Original title: Dr. M schlägt zu
Year: 1972
Country: Germany
Region code: A
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 738329270865
Image: 1.66:1 (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio:
German - ?
Subtitles: English SDH
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Horror
Cast: Fred Williams, Jack Taylor, Ewa Strömberg
Director: Jess Franco
Synopsis:
A criminal mastermind (Jack Taylor, Female Vampire) deploys poison gas and a beautiful whip-wielding assassin (Beni Cardoso) in a plot to steal government secrets in The Vengeance of Dr Mabuse (Dr. M schlägt zu). But his elaborate schemes risk unraveling when a small-town inspector (Fred Williams) stumbles into the scene. An unauthorized entry in the Dr. Mabuse cycle, the film makes no reference to Norbert Jacques's clairvoyant criminal (the M-word is carefully avoided). Instead, director Jess Franco used the project as a chance to revisit his own sci-fi thrillers (The Awful Dr. Orlof, The Diabolical Dr. Z). Fold in a disfigured henchman (Rocha), a striptease dancer (Ewa Strömberg, Vampyros Lesbos), and wrap it all in a feverish jazz score, and the result is a spicy cinematic melange that could only have been concocted in the demented mind of Jess Franco.
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