Dec. 2, 2021

This Day in Halloween: Spain's first horror film "The Awful Dr. Orlof" (Gritos en la Noche) opens across the U.S. in 1964. / Illustration by Madison Kemp

The Awful Dr. Orlof (Gritos en la Noche) opens across the U.S. in 1964. Considered the first Spanish horror film, Director Jesus Franco’s takeoff on the French film Eyes Without A Face arrives in the U.S. two-and-a-half years after premiering in Madrid.

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