José Ramón Larraz

José Ramón Larraz

Born: January 1, 1929
Died: September 3, 2013
in Barcelona, Spain
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José Ramón Larraz (born 1929 in Barcelona) was a Spanish director of exploitation and horror fims such as the erotic and bloody Vampyres (1974).

Larraz began making films in England, then in 1976 apparently relocated his operations back to Spain. He made many different types of films, but is best known for his horror films. His last few horror films were Spanish/ American co-productions. He apparently retired from filmmaking in 1992 at age 63.

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Movies for José Ramón Larraz...

Queridos monstruos
Title: Queridos monstruos
Character: Self
Released: October 10, 2014
Type: Movie
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Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Title: Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Character: Self - Director
Released: June 20, 2014
Type: Movie
In the late sixties, Spanish cinema began to produce a huge amount of horror genre films: international markets were opened, the production was continuous, a small star-system was created, as well as a solid group of specialized directors. Although foreign trends were imitated, Spanish horror offered a particular approach to sex, blood and violence. It was an extremely unusual artistic movement in Franco's Spain.
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Title: Eurotika!
Character: Himself
Released: October 3, 1999
Type: TV
Eurotika is a Channel 4 documentary film on European exploitation cinema. The documentary is similarly themed to Pete Tombs's book Immoral Tales: European Sex and Horror Movies 1956-1984. During the 1960s and 1970s, European low-budget films went kinky, emerging as a new type of cinema that blended eroticism, surrealism, horror, and over-the-top atmospherics.
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Stigma
Title: Stigma
Character: Hombre en funeral (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1980
Type: Movie
The death of Sebastian's father engenders in him pathological fears and hallucinations. His death wishes seem to cause horrible accidents, which he is unable to control. When his older brother dies, he feels that he has caused it. He undergoes hypnosis, but his apparent supernatural powers continue. As his own life nears its end, he becomes even more violent and sadistic.
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Love Letters of a Nun
Title: Love Letters of a Nun
Character: Familiar de la Inquisición
Released: September 29, 1978
Type: Movie
Spain 1640, the reverend superior nun Mariana, attends the death of her younger sister, Isabel's husband, who is overcome with hopelessness and heartache. Isabel then kisses and caresses the cadaver's exposed body as if he were still alive. Mother Mariana