The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)

Director
Jesús Franco

Main cast
Mabel Karr; Estella Blain; Fernando Montes; Howard Vernon; Guy Mairesse

Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi

Description
Woman seeks to avenge her father's death by using a local dancer, with long poisonous fingernails, to do her bidding.


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