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, all of whom came to Comunidad de Madrid to to Madrid de Comunidad to came whom of all ,
coproduction directed by Alberto de Martino, and shot in in shot and Martino, de Alberto by directed coproduction
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Edmund Purdom, Tom Baker, Telly Savalas, Mel Ferrer; Ferrer; Mel Savalas, Telly Baker, Tom Purdom, Edmund
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had been shot earlier shot, shot, earlier shot been had
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John Phillip Law, Cameron Mitchell, Christopher George, George, Christopher Mitchell, Cameron Law, Phillip John
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worked in Comunidad de Madrid such as Patrick Wayne, Wayne, Patrick as such Madrid de Comunidad in worked
of Estudios Verona in Colmenar Viejo, know administered administered know Viejo, Colmenar in Verona Estudios of
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Valdeiglesias, Talamanca de Jarama and Navacerrada. Navacerrada. and Jarama de Talamanca Valdeiglesias,
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martial, Alaric de Marnac, for films shot at San Martín de de Martín San at shot films for Marnac, de Alaric martial,
who scans the fortress of Koura, which is none other than than other none is which Koura, of fortress the scans who
Calle de Alcalá, 31. 28014 Madrid. España. Madrid. 28014 31. Alcalá, de Calle
the part of Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund, was present present was Englund, Robert Krueger, Freddy of part the
Wandesa Dárvula de Nadasdy and the cruel and Satanic Satanic and cruel the and Nadasdy de Dárvula Wandesa
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The Brother from Space from Brother The
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wolf man, Waldemar Daninsky, the vampire noblewoman noblewoman vampire the Daninsky, Waldemar man, wolf
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger the of Eye the and Sinbad or or in figure prehistoric
Psycho (Office for the Promotion of Film Film of Promotion the for (Office
, Martin Balsam, came for the the for came Balsam, Martin , in privado detective
created his own unmistakeable characters such as the the as such characters unmistakeable own his created
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the sewers of the capital’s Paseo de la Castellana. He has has He Castellana. la de Paseo capital’s the of sewers the
magic and exquisite special effects. The magic of cine cine of magic The effects. special exquisite and magic
The Day the Earth Stood Still Stood Earth the Day The
, Michael Rennie, Rennie, Michael , in actor Rodajes de Promoción de Oficina
In another interpretation he is a mummy crawling along along crawling mummy a is he interpretation another In
with the sublime presence of Ray Harryhausen, master of of master Harryhausen, Ray of presence sublime the with
The Sea Serpent Sea The
; The leading leading The ; in participated Milland, Ray
walks over the fog-shrouded bridge - Puente de Segovia. Segovia. de Puente - bridge fog-shrouded the over walks
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and unforgettable, nonetheless. nonetheless. unforgettable, and The Man with the X-ray Eyes X-ray the with Man The Pieces in Rest , , ; in appeared
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Richard Donner. Donner. Richard
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which also used exterior shots taken in La Pedriza. Pedriza. La in taken shots exterior used also which
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and became props for for props became and the
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in 1967 he initiated the Project for for Project the initiated he 1967 in
using the Front-Projection screen system and created created and system screen Front-Projection the using
Tower of of Tower film projects. film Two worlds, two discourses are represented in in represented are discourses two worlds, Two Murders in the Rue Morgue Rue the in Murders in Comunidad de Madrid; Madrid; de Comunidad in sets and elements were later used in the shooting of of shooting the in used later were elements and sets
his career has taken place in Comunidad de Madrid; back back Madrid; de Comunidad in place taken has career his
Supersonic Man Supersonic
, a memorable production by Juan Piquer, Piquer, Juan by production memorable a ,
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work in screenplay writing, directing, and acting. Most of of Most acting. and directing, writing, screenplay in work
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sets and items that characterise the film were assembled. assembled. were film the characterise that items and sets
served as a natural film set for for set film natural a as served
international celebrity of the fantastic genre thanks to his his to thanks genre fantastic the of celebrity international advertisement; Plaza Castilla is easily identified by the the by identified easily is Castilla Plaza advertisement; Monster Island Monster
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an industrial warehouse in Fuenlabrada the exquisite film film exquisite the Fuenlabrada in warehouse industrial an
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pseudonym of Paul Naschy, has managed to become an an become to managed has Naschy, Paul of pseudonym Traditionally, this region has has region this Traditionally, park, Sala Revólver, or Plaza de Callao with its Schweppes Schweppes its with Callao de Plaza or Revólver, Sala park, Mystery on on Mystery
with another great, Terence Stamp, work in in work Stamp, Terence great, another with
In Talamanca de Jarama, the tavern was recreated and in in and recreated was tavern the Jarama, de Talamanca In
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, who wandered around around wandered who , from
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. Cushing would later return and together together and return later would Cushing .
