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Jesús Francos The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966) blends Gothic atmosphere, mad science, and revenge horror into one of his most striking early works. When a brilliant scientist dies, his daughter continues his sinister experiments, transforming a nightclub dancer into a hypnotized assassin to punish those she blames. A chilling mix of science-gone-wrong, stylish Euro Gothic settings, and twisted morality, this Spanish-French horror has become a cult classic within European genre cinema.

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A Spanish-French co-production directed by the inimitable Jesús Jess Franco (Count Dracula) from a screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie), The Diabolical Dr Z  also known by its original Spanish title Miss Meurte   was released at the height of the gothic horror boom that swept Europe during the 1960s and followed Francos earlier gothic chillers The Awful Dr Orloff, The Sadistic Baron von Klaus and Dr Orloffs Monster.

Before his untimely death, mad scientist Dr Zimmer (Antonio Jiménez Escribano) created a device that would allow him to control human minds. In the aftermath of his passing, his daughter Irma Zimmer (Mabel Karr) takes it upon herself to continue his work and seek revenge on his behalf. To punish those who discredited and disgraced the late Dr Zimmer, she uses his invention to possess nightclub performer Miss Meurte (Estella Blain), who lures her victims to their deaths at the hands of her razor-sharp, poisoned nails…

An early film by a titan of cult cinema who would continue making films until his death in 2013, The Diabolical Dr Z is both an atmospheric and accomplished contribution to the European gothic horror cycle of the 1960s and a forerunner to the more outrageous exploitation films that would later catapult Franco to infamy