La cruz del diablo

La cruz del diablo
Directed by	John Gilling
Screenplay by	Juan Jose Porto Jacinto Molina
Based on	La cruz del diablo by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
Starring	Ramiro Oliveros Carmen Sevilla Adolfo Marsillach Eduardo Fajardo Emma Cohen Mónica Randall
Cinematography	Fernando Arribas
Edited by	Alfonso Santacana
Production company	Bulnes
Distributed by	United International Pictures
Release dates	1975 (1975)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

La cruz del diablo is a 1975 Spanish horror film directed by John Gilling and starring Carmen Sevilla, Adolfo Marsillach and Emma Cohen.^[1] Its plot concerns a British writer who travels to Spain to visit his sister only to discover she has been killed by a sinister cult. It was based on a short story by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer.

Cast

Carmen Sevilla – Maria
Adolfo Marsillach – Cesar del Rio
Emma Cohen – Beatriz
Ramiro Oliveros – Alfred Dawson
Eduardo Fajardo – Enrique Carrillo
Mónica Randall – Justine Carrillo
Tony Isbert – Iñigo de Ataíde
Fernando Sancho – Ignacio
Silvia Vivó – Ines
Eduardo Calvo – Director Prisión
Pascual Hernández – Guardia Civil
Antonio Ramis – Criado

Reception

Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle called it "a disappointing final film for ex-Hammer Studios director John Gilling".^[2] Glenn Kay, who wrote Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide, described it as an out of print film that is considered "uninspired and unimpressive" by those who have seen it.^[3]

References

↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/179217
↑ Dendle, Peter (2001). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. McFarland & Company. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.
↑ Kay, Glenn (2008). Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide. Chicago Review Press. p. 98. ISBN 9781569766835.

External links

La cruz del diablo at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by John Gilling

Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
A Matter of Murder (1949)
No Trace (1950)
The Quiet Woman (1951)
The Frightened Man (1952)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
The Voice of Merrill (1952)
Deadly Nightshade (1953)
Recoil (1953)
Escape by Night (1953)
Three Steps to the Gallows (1953)
Destination Milan (1954)
Double Exposure (1954)
The Embezzler (1954)
The Gilded Cage (1955)
Tiger by the Tail (1955)
Odongo (1956)
The Gamma People (1956)
Interpol (1957)
High Flight (1957)
The Man Inside (1958)
Idol on Parade (1959)
The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
The Challenge (1960)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Panic (1963)
The Scarlet Blade (1964 )
The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
The Night Caller (1965)
Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Reptile (1966)
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
La cruz del diablo (1975)

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