Meantime, in Navacerrada the forge of the sword was shot. shot. was sword the of forge the Navacerrada in Meantime,
Navacerrada. A similar experience occurred with the alien alien the with occurred experience similar A Navacerrada.
The film by Alex de la Iglesia has sought out spots like Calle Calle like spots out sought has Iglesia la de Alex by film The and Peter Cushing travelled to Madrid to shoot together together shoot to Madrid to travelled Cushing Peter and
conditions. conditions.
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while the incomparable British actors Christopher Lee Lee Christopher actors British incomparable the while him. him.
meeting top quality and service service and quality top meeting
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phenomenon, produced in Europe, Europe, in produced phenomenon, the of wake the
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Neville’s film has locations such as Plaza de la Morería or or Morería la de Plaza as such locations has film Neville’s
out audio-visual projects while while projects audio-visual out productions by Juan Piquer, who, in the desire to follow follow to desire the in who, Piquer, Juan by productions
essential American name in terms of the worldwide worldwide the of terms in name American essential
chains imprisoning him. Another scene was unfortunate unfortunate was scene Another him. imprisoning chains
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as Estudios Bronston/Buñuel; other examples are the the are examples other Bronston/Buñuel; Estudios as
an excellent film set to carry carry to set film excellent an
Blind Man’s Bluff Man’s Blind . Another Another . of filming the for Studios,
hero, using his formidable sword, broke free from the the from free broke sword, formidable his using hero,
genre shooting activity. Shot in black and White, we we White, and black in Shot activity. shooting genre
Escorial, Cercedilla, La Pedriza and the film studio known known studio film the and Pedriza La Cercedilla, Escorial,
Comunidad de Madrid has become become has Madrid de Comunidad
Karloff, the monster Frankenstein devised by Universal Universal by devised Frankenstein monster the Karloff, entrance of the Atlante cave, with the Menhir; there the the there Menhir; the with cave, Atlante the of entrance “La marca del hombre lobo” hombre del marca “La
. Talamanca de Jarama. de Talamanca .
around Plaza de la Paja, a quarter that has often attracted attracted often has that quarter a Paja, la de Plaza around
earth during the middle ages. Shooting took place at El El at place took Shooting ages. middle the during earth
now called Comunidad de Madrid, starting with Boris Boris with starting Madrid, de Comunidad called now on rural property near Puente del Batán, marking the the marking Batán, del Puente near property rural on
Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks Hunchbacks Seven the of Tower was shot in and and in shot was film The
and where Miguel Bosé interprets an alien that lands on on lands that alien an interprets Bosé Miguel where and
Word figures in the fantastic scene came to what is what to came scene fantastic the in figures Word saw Arnold Schwarzenegger at work in Colmenar Viejo, Viejo, Colmenar in work at Schwarzenegger Arnold saw
at the time, was the most expensive film ever in Spain Spain in ever film expensive most the was time, the at
de la Iglesia. la de It was precisely on the first day of the film shoot that shoot film the of day first the on precisely was It
Monster Dog Monster . of Star Knight Star by Fernando Colomo which which Colomo Fernando by in as aliens with
The Day of the Beast the of Day The Fantastic by Alex Alex by of dimension Apocalyptic
scene fame, Alice Cooper worked in Madrid in the making making the in Madrid in worked Cooper Alice fame, scene place largely within Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid. de Comunidad within largely place Comunidad de Madrid. We have for example films about/ films example for have We Madrid. de Comunidad
