Give Paul Naschy credit, the man knows how to write an entertaining screenplay. Although he oftentimes enters the arena of vanity--numerous couplings with sexy women and showing off his former bodybuilder physique--his films are highly watchable. Give me a Paul Naschy flick over anything made today.In this Naschy vehicle, Paul plays a man trying to start all over. He enters a sleepy little community looking for work and is offered a job by a disfigured woman named Claude (Diana Lorys). Claude's right arm has been badly mutilated and she wears a plastic covering over her arm to hide her disfigurement. She takes Paul to her estate where she engages him as a handyman. Living with Claude are her two sisters, the nymphomaniac Nicole (Eva Leon) and the wheelchair bound Yvette (Maria Perschy). Paul Naschy's arrival coincides with the arrival of a new nurse for Yvette, Michelle (Ines Morales) and beginning of a brutal string of murders where blond women are strangled and their eyes cut out.Of course Paul Naschy is a suspect but the Police Inspector (Antonio Pica) believes Claude's former handyman is the culprit. His theory gains steam when the man shows up and attacks Paul with a knife. So the police chase their man while Nicole chases Paul and Paul chases everything with a skirt. He beds both Nicole and Claude and makes a pass at Michelle all the while dealing with visions of a violent crime from his past. Are Paul's visions of strangling a blond woman just dreams or has he taken to offing lovely dames while under the influence of dementia? STORY: $$$$ (Naschy, who often writes under his real name, Jacinto Molina, pens a strong Giallo here. There are many plot twists and turns that will leave you second guessing yourself. Right when you think you have the murderer stamped out, the script throws you a curveball and you have to reevaluate your stance. There are a handful of suspects to choose from).ACTING: $$$$ (Paul does a fine job as usual. Given his werewolf background, he is adept at playing the tortured soul. With his role as Gillies, he is able to branch out a bit, mixing his tortured background with a twisted sexuality. Diana Lorys is brilliant as Claude. She has allowed her disfigurement to ruin her self image and when Paul shows an interest in her, she grapples with her feelings--unable to believe that a man could find her appealing. Her love for him is strong because of her years of rejection. Eva Leon is marvelous as the trampy sister, seducing anything with opposite organs. Eduardo Calvo, as Yvette's doctor is good and Maria Perschy does a fine job with the role of Yvette).NUDITY: $$$ (Paul has a bedroom romp with Eva Leon who enters his shack wearing the sexiest lingerie getup this side of Victoria's closet. Later, Eva wears a provocative cheerleader like outfit when she visits the doctor, wanting him to check out her stiff back. Of course she takes off her shirt for the inspection and wears nothing underneath. Diana Lorys has a darkly lit topless scene as she gives in to Paul who shows her that her disfigurement doesn't repulse him).

A drifter takes a job as caretaker of an estate owned by three eccentric and beautiful sisters, all of whom are maimed either emotionally or physically by mysterious pasts. The guy, himself, has ominous flashbacks. Someone is going around murdering women to music that sounds like "I Dream of Jeannie," then cutting out their eyeballs. He/she--all you ever see of the killer is a pair of black gloves--wants their eyeballs. Is it the drifter, the doctor, the nurse, the cop, the sexpot, the invalid, or the bitter, maimed spinster? This Spanish film starring Paul Naschy is well filmed by the director of "Horror Rises From the Tomb." It knows how to build tension, use music, etc. Excellent use of old French kids' song. The ending is well worth sticking around for, unlike many Italian gialli that are stylish and thrilling, but anticlimactic. Some of the gore effects aren't so convincing and some of the plot points are laughably illogical, but these characteristics just add to the enjoyment. Watched it twice. Sexy, bloody fun.

Gilles (Paul Naschy) takes a job on a farm with three sisters, one (Eva León) of whom is trying very hard to get next to him. To complicate matters, a new nurse (Inés Morales) arrives to take care of one of the sisters, and she is very attractive.Nicole (León) manages to bed him first, only to get locked in her room at night by her hateful older sister Claude (Diana Lorys) But, it isn't long before he Claude in bed.Meanwhile, someone is killing women and stealing their eyes.Suspicion falls on Gilles after it is found that he is an ex-con. But is he guilty? A fascinating Spanish giallo that will keep you guessing.

Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll is one of the handful of Spanish Giallo's that were made in the seventies. It's one of the better known ones, mostly for the fact that it stars prolific horror star Paul Naschy. Unfortunately, I saw the poorly dubbed American cut version of this film; but even so, Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll is certainly a more than decent example of the genre and I would have to say that I enjoyed it. The film is set in a small town and has quite an isolated feel to it. The plot is pure Giallo and of course puts its main focus on a string of murders. Paul Naschy is Gilles, an ex-convict with problems. He strolls into town one day looking for work and ends up finding three sisters looking for a handyman. All are beautiful, but two are disabled - one being in a wheelchair. However, Gilles is a troubled man; he suffers from daydreams in which he is strangling women. These daydreams become even more of a problem when a serial killer moves in and starts murdering all the young blue eyed women. Naturally the suspicion falls on Gilles...The film is directed by Carlos Aured who also directed Naschy in films such as Curse of the Devil and Horror Rises from the Tomb. Aured creates a nice atmosphere that is a mixture of sleaziness and claustrophobia as a result of the isolated situation. There isn't a great deal of sex in the film despite some beautiful women, but this is not too important as it allows the director to focus on the more important elements. Paul Naschy is a good actor with some real screen presence and he gives a nice performance here in the lead role. The film is fairly short at just eighty five minutes but the running time is well used and not much time is spent on things that aren't anything to do with the central plot. Naturally there are a few murder scenes in the film, though unfortunately none of them are particularly graphic. The film boils down to the expected 'shock' ending. The ending is really quite unlikely, but to be honest it's one of the things I love most about this genre, so I can't really complain about it! Overall, Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll is a nice little Giallo and certainly one of the better Spanish ones. Recommended!