Emilio Vieyra

Directing

Emilio Vieyra

Born 1920-10-12 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Emilio Vieyra (12 October 1920 – 25 January 2010), sometimes credited as Raúl Zorrilla, was an Argentine film director, actor, screenwriter and film producer, between 1950 and the 1990s. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is mostly known for his action and horror films, which were usually grounded in the exploitation genre.

Acting credits

No artwork available
NR

An audiovisual journey through the strangest of Argentine cinema.

Argentina bizarra

1997

The Deadly Organ poster
3.7

A masked killer prowls the beaches of Argentina, injecting beautiful girls with heroin, and then using weird organ music to make them his zombie slaves.

The Deadly Organ

1967

Hombres a precio poster
8.0

It tells the story of a young provincial journalist who begins to work for a newspaper in the capital.

Hombres a precio

1950

Blood of the Virgins poster
4.9

After their van breaks down by the side of the road, a group of hip teenagers seek shelter at an old lodge, where several go missing one by one.

Blood of the Virgins

1967

The Naked Beast poster
6.2

The police, led by Inspector Ibanez, are baffled by the murders of several attractive female dancers who all work on a musical TV show that features a horror-themed tableaux. The killings are the work of a masked psychopath with a taste for human blood and there are many suspects…

The Naked Beast

1971

Mi marido hoy duerme en casa poster
9.0

The children of a divorced marriage hatch a plan to get them back together, upon discovering that their father has a girlfriend.

Mi marido hoy duerme en casa

1955

The Curious Dr. Humpp poster
5.2

A doctor—on orders from a sentient brain—kidnaps intimate couples and takes them to his mansion as prisoners. He injects his subjects with a substance to 'enhance' their sexual abilities. The curious doctor then forces his hostages to have sex. While they are making love, he drains a fluid from them, which he needs to prevent himself from transforming into a monster.

The Curious Dr. Humpp

1969

Valentina poster
7.5

A young millionaire meets a mechanic who has invented a carburetor as a result of a breakdown in her car.

Valentina

1950

Another Cursed Movie poster
6.5

A history of Argentine horror cinema, from its beginnings in 1934 to present day. It is a path of defeat, dead-end streets and triumphs, where the protagonists will lead us through the lesser known hallways of local horror.

Another Cursed Movie

2023

Yesterday Was Spring poster
8.0

A man suspects that his late wife had an extramarital relationship, so he decides to face the alleged lover.

Yesterday Was Spring

1955

De noche también se duerme poster
10.0

When a divorced couple tries to reunite, the separation of others distances them.

De noche también se duerme

1956

Ángel, la diva y yo poster
10.0

Buenos Aires at the end of the millennium a young filmmaker hopeless about their future decides to film his last act.

Ángel, la diva y yo

2000

El tango en París poster
NR

A tango singer travels to Paris seeking success.

El tango en París

1956

Comandos azules en acción poster
10.0

A vigilante group intervenes to prevent a crime in the world of fashion.

Comandos azules en acción

1980

No artwork available
NR

Short documentary about horror films in Argentina.

Terror en el cine argentino

1996

Behind the camera

Stay Tuned for Terror poster
6.2

A succession of television broadcasts has unexpected and terrifying effects on the minds of viewers.

Stay Tuned for Terror

1965

Así es Buenos Aires poster
8.0

Two siblings from a humble neighbourhood, a taxi driver and a lingerie store employee, dream of becoming a tango singer and a famous model respectively.

Así es Buenos Aires

1971

Comandos azules poster
6.5

A parallel police group attends a scientific conference and goes into action. Their mission: disrupt a gang of criminals that rob a memory bank.

Comandos azules

1980

Comandos azules poster
6.5

A parallel police group attends a scientific conference and goes into action. Their mission: disrupt a gang of criminals that rob a memory bank.

Comandos azules

1980

María M. poster
7.0

María M. is a prostitute from the Ciudad de Buenos Aires. She has sex and love relationships with several men, until she meets the one she thinks will be the love of her life. From that moment he decides to reform and start a new life, but fate has a bitter disappointment in store for him.

María M.

1964

The Deadly Organ poster
3.7

A masked killer prowls the beaches of Argentina, injecting beautiful girls with heroin, and then using weird organ music to make them his zombie slaves.

The Deadly Organ

1967

The Deadly Organ poster
3.7

A masked killer prowls the beaches of Argentina, injecting beautiful girls with heroin, and then using weird organ music to make them his zombie slaves.

The Deadly Organ

1967

No artwork available
9.0

Based on the play Hip Hip Ufa by Dalmiro Sáenz, a womanizing "rich kid" falls in love with a prostitute.