Hunchbacks Hunchbacks by Edgar Neville, and that of the Satanic and and Satanic the of that and Neville, Edgar by
Conan the Barbarian the Conan . Of heavy heavy Of . with Schwarzenegger preproduction in Madrid. At a later stage shooting took took shooting stage later a At Madrid. in preproduction Sci-Fi film has also found a place for itself in shootings in in shootings in itself for place a found also has film Sci-Fi
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Murders in the Rue Morgue Rue the in Murders , or Arnold Arnold or , with Robards by Robert E. Howard, the filmmakers centred their their centred filmmakers the Howard, E. Robert by
been other dystopian worlds: that of secret society, of of society, secret of that worlds: dystopian other been
Cartuja de Talamanca de Jarama. Jarama. de Talamanca de Cartuja
Star Knight Star Quixote Don Killed , Jason Jason , with Keitel Harvey , Cimmerian hero, an icon of novels and comics, created created comics, and novels of icon an hero, Cimmerian
But going back in the filmic history of Madrid, there have have there Madrid, of history filmic the in back going But
starts at the gates of the Carthusian monastery known as as known monastery Carthusian the of gates the at starts
The Man Who Who Man The Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce with with Pryce Jonathan and Driver Adam and with Arnold Schwarzenegger playing the part of the the of part the playing Schwarzenegger Arnold with and
COMUNIDAD DE MADRID DE COMUNIDAD
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directed by León Klimovsky, the nuclear holocaust holocaust nuclear the Klimovsky, León by directed
Rowing with the Wind the with Rowing Others The , , with Grant Hugh , in Open Your Eyes Eyes Your Open by Alejandro Amenábar. Amenábar. Alejandro by Produced by Dino de Laurentis, directed by John Milius Milius John by directed Laurentis, de Dino by Produced
The People Who Own the the Own Who People The while in the Spanish production production Spanish the in while
to Comunidad de Madrid, such as Nicole Kidman starring starring Kidman Nicole as such Madrid, de Comunidad to Vía without a soul and filmed without any digital effect in in effect digital any without filmed and soul a without Vía Conan the Barbarian the Conan . . was Madrid de Comunidad in
starts to crack in the regional Madrid town of Pedriza, Pedriza, of town Madrid regional the in crack to starts
attracted important international actors and actresses actresses and actors international important attracted that has been seen the world over; the emblematic Gran Gran emblematic the over; world the seen been has that One of the largest foreign super productions shot shot productions super foreign largest the of One
the World World the directed by Andrew Marton, the earth’s crust crust earth’s the Marton, Andrew by directed
The making of various fantastic genre titles, has has titles, genre fantastic various of making The In the most dystopian Madrid, we find one of the shots shots the of one find we Madrid, dystopian most the In
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The Vampires Night Orgy Orgy Night Vampires The and and where Torrelaguna, of town Voces (Voices) Voces where where have we Madrid, de Comunidad in Ossorio who was interested in the mummies of the Knights Knights the of mummies the in interested was who Ossorio
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or or in case the was as witchcraft, tions,
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Estudios Sevilla Films ** Films Sevilla Estudios •
genre, with an Alpine flavour is Casa Panarras, the grand grand the Panarras, Casa is flavour Alpine an with genre, 12 Century. In an utterly ruinous state in by the 1970s, its its 1970s, the by in state ruinous utterly an In Century.
