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An evil scientist creates a murderous, invisible ape-man.An evil scientist creates a murderous, invisible ape-man.An evil scientist creates a murderous, invisible ape-man.
Fernando Sancho
- Le garde-chasse
- (as Fernand Sancho)
Paco Valladares
- Le docteur Garondet
- (as Francis Valladares)
Isabel del Río
- Marie
- (as Isabel del Rio)
Eugène Berthier
- Le vieux serviteur
- (as Eugene Berthier)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Isabel del Río.
- Alternate versionsTwo versions of some scenes were filmed. Those scenes involving nudity were also shot with the actresses dressed or the nudity hidden from view.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Zombiethon (1986)
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Typical Jess Franco film
only NOT by Jess Franco!
I always assumed that it was Jess Franco who had a monopoly on this type of cinema, namely: the routine euro-exploitation flicks with an always-returning villain (Dr. Orloff), absurd story lines (invisible ape-creatures??), truckloads of sleaze and absolutely no logic at all. Every small detail in "Orloff Against the Invisible Man" has got Franco's name written all over it, so it was quite a surprise to find out that he actually hasn't got anything to do with it. But still Franco admirers don't have to fear that this will be a 'soft' film, because director Pierre Chevalier proves himself to be "Godfather of Sleaze" as well and his movie is delightfully trashy and nonsensical. Howard Vernon (normally a Franco-regular as well) stars as a totally insane man of science who created an invisible monster, supposedly for his daughter that got traumatized after being buried alive when she was 16. How exactly this creation helps the poor girl's situation is entirely beside the point, as are many other sudden twist in the script. Everything eventually revolves on the sexual aspect when the invisible ape-man goes completely berserk after graphically raping the housemaid (sickly illustrated by an overlong scene showing the poor woman struggling naked on a pile of hay). Every normal film-loving person will most likely detest this film, but for exploitation-fans, there is always the weird atmosphere and morbid set pieces to admire. Orloff's castle is genuinely ominous, with lots of dark cellars and secret tombs and Howard Vernon looks uniquely sinister again. Great entertainment for the slightly more demanding cult-freaks among us.
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- Coventry
- Oct 21, 2005
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- Dr. Orloff's Invisible Monster
- Filming locations
- Château de Verderonne, Rosoy, Oise, France(castle and grounds)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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