José Luis Merino
Known for: Directing
Born: June 10, 1927
Died: July 2, 2019
Place of birth: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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.
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Filmography
61 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
2004
6.4
The Grandfather
1998
6.0
La herida luminosa
1997
6.1
Course Completed
1987
5.5
Double Feature
1984
6.9
El crack dos
1983
4.0
La avispita Ruinasa
1983
5.7
USA, violación y venganza
1983
3.3
Las chicas del bingo
1982
6.6
Begin the Beguine
1982
7.2
El crack
1981
5.6
Viva la clase media
1980
5.0
¡Qué verde era mi duque!
1980
NR
Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte
1979
6.3
Las verdes praderas
1979
9.0
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
1979
5.1
Tobi
1978
6.3
Alone in the Small Hours
1978
5.9
Donde hay patrón...
1978
5.7
Asignatura pendiente
1977
7.0
Marked by Men
1977
5.2
Till Divorce Us Do Part
1977
4.8
Más fina que las gallinas
1977
4.3
Beatriz
1976
4.3
Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!
1976
5.2
Earthquake in Chile
1975
4.3
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe
1975
5.2
Los nuevos españoles
1974
10.0
Juegos de sociedad
1974
5.0
Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines
1973
5.5
The Hanging Woman
1973
5.4
Pirates of Blood Island
1972
5.3
The Desire in Autumn
1972
7.0
Zorro the Invincible
1971
7.5
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance
1971
5.3
When Heroes Die
1970
5.1
Scream of the Demon Lover
1970
10.0
More Dollars for the MacGregors
1970
5.5
Zorro's Latest Adventure
1970
10.0
Satan's Five Warnings
1970
7.0
Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere
1970
10.0
Slaughter on the Khyber Pass
1970
6.5
Hell Commandos
1969
6.0
A Bullet for Rommel
1969
5.4
The Battle of the Last Panzer
1969
5.1
Gatling Gun
1968
5.1
Requiem for a Gringo
1968
7.0
Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar
1968
7.0
Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
1967
9.0
Europa canta
1966
5.8
For One Thousand Dollars Per Day
1966
8.0
El rayo desintegrador
1966
8.0
Diálogos de la paz
1965
8.0
Alféreces provisionales
1964
5.9
El Lazarillo de Tormes
1959
7.0
Aquellos tiempos del cuplé
1958
10.0
La puerta abierta
1957
6.0
Andalusia Express
1956
6.3
Cabaret
1953
6.2
Habitación para tres
1952
9.0
Quema el suelo
1951