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Estudios Ballesteros ** Ballesteros Estudios • Lady Lucifera Lucifera Lady
were filmed . Beyond any doubt the most most the doubt any Beyond . filmed were - Valdeigle de Real la María Santa de Monasterio as known
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“Supersonic Man”, “Pieces” Man”, “Supersonic
Monster Dog Monster
and and here, events; and celebrations for used In Pelayos de la Presa we Will come across a monastery monastery a across come Will we Presa la de Pelayos In
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Estudios Piquer ** Piquer Estudios • Nuevo Baztán Nuevo • Henares de Alcalá • Daganzo
• Fantastic
palace with a claim to fame is El Pendolero, current also also current Pendolero, El is fame to claim a with palace
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Count Dracula’s Great Love Great Dracula’s Count
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El El • Valdepiélagos • Torrelaguna • Arriba de Patones
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del Pico which belonged to Francisco Franco; here here Franco; Francisco to belonged which Pico del
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Immortal Sins Immortal
. Other Other . Corman, Roger with coproduction the “It Happened in Broad Daylight”, “Crack in the World”, “Star Knight” “Star World”, the in “Crack Daylight”, Broad in Happened “It
the fantastic. Imposing edifices include Palacio del Canto Canto del Palacio include edifices Imposing fantastic. the
Estudios Chamartin / Bronston / Buñuel ** Buñuel / Bronston / Chamartin Estudios • para dos (A Vampire for Two) for Vampire (A dos para
and more recent films include include films recent more and
where its grand houses have proven to be fine settings for for settings fine be to proven have houses grand its where
DE LA CIUDAD DE MADRID DE CIUDAD LA DE
“The House That Screamed”, “Blind Man’s Bluff”, “Bell from Hell” from “Bell Bluff”, Man’s “Blind Screamed”, That House “The Un vampiro vampiro Un Orlof Dr. Awful The 3. EASTERN ROUTE EASTERN 3.
and and were: titles film first
This route finishes in the Torrelodones municipal district district municipal Torrelodones the in finishes route This
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to recreate stories about monsters and Mad-Doctors. The The Mad-Doctors. and monsters about stories recreate to LOCALIZACIONES SIGNIFICATIVAS SIGNIFICATIVAS LOCALIZACIONES
“Edge of the Axe ” Axe the of “Edge great demand as a venue for banquets and events. events. and banquets for venue a as demand great aura of its halls, chapels, battlements, and central courtyard courtyard central and battlements, chapels, halls, its of aura
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surable pursuits of Philip II; these sites were used in the the in used were sites these II; Philip of pursuits surable fortress was constructed by nobleman Álvaro de Luna. The The Luna. de Álvaro nobleman by constructed was fortress
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Howl of the Devil the of Howl Doll and Broken the . . and
Plaza de Fiestas, the schemes of the countess unfolded in in unfolded countess the of schemes the Fiestas, de Plaza Edificio Montano Montano Edificio •
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, , of shooting , at Palacio de Goyeneche and at La La at and Goyeneche de Palacio at , or
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municipality of El Escorial we find the estate known as known estate the find we Escorial El of municipality than 9 km apart. In San Martin de Valdeiglesias we find the the find we Valdeiglesias de Martin San In apart. km 9 than
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Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Valverde de Señora Nuestra de Santuario • family; for this reason, it became a hive of activity in the the in activity of hive a became it reason, this for family;
Murders in the Rue Morgue Rue the in Murders . In the the In . production American the fantastic genre in Comunidad de Madrid, both are less less are both Madrid, de Comunidad in genre fantastic the
- shoot the for chosen were Henares de Alcalá of streets the
here with a country house belonging to Paul Naschy’s Naschy’s Paul to belonging house country a with here “The Day of the Beast”, “Justino” Beast”, the of Day “The
Constitución, where a Parisian fair was recreated for the the for recreated was fair Parisian a where Constitución, We start this route that takes in two of the main locations of of locations main the of two in takes that route this start We
the student atmosphere of university life, for example. While While example. for life, university of atmosphere student the Colegio de San Fernando San de Colegio •
Lozoya deserves a special mention. There is an estate estate an is There mention. special a deserves Lozoya
San Lorenzo de El Escorial we find a square, Plaza de la la de Plaza square, a find we Escorial El de Lorenzo San
ries from the past, or indeed, the present, when portraying portraying when present, the indeed, or past, the from ries
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to be among the best titles in the Spanish terror genre. In In genre. terror Spanish the in titles best the among be to
from the Tomb the from
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which proved proved which of
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San Lorenzo de El El de Lorenzo San • Chavela de Robledo • Freno
shot in this location is one of the most disturbing scenes scenes disturbing most the of one is location this in shot
story. At a short distance, at Pinilla del Valle and its dam dam its and Valle del Pinilla at distance, short a At story. Estación de Delicias de Estación •
Horror Express Horror .
