1970 · Movie
Zorro's Latest Adventure
1970 · Movie
Satan's Five Warnings
1970 · Movie
Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere
1970 · Movie
Slaughter on the Khyber Pass
1970 · Movie
Hell Commandos
1969 · Movie
A Bullet for Rommel
1969 · Movie
The Battle of the Last Panzer
1969 · Movie
Gatling Gun
1968 · Movie
Requiem for a Gringo
1968 · Movie
Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar
1968 · Movie
Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
1967 · Movie
Europa canta
1966 · Movie
For One Thousand Dollars Per Day
1966 · Movie
El rayo desintegrador
1966 · Movie
Diálogos de la paz
1965 · Movie
Alféreces provisionales
1964 · Movie
El Lazarillo de Tormes
1959 · Movie
Aquellos tiempos del cuplé
1958 · Movie
La puerta abierta
1957 · Movie
Andalusia Express
1956 · Movie
Cabaret
1953 · Movie
Habitación para tres
1952 · Movie
Quema el suelo
1951 · Movie