Written by James M. Tate / 1/11/2026 / No comments / amando de ossorio , body count , creature , helga liné , horror , loreta tovar , seventies , silvia tortosa , tony kendall
HELGA LINÉ SHADOWING SILVIA TOROSA IN 'THE LORELEY'S GRASP'
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| Betsabé Ruiz in THE LORELEY'S GRASP Year: 1973 Rating: **** |
A year before the Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee reunion HORROR EXPRESS, Spanish filmmaker Amando de Ossorio brought train passengers Helga Liné and Silvia Tortosa back for a rural-village-set creature-slasher flick THE LORELEY'S GRASP... where Helga has the titular role while Tortosa's the vulnerable ingenue...
Who's the prettiest teacher taking care of a male horror fan's dream: a boarding school for super-hot young ladies, being stalked by a shadowy lizard-monster that's actually the equally lovely Liné by day... and who leading man Tony Kendall, hired to protect the girls from the stealthily menace, eventually falls in love with...
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| Silvia Tortosa in THE LORELEY'S GRASP with Tony Kendall |
Turning this horror/exploitation into a kind of bizarre pulp-fantasy when, after the other girls (including blonde scream-queen Loreta Tovar) and random townsfolk are violently slaughtered (their hearts literally torn from their chest cavities), Kendall winds up in an ancient cavern under the titular creature-lady's spell...
Making the first half the most involving, providing Helga Liné an enigmatic femme fatale role ultimately outshined by Silvia Tortosa... with far more screen-time as the true central character despite being her second venture (after HORROR EXPRESS) as the third-billed buried lead.
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| Silvia Tortosa in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Loreta Tovar in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Loreta Tovar in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Loreta Tovar in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Marisol Delgado in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Iris André in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| From THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Silvia Tortosa in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Helga Liné in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Silvia Tortosa in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Tony Kendall in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Helga Liné in THE LORELEY'S GRASP with Tony Kendall |
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| Helga Liné in THE LORELEY'S GRASP with Tony Kendall |
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| Helga Liné in THE LORELEY'S GRASP with Tony Kendall |
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| Helga Liné in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Silvia Tortosa in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Loreta Tovar in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Helga Liné in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Silvia Tortosa in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Silvia Tortosa, Marisol Delgado and Francisco Nieto in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Helga Liné in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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| Silvia Torosa in THE LORELEY'S GRASP |
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HELGA LINÉ SHADOWING SILVIA TOROSA IN 'THE LORELEY'S GRASP'
Betsabé Ruiz in THE LORELEY'S GRASP Year: 1973 Rating: **** A year before the Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee reunion HORROR EXPRESS, Span...
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