Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll

Los Ojos Azules de la Muñeca Rota
Los Ojos Azules de la Muñeca Rota
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by	Paul Naschy;
Produced by	José Antonio Pérez Giner
Starring	Paul Naschy; Diana Lorys; Maria Perschy; Eva Leon
Music by	Juan Carlos Calderón
Release date	1974;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Los Ojos Azules de la Muñeca Rota (The Blue Eyes Of The Broken Doll) is a Spanish horror-giallo film from 1974 directed by 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).

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[]

Paul Naschy as Gilles
Diana Lorys as Claude
Eduardo Calvo as Doctor Phillipe
Eva León as Nicole
Inés Morales as Michelle
Antonio Pica as Inspector Pierre
Luis Ciges as René
Pilar Bardem as Caroline
Maria Perschy as Ivette

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.