Edge of the Axe the of Edge
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Finlandés is portrayed in the recreation of a disturbing disturbing a of recreation the in portrayed is Finlandés
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as the film set building that housed elements appearing in appearing elements housed that building set film the as
The houses and weekend lodges at Robledo de Chavela Chavela de Robledo at lodges weekend and houses The
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in the latter, the woods known locally as Bosque Bosque as locally known woods the latter, the in
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studios. We can still see the ruins of the Far West town used used town West Far the of ruins the see still can We studios.
with the Wind the with .
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longs to the Marquisate of Griñón. The buildings are used used are buildings The Griñón. of Marquisate the to longs
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- be and there found is Rincón del Palacio as known edifice
clearly marked on the map. map. the on marked clearly Arnold Schwarzenegger; the latter played a Cimmerian hero hero Cimmerian a played latter the Schwarzenegger; Arnold Aeropuerto de Barajas Barajas de Aeropuerto • was known as the Walpurgis Sanatorium. Meanwhile the the Meanwhile Sanatorium. Walpurgis the as known was
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have worked on location here, including Marlon Brando and and Brando Marlon including here, location on worked have
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rectors called out “Action!” is akin to immersing ourselves into into ourselves immersing to akin is “Action!” out called rectors The Devil’s Backbone Devil’s The Tongue Killer Crowns - exot the recreating in perfect was banks sandy and river . Great stars stars Great . or , Complutense
Guadarrama, now demolished. After the successful successful the After demolished. now Guadarrama,
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Another location is the former site of Real Hospital de de Hospital Real of site former the is location Another
as a list of the main filming locations in the city of Madrid. To To Madrid. of city the in locations filming main the of list a as The Beast and the Magic Sword Magic the and Beast The - In Devil The Candles Black
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abandoned school for the slasher in in slasher the for school abandoned . .
that were characterised by high film-shooting activity, as well well as activity, film-shooting high by characterised were that Quixote Akelarre (Witches’ Meeting) (Witches’ Akelarre , without leaving aside aside leaving without , , , El Rastro El •
at La Tablada en Guadarrama that becomes the sinister sinister the becomes that Guadarrama en Tablada La at
over the quay. quay. the over
We propose three itineraries that take in the municipalities municipalities the in take that itineraries three propose We The Man Who Killed Don Don Killed Who Man The Vampyres and and as such ones recent
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Key settings include the respiratory infections hospitals hospitals infections respiratory the include settings Key
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flying flying or , in waters
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as film sets for future filming projects. projects. filming future for sets film as
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in in . . and of the Axe the of , the Templar Monks emerging from the murky murky the from emerging Monks Templar the ,
Century. The first first The Century. walls and courtyards dating from the 17 the from dating courtyards and walls
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th
However, the majority of the shooting sites are still available available still are sites shooting the of majority the However,
Edge Edge settings that are so necessary for the fantastic genre, as as genre, fantastic the for necessary so are that settings
call here the shocking finding of a severed head in in head severed a of finding shocking the here call tuja, where over more than 30 film titles were shot within its its within shot were titles film 30 than more over where tuja, Parque de Berlín Berlín de Parque •
of the 20th Century; they have catered to the fantastic genre. genre. fantastic the to catered have they Century; 20th the of
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- Car La genre, fantastic Spanish the of temple authentic the The Northern Route Will takes us to forest and mountain mountain and forest to us takes Will Route Northern The of underwater dangers as in in as dangers underwater of - re We .
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drid have served the needs of filmmakers in the 60s and 70s 70s and 60s the in filmmakers of needs the served have drid
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bridge present in in present bridge . Also here is is here Also . de San Juan; the location has been used in the recreation recreation the in used been has location the Juan; San de Parque de El Retiro El de Parque •
- Ma de Comunidad to belonging municipalities 50 than More
Señora. In Talamanca de Jarama, we can admire a Roman Roman a admire can we Jarama, de Talamanca In Señora.
