Thursday, January 13, 2011

Hunchback of the Morgue

Hunchback of the Morgue

Actors: Manuel de Blas , Paul Naschy , Antonio Pica , Adolfo Thous , Susan Taff , María Elena Arpón , Sofía Casares , Rosanna Yanni , Antonio Ramis , Ángel Menéndez , Kino Pueyo , Antonio Mayans , Víctor Alcázar , Alfonso de la Vega , Fernando Sotuela
Director: Javier Aguirre
IMDB Rate: 6.1 out of 10 (198 votes)
Plot Summary:Paul Naschy plays a hunchback with below average intelligence who works at the morgue. He is in love with a sickly girl who happens to be the only person who is kind to him. Each day he brings her flowers until the day she dies. He never really accepts her death and believes she is just sleeping. The girl eventually ends up at the morgue where she is being prepared for burial. Naschys character flips out at the desecration of the girls body and stabs and decapitates the men in the only scene of gore in the movie. The police begin to look for him. This is when the Hunchback meets up with a mad scientist whos work isnt accepted by the general society. The scientist promises the Hunchback that he would re-animate the girls body if the Hunchback brings him fresh bodyparts from the graveyard and live victims. He uses the parts to create a monster.

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