Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror

Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror

64 mins | Documentary | June 20, 2014

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.

Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror

64 mins | Documentary | June 20, 2014

Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers José Frade Producciones Cinematográficas, Talamanca de Cine, Atrevimiento Films, Vima Producciones
Original title ¡Zarpazos! Un viaje por el spanish horror
Directors Víctor Matellano
Writers Víctor Matellano

Cast

Ángel Agudo

as Self - Screenwriter

Carlos Aguilar

as Self - Film Critic

José Luis Alemán

as Self - Director

Colin Arthur

as Self - Makeup Artist

Joe Dante

as Self - Director

Lone Fleming

as Self - Actress

José Luis Galicia

as Self - Art Director

Jorge Grau

as Self - Director

May Heatherly

as Self - Actress

José Ramón Larraz

as Self - Director

Eugenio Martín

as Self - Director

Antonio Mayans

as Self - Actor

Caroline Munro

as Self - Actress

Paco Plaza

as Self - Director

Jack Taylor

as Self - Actor

Manuel M. Velasco

as Self - Director

Paul Naschy

as Various Roles / Self (voice)

Jesús Franco

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)