Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll

Los Ojos Azules de la Muñeca Rota (The Blue Eyes Of The Broken Doll) is a Spanish horror-giallo film from 1974 directed by Carlos Aured and starring Paul Naschy (who also co-wrote the film), Diana Lorys, Maria Perschy, and Eva Leon. The film was released on VHS as House Of Psychotic Women (slightly edited), and was shown on television as House of Doom (even more edited).

Los Ojos Azules de la Muñeca Rota
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCarlos Aured
Produced byJosé Antonio Pérez Giner
Written byPaul Naschy
Carlos Aured
StarringPaul Naschy
Diana Lorys
Maria Perschy
Eva Leon
Music byJuan Carlos Calderón
Release date
1974
Running time
89 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic [1]

Plot

The story concerns a drifter named Gilles (Naschy) who arrives in a French village looking for work. He soon gets a lift from a woman named Claude (Lorys) who sports a prosthetic hand, hiding a gruesome deformity. She gives him a job as a handyman at a large house owned by her and her two sisters: nymphomaniac redhead Nicole (Leon) and wheelchair-using Yvette (Perschy). Soon after he sets up doing chores around the grounds, Nicole takes a strong interest in him and Claude voices her disgust, while Yvette is tended to by a doctor and nurse. As these domestic events occur, a black-gloved killer is murdering blue-eyed women and gouging out their eyes, dropping them into a jar of water. Before too long Gilles is painted as a top suspect, due to a shady past involving his abuse of a former girlfriend, and the authorities pursue him.[2]

Cast

Background
  • Paul Naschy is also known as Jacinto Molina and has starred as a werewolf in many films in his native Spain. He and director Aured have collaborated on a number of these and other films.
  • A theater marquee displays House of Psychotic Women in the 1980 film Times Square.[3]

Release

The film was released theatrically in its native Spain in 1974 as Los Ojos Azules de la Muñeca Rota. The title translates as The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll.

The film was released theatrically in the United States by Independent-International Pictures in 1976.

The film contains graphic scenes of gore and nudity, and was rated R in the U.S. under its slightly edited version titled House of Psychotic Women. House of Doom was the even more edited version released on television.

The film was released on a special edition DVD in 2007 by Deimos Entertainment, a subdivision of BCI Eclipse, as Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll.

Soundtrack

The tune "Frere Jacques" is occasionally played on the soundtrack, albeit slightly jazzed up with bass, drums and violin, during the murder scenes.

References
  1. "Video Nasties". Melonfarmers.co.uk.
  2. "MattFini's Halloween Top 10 Lists: Top 10 Gialli". DreadCentral.
  3. "Times Square (1980)- Movie Connections". IMDB. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
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