José Luis Merino
Directing
Biography
Jose Luis Merino (10 June 1927 – 2 July 2019) was a Spanish film writer and director who developed a cult following among horror film fans. He was born in 1927 in Madrid, Spain, as José Luis Merino Boves, and went on to direct around 30 films during his long and varied career as director and writer (1958–1990), most of them action/adventure films, crime dramas , spaghetti westerns, war movies and costume dramas involving Robin Hood, pirates, Zorro etc. He is known to horror film fans for the two horror movies he directed in the early 1970s: Orgy of the Dead ( aka The Hanging Woman ) and Scream of the Demon Lover (aka Ivanna ), which have both become cult classics over the years. Merino never considered himself a horror film director, he chose rather to favor his many action/adventure films. He died on July 2, 2019, at age 92.
Filmography 35
Movies (35)
Merry-Go-Round c. 19502004
The Grandfather1998Camarero casino
La herida luminosa1997
El crack dos1983Meri
La avispita Ruinasa1983Directing
USA, violación y venganza1983Directing
Las chicas del bingo1982Niño
El crack1981Meri
Viva la clase media1980Camarero
Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte1979Directing
Las verdes praderas1979
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte1979Zachary
Marked by Men1977Directing
Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!1976Directing
Juegos de sociedad1974Directing
Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines1973Directing
The Hanging Woman1973Directing
Pirates of Blood Island1972Directing
Zorro the Invincible1971Directing
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance1971Directing
When Heroes Die1970Directing
Scream of the Demon Lover1970Directing
More Dollars for the MacGregors1970Directing
Zorro's Latest Adventure1970Directing
Satan's Five Warnings1970Directing
Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere1970Directing
Slaughter on the Khyber Pass1970Directing
Hell Commandos1969Directing
The Battle of the Last Panzer1969Directing
Requiem for a Gringo1968Directing