Not far away we venture upon the dam known as Pantano Pantano as known dam the upon venture we away far Not Lozoya Lozoya • Valle del Pinilla • Rascafría • “Witchery Deal”, “The Return of the Evil Dead” Evil the of Return “The Deal”, “Witchery
COMUNIDAD DE MADRID DE COMUNIDAD
church under siege is Parroquia de la Asunción de Nuestra Nuestra de Asunción la de Parroquia is siege under church
“The Medusa Against the Son of Hercules”, “Cross of the Devil”, Devil”, the of “Cross Hercules”, of Son the Against Medusa “The
are required for visits. visits. for required are
Cercedilla • Navacerrada • Guadarrama location was the square, Plaza de la Iglesia, and the parish parish the and Iglesia, la de Plaza square, the was location Casa de Campo de Casa •
GENRE ROUTES IN IN ROUTES GENRE The buildings are currently being restored and bookings bookings and restored being currently are buildings The The Return of the Evil Dead Evil the of Return The
was filmed; the precise precise the filmed; was in plar
“Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror”, “Assignment Terror” “Assignment Terror”, Bloody “Frankenstein’s
sessed The Hunchback of the Morgue Morgue the of Hunchback The Necrophagus
, , or or . . - Tem Knights the of mummies the of siege the of part Vellón,
Cuartel de Conde Duque Duque Conde de Cuartel • 2. NORTHERN ROUTE NORTHERN 2.
THE MAIN FANTASTIC FANTASTIC MAIN THE
Bloody Terror Bloody - Pos Devil’s Night of the Werewolf the of Night . Other essential titles are are titles essential Other . piélagos offered scenes in in scenes offered piélagos , and in El El in and ,
“Pieces”
Frankenstein’s Frankenstein’s - Valde in Jarama, de Talamanca de Camino around and In created by Paul Naschy and starting with with starting and Naschy Paul by created Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Investigaciones de Superior Centro • Paco Rabal set off explosives against infected passengers rid- Given that cowboy and western films were already being shot in ing on the Jet Star roller coaster at the Madrid attraction park, Spain and the production thereof had practically reached satu- in the film Nightmare City, while Paul Naschy, as a werewolf, ration levels, the need to come up with new exportable genres fought off a ferocious tiger at the castle in Chinchón, in The came apparent. The workable formula was to make coproductions Beast and the Magic Sword. Eduardo Noriega dove straight between countries to offer markets cheap and profitable products. off one of the skyscrapers in Madrid’s emblematic boulevard, Precisely because of this search for commercial value and given Paseo de la Castellana in Open Your Eyes, while in Superson- the censorship-driven impositions on these stories well-endowed ic Man, our own national hero, does the same from another with violence and sex, fantastic films were shot in a mimetic fash- nearby office block. ion; the storylines centred on other countries: Britain, France, Ger- many or indeed Transylvania. Twin versions of these films were International key figures in film such as Boris Karloff, Vincent Prádena 25 shot, i.e. with and without scenes of nudity for the actresses, the del Rincón Price, Peter Cushing or Christopher Lee, among the greatest idea being that one lot of films was bound for foreign markets, in the fantastic genre, shot their films in the Madrid region 24 while the other was for Spanish audiences. An unheard of, verita- known as Comunidad de Madrid, as did directors such as Ma- Buitrago Shooting Conan The Barbarian. Colmenar Viejo. ble film-shooting fever was unleashed locally, particularly in come- rio Bava, Terry Gilliam, John Milius and Guillermo del Toro. Lozoya dy productions. The great majority of the films were shot in what is Pinilla 23 26 For decades, the fantastic genre, encompassing