José Luis Merino

Biography

Jose 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.

Directed

1. The Hanging Woman (1973) — Director
2. Scream of the Demon Lover (1970) — Director
3. Requiem for a Gringo (1968) — Director
4. Pirates of Blood Island (1972) — Director
5. USA, violación y venganza (1983) — Director
6. The Battle of the Last Panzer (1969) — Director
7. La avispita Ruinasa (1983) — Director
8. Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North (1967) — Director
9. When Heroes Die (1970) — Director
10. Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel! (1976) — Director
11. Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines (1973) — Director
12. Zorro's Latest Adventure (1970) — Director
13. Zorro, Rider of Vengeance (1971) — Director
14. Hell Commandos (1969) — Director
15. 7 cabalgan hacia la muerte (1979) — Director
16. Aquellos tiempos del cuplé (1958) — Director
17. More Dollars for the MacGregors (1970) — Director
18. Slaughter on the Khyber Pass (1970) — Director
19. Satan's Five Warnings (1970) — Director
20. Europa canta (1966) — Director
21. Zorro the Invincible (1971) — Director
22. Alféreces provisionales (1964) — Director
23. Marked by Men (1977) — Director
24. Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere (1970) — Director
25. Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar (1968) — Director
26. Juegos de sociedad (1974) — Director
27. Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte (1979) — Director

Also appeared in

1. El crack (1981) — Meri
2. The Grandfather (1998) — Camarero casino
3. El crack dos (1983) — Meri
4. Merry-Go-Round c. 1950 (2004)
5. Las verdes praderas (1979)
6. Viva la clase media (1980) — Camarero
7. La herida luminosa (1997)
8. Las chicas del bingo (1982) — Niño
9. 7 cabalgan hacia la muerte (1979) — Zachary