The Diabolical Dr. Z

The Diabolical Dr. Z

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

Directed by Jesús Franco

Produced by Ciné-Alliance, Hesperia Films

196686 min5.8 / 10

A 1960s B-movie revenge thriller built on gothic atmosphere and pulp horror tropes, featuring a vengeful woman manipulating a dancer with lethal fingernails to commit murders.

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

Questions people ask

  • Does The Diabolical Dr. Z end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is The Diabolical Dr. Z scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is The Diabolical Dr. Z easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Diabolical Dr. Z violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is The Diabolical Dr. Z sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Love15

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