Scarab
3.8
“Evil, plotted by a mad sorcerer... bizarre beyond imagination.”
Dr. Wilfred Manz performs a magical experiment on a beetle-shaped amulet. His patience exhausted, he smashes his fist into some bottles and a few drops of blood fall onto the scarab. His laboratory is rocked by an explosion, the god Khepera appears and Manz is transformed into a demi-god magician. Thirty years later, Manz has assumed the name Khepera and lives in mysterious castle. Using his magical powers, he is killing heads of government and causing the collapse of major financial institutions. Jack Murphy, an American correspondent, witnesses the pandemonium following the suicide of the Spanish prime minister and notices an attractive nurse, Elena, take a small scarab which has fallen from the prime minister's lapel. Later, he visits an occult shop where the scarab is identified as being associated with the Egyptian god, Khepera. Murphy is captured and Elena — who was tricked into sacrificing her brother when they were children — once more takes up the sacrificial dagger...
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Rip Torn
Khepera
Known for
Men in Black II
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Robert Ginty
Murphy
Known for
The Exterminator
Loverboy
Steven-Charles Jaffe
Robert Jaffe
Known for
Creature
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Jim Willis
Luis Calvo
Cristina Sánchez Pascual
Elena
Known for
Dark Habits
Pepi, Luci, Bom
Yvonne Blake
Isabel García Lorca
Shelley
Known for
Anguish
Me Too
Ned Miller
Fernando Arribas
Mayrata O'Wisiedo
Saturna
Known for
High Heels
Steven-Charles Jaffe Director · Robert Jaffe Screenplay Ned Miller Screenplay
First release November 1, 1983 · Produced in Spain, United States · Languages English, Spanish
Production
Alloi Films
Production
Tesauro
Production
Spain · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 1, 1983
Physical
Spain · June 22, 1984
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
January 1, 1984
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