Tómame

1992

No artwork available
9.0

Based on the play Hip Hip Ufa by Dalmiro Sáenz, a womanizing "rich kid" falls in love with a prostitute.

Tómame

1992

Adiós, abuelo poster
9.0

Juan Benatti, a tango singer in a typical quartet, is left in charge of five-year-old Ignacio, the son of the group's director, Horacio, and Marisa, when his parents are forced into exile for political reasons. Ignacio calls Juan "grandfather" and becomes a father to him. Horacio dies abroad; his mother remarries and demands the boy. But since he doesn't get along with his mother's new partner, custody finally falls to Juan, who raises the boy until he graduates from high school. He then turns down university to become a musician in a rock group, where he will be the voice and host.

Adiós, abuelo

1996

Adiós, abuelo poster
9.0

Juan Benatti, a tango singer in a typical quartet, is left in charge of five-year-old Ignacio, the son of the group's director, Horacio, and Marisa, when his parents are forced into exile for political reasons. Ignacio calls Juan "grandfather" and becomes a father to him. Horacio dies abroad; his mother remarries and demands the boy. But since he doesn't get along with his mother's new partner, custody finally falls to Juan, who raises the boy until he graduates from high school. He then turns down university to become a musician in a rock group, where he will be the voice and host.

Adiós, abuelo

1996

Gitano poster
7.1

The son of a gypsy who works at an amusement park is accused of a crime he did not commit. Run away and hide, with his partner.

Gitano

1970

Blood of the Virgins poster
4.9

After their van breaks down by the side of the road, a group of hip teenagers seek shelter at an old lodge, where several go missing one by one.

Blood of the Virgins

1967

Blood of the Virgins poster
4.9

After their van breaks down by the side of the road, a group of hip teenagers seek shelter at an old lodge, where several go missing one by one.

Blood of the Virgins

1967

The Naked Beast poster
6.2

The police, led by Inspector Ibanez, are baffled by the murders of several attractive female dancers who all work on a musical TV show that features a horror-themed tableaux. The killings are the work of a masked psychopath with a taste for human blood and there are many suspects…

The Naked Beast

1971

The Naked Beast poster
6.2

The police, led by Inspector Ibanez, are baffled by the murders of several attractive female dancers who all work on a musical TV show that features a horror-themed tableaux. The killings are the work of a masked psychopath with a taste for human blood and there are many suspects…

The Naked Beast

1971

Maestro de pala poster
2.7

A young man works as a waiter in a bar and as a server in a bakery. Women do not resist his attractiveness.

Maestro de pala

1994

Maestro de pala poster
2.7

A young man works as a waiter in a bar and as a server in a bakery. Women do not resist his attractiveness.

Maestro de pala

1994

Dr. Cándido Pérez, señoras poster
8.0

Responsible and composed doctor goes on a spree with a friend with two beautiful women, and his wife finds out.

Dr. Cándido Pérez, señoras

1962

The Curious Dr. Humpp poster
5.2

A doctor—on orders from a sentient brain—kidnaps intimate couples and takes them to his mansion as prisoners. He injects his subjects with a substance to 'enhance' their sexual abilities. The curious doctor then forces his hostages to have sex. While they are making love, he drains a fluid from them, which he needs to prevent himself from transforming into a monster.

The Curious Dr. Humpp

1969

The Curious Dr. Humpp poster
5.2

A doctor—on orders from a sentient brain—kidnaps intimate couples and takes them to his mansion as prisoners. He injects his subjects with a substance to 'enhance' their sexual abilities. The curious doctor then forces his hostages to have sex. While they are making love, he drains a fluid from them, which he needs to prevent himself from transforming into a monster.

The Curious Dr. Humpp

1969

The Curious Dr. Humpp poster
5.2

A doctor—on orders from a sentient brain—kidnaps intimate couples and takes them to his mansion as prisoners. He injects his subjects with a substance to 'enhance' their sexual abilities. The curious doctor then forces his hostages to have sex. While they are making love, he drains a fluid from them, which he needs to prevent himself from transforming into a monster.

The Curious Dr. Humpp

1969

La vida continúa poster
5.0

A boy comes from inside the country to succeed as a pianist, protected by a lady of high society. The woman, somewhat older than him, young man falls in love madly in unrequited love.

La vida continúa

1969

Obsesión de venganza poster
6.5

A long-distance bus is assaulted, and in the tragic event the wife and son of a well-known lawyer die. After three months of rest, he leaves the hospital, with only one thing in mind: to avenge the death of his loved ones.

Obsesión de venganza

1987