the real of known today as Comunidad de Madrid. The Werewolf Versus the del Valle fantasy, the imaginary, science fiction and terror, was ignored Vampire Woman by León Klimovsky, Tombs of the Blind Dead by 34 by Spanish cinema. What was “extraordinary” was simply left Amando de Ossorio, The House That Screamed by Narciso Ibáñez aside and if ever something was shown in terms of fantasy, it Serrador, Where Time Began by Juan Piquer, Horror Express by Patones was only as an episode or as a parody; yet in 1944 a ground- Eugenio Martín, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue by Jordi Rascafría de Arriba breakingly significant film, linking the fantastic with classic Grau, Night of the Werewolf by Jacinto Molina…The list goes on. Miraflores casticismo was shot by Edgar Neville: Tower of the Seven 22 de la Sierra The fantastic genre required unique settings and buildings, wheth- Hunchbacks. Nonetheless it was the exception that confirmed 21 27 Torrelaguna 35 er dark and dense forests or gloomy castles, all of which were the traditional genres that were firmly entrenched in Span- found scattered throughout the territory of what is known today ish cinema. Gradually and timidly however, things started to Manzanares as Comunidad de Madrid, and particularly in Talamanca de Jara- Cercedilla El Vellón change; In 1958 audiences saw It Happened in Broad Daylight el Real 37 Valdepiélagos ma, San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Pelayos de la Presa, Navacerrada, 28 Blind Man’s Bluff. Roma Studios. Madrid. by Ladislao Vadja. It was followed by The Awful Dr Orlof by Navacerrada Lozoya, Torrelodones, or the capital city itself. 36 Jesús Franco in 1962 and then by ( 38 Talamanca Ella y el miedo Fear and de Jarama that Woman) by León Klimovsky in 1962; the genre of these It has been a long but successful journey, culminating in a vibrant 20 genre that has produced such recent titles as: by Colmenar 32 films were fully within the fantastic. The première in 1968 of Voces (Voices) Guadarrama 19 Viejo Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror by Enrique Eguiluz, marked the Ángel Gómez, shot in Torrelodones, or the feature film/anthology, San Agustín 11 Alpedrete 29 44 Ribatejada germination and continuation of the Spanish fantastic genre Vampus Horror Tales by Manu el M. Velasco, Isaac Berrocal, Pi- de Guadalix San Lorenzo Fuente phenomenon that we are so familiar with today; further still, ter Moreira, Erika Elizalde and Víctor Matellano, shot in Leganés, de El Escorial 39 all of these were shot in the region known today as Comuni- Navacerrada, Colmenar Viejo and Madrid. Tres Castillo el Saz 7 Soto dad de Madrid. Cantos El Viñuelas 40 41 Escorial Torrelodones 30 31 10 Algete Daganzo 12 8 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 Galapagar 9 SAN MARTÍN DE PELAYOS PANTANO DE NAVAS ALDEA DEL ROBLEDO DE Zarzalejo Las VALDEIGLESIAS DE LA PRESA SAN JUAN DEL REY FRESNO CHAVELA 6 33 Paracuellos Supersonic man. Piquer Studios. Madrid. Villafranca Rozas del Jarama “The Awful Dr. Orlof” “The Werewolf Versus the “Edge of the Axe” “Rowing with the Wind” “The Living Dead at del Castillo Alcobendas Robledo 42 Alcalá “Un vampiro para dos Vampire Woman” “Beneath Still Waters” “Beneath Still Waters” “Beneath Still Waters” Manchester Morgue” de Chavela Majadahonda 45 de Henares 13 (A Vampire for Two)” “Tombs of the Blind Dead” “The Ghost Galleon” “The Night of the Sorcerers” “Edge of the Axe” 16 “Malenka” “The Hunchback of the Morgue” “Supersonic Man” “La venganza de Ira Vamp Madrid Coslada 3 15 “The Dracula Saga” “Devil’s Possessed” (The revenge of Ira Vamp)” 4 “Necrophagus” Pantano de Navas Boadilla del Monte Pozuelo de San Juan del Rey 18 46 17 Alarcón 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nuevo San Martín