---
title: 'The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jesús Franco'
released: '1966-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-diabolical-dr-z-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060701/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)

1966 · 86 min · Horror · France, Spain

Original title: El diabolico doctor Z

## Synopsis

The Diabolical Dr. Z is a 1966 horror film directed by Jesús Franco. The film stars Mabel Karr as Irma Zimmer, a surgeon who creates a machine that turns people into zombified slaves. Ms. Zimmer is the daughter of a Professor Zimmer, who was hounded to his death several years earlier by four of his scientific associates. Zimmer uses the machine to control an erotic dancer named Miss Muerte who uses her long poison-tipped fingernails to murder the people Ms. Zimmer holds responsible for her father's death.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jesús Franco](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesus-franco)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jesús Franco](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesus-franco)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Claude Carrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-carriere)
- **Producer:** [Serge Silberman](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-silberman), [Henri Baum](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-baum), [Michel Safra](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-safra)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alejandro Ulloa Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/alejandro-ulloa-jr)
- **Editor:** [Jean Feyte](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-feyte), [Marie-Louise Barberot](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-louise-barberot)

## Cast

- [Estella Blain](https://cinepixo.com/people/estella-blain)
- [Daniel White](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-white)
- [Howard Vernon](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-vernon)
- [Mabel Karr](https://cinepixo.com/people/mabel-karr)
- [Jesús Franco](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesus-franco)
- [Antonio Giménez Escribano](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-gimenez-escribano)
- [Rafael Hernández](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafael-hernandez)
- [Guy Mairesse](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-mairesse)

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