José Luis Merino
Born
10 June 1927 (98)
Place of Birth
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Also known as
Louis M. Weaves, José Luis Merino Boves
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 tw...
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)
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
2004
The Grandfather
1998
La herida luminosa
1997
El crack dos
1983
La avispita Ruinasa
1983
USA, violación y venganza
1983
Las chicas del bingo
1982
El crack
1981
Viva la clase media
1980
Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte
1979
🎬 Director
Las verdes praderas
1979
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
1979
Marked by Men
1977
🎬 Director
Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!
1976
Juegos de sociedad
1974
🎬 Director
Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines
1973
The Hanging Woman
1973
Pirates of Blood Island
1972
Zorro the Invincible
1971
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Zorro, Rider of Vengeance
1971
When Heroes Die
1970
Scream of the Demon Lover
1970
More Dollars for the MacGregors
1970
🎬 Director
Zorro's Latest Adventure
1970
Satan's Five Warnings
1970
🎬 Director
Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere
1970
🎬 Director
Slaughter on the Khyber Pass
1970
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Hell Commandos
1969
The Battle of the Last Panzer
1969
Requiem for a Gringo
1968
Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar
1968
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Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
1967
Europa canta
1966
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Alféreces provisionales
1964
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Aquellos tiempos del cuplé
1958
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