de Baztán SAN LORENZO El ESCORIAL TORRELODONES GALAPAGAR ALPEDRETE ZARZALEJO Valdeiglesias 2 5 49 Alcorcón DE El ESCORIAL 22 Rivas “Monster Dog” Vaciamadrid 43 1 Pelayos 54 48 Leganés “The Valdemar Legacy” “Human Beasts” “Bell from Hell” “Further Than Fear” “99.9:” de la Presa “Murders in “Immortal Sins” “Vengeance of the Zombies” Horror Express. Delicias Station. Madrid. Aldea the Rue Morgue” “Star Knight” “Sólo se muere dos veces Arroyomolinos 50 Fuenlabrada 47 Arganda “The National Mummy” (One Only Dies Twice)” del Fresno del Rey “Voces (Voices)” El Álamo Batres Valdemoro 56 52 13 14 15 16 17 18 55 51 VILLAFRANCA LAS ROZAS MAJADAHONDA POZUELO DE BOADILLA MADRID DEL CASTILLO ALARCÓN DEL MONTE “Up Among the Stars” Chinchón “Black Candles” “The Art of Dying” “Twisted Obsession” “Night of the Werewolf” “Kidnapped” “Pieces” “Witching and Bitching” “Intacto (Intact)” 1. WESTERN ROUTE “Lycantropus: “La notte dei morti dementi” The Moonlight Murders” “H6: Diary of a Serial Killer” “School Killer” 2. NORTHERN ROUTE
53 19 20 21 22 23 24 3. EASTERN ROUTE GUADARRAMA NAVACERRADA CERCEDILLA RASCAFRÍA PINILLA DEL LOZOYA Aranjuez VALLE
“School Killer” “Horror Express” “Star Knight” “Vampyres” “Horror Rises Return of the Evil Dead. El Vellón. “Extra Terrestrial Visitors” “The Werewolf Versus the “El refugio del mal “Horror Rises from the Tomb” “Horror Rises from the Tomb” “Pan’s Labyrinth” Vampire Woman” (Evil’s Refuge)” “It Happened at Nightmare Inn” from the Tomb” “Blue Eyes of “El refugio del mal “Curse of the Devil” “Extra Terrestrial Visitors” the Broken Doll” (Evil’s Refuge)” “The Dracula Saga” “Howl of the Devil”
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 PRÁDENA BUITRAGO MIRAFLORES MANZANARES COLMENAR TRES CASTILLO SOTO SAN AGUSTÍN ALCOBENDAS PATONES DE TORRELAGUNA EL VELLÓN VALDEPIÉLAGOS TALAMANCA FUENTE ALGETE DEL RINCÓN DE LA SIERRA EL REAL VIEJO CANTOS VIÑUELAS DE GUADALIX ARRIBA DE JARAMA EL SAZ “Conan the Barbarian” “On Earth as It Is in Heaven” “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad” “Slugs” “The Brother from Space” “The Return of “Night of the Werewolf” “The Devil’s Backbone” “Pan’s Labyrinth” “99.9” “El refugio del mal “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad” “Conan the Barbarian” “Open Windows” “The Mummy’s Revenge” “Mortadelo & Filemon: “Brácula (Bracula)” “Night of the Seagulls” “The Vampires Night Orgy” the Evil Dead” “Killer Tongue” “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Evil’s Refuge)” “Sinbad and the Eye “Ella y el miedo “Supernova” The Big Adventure” “The Art of Dying” “Witchery Deal” “Treasure of “Vampyres” of the Tiger” (Fear and that Woman)” “The Man Who Killed “The Vampires Night Orgy” the Four Crowns” “Crack in the World” “The Rift” Don Quixote” “The Man Who Killed “Hundra” “Inquisition” Don Quixote”
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 DAGANZO ALCALÁ NUEVO RIBATEJADA PARACUELLOS COSLADA ARGANDA LEGANÉS ALCORCÓN FUENLABRADA VALDEMORO CHINCHÓN ARANJUEZ ARROYOMOLINOS BATRES EL ALÁMO DE HENARES BAZTÁN DE JARAMA “Horror Express” “Mystery on Monster Island” “Black Serenade” “El huerto del francés “The Art of Dying” “Inquisition” “Cthulhu Mansion” “The Dracula Saga” “Conan the Barbarian” “The Art of Dying” “The Beast and “The Awful Dr. Orlof” “Panic Beats” “The Beast and the Magic Sword” “The Others” “Supersonic Man” “The Sea Serpent” “Blood Castle” (The Garden of “Cthulhu Mansion” “El liguero mágico “Vampus Horror Tales” “Treasure of the Magic Sword” “Maniac Mansion” “Aquí huele a muerto “Further Than Fear” “The Art of Dying” the French Man)” “Wax” (The Magic Garter Belt)” the Four Crowns” “Further Than Fear” (Here it smells like death)” “El diablo cojuelo “Mutant Action” “Un vampiro para dos (The Limping Devil)” (A Vampire for Two)” Brácula (Bracula)”