The Revived Monster
5.7
Set in the Balkans, this story concerns a bored journalist, Nora who is ordered by her boss to follow up a mysterious advertisement placed by Dr Ling. Ling turns out to be a misshapen creature who, rejected by his peers, has become the stereotypical mad scientist, here specializing in plastic surgery. He falls in love with Nora but fearing she will betray him he resuscitates a young man who committed suicide, Ariel by transplanting a new brain into him, and order him to fetch Nora so that he can kill her.
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Cast
30 people
Miroslava
Nora
Known for
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
School for Tramps
Carlos Navarro
Ariel / Sergei Rostov
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The Brave One
Jorge Busto
Chano Urueta
Known for
The Wild Bunch
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Dino Maiuri
Sergio Kogan
José María Linares Rivas
Herman Ling
Known for
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Galdino R. Samperio
Abel Salazar
Known for
The Brainiac
The Vampire
Fernando Wagner
Gherasimos
Known for
The Wild Bunch
Mr. Photographer
Raúl Lavista
Alberto Mariscal
Mischa
Known for
The Return of a Man Called Horse
Chano Urueta Director · Dino Maiuri Screenplay Raúl Lavista Composer
United States release January 1, 1955 · Produced in Mexico · Original title El monstruo resucitado
Production
Internacional Cinematográfica
Production
Mexico
Produced in
Languages
Original title
El monstruo resucitado
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Mexico · January 1, 1953
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1955
Türkiye
January 11, 1956
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