Scarab

Steven-Charles Jaffe
1984-06-22

Evil, plotted by a mad sorcerer... bizarre beyond imagination.
5.5
92 min

Dr. Wilfred Manz performs a magical experiment on a beetle-shaped amulet. His patience exhausted, he smashes his fist into some bottles and a few drops of blood fall onto the scarab. His laboratory is rocked by an explosion, the god Khepera appears and Manz is transformed into a demi-god magician. Thirty years later, Manz has assumed the name Khepera and lives in mysterious castle. Using his