José Luis Merino
DirectingJose 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.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Filmography — Crew
The Hanging Woman
Director
Scream of the Demon Lover
Director
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance
Director
The Battle of the Last Panzer
Writer
Europa canta
Director
More Dollars for the MacGregors
Director
When Heroes Die
Director
Aquellos tiempos del cuplé
Director
Course Completed
Producer
Marked by Men
Director
Requiem for a Gringo
Director
Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar
Director
La avispita Ruinasa
Director
Pirates of Blood Island
Director
Hell Commandos
Director
Gatling Gun
Screenplay
Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!
Director
Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
Director
Zorro's Latest Adventure
Director
Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere
Director
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
Director
Zorro the Invincible
Director
The Desire in Autumn
Producer
Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines
Writer
To Begin Again
Producer
USA, violación y venganza
Director
Satan's Five Warnings
Director
Juegos de sociedad
Director
Slaughter on the Khyber Pass
Director
Alféreces provisionales
Director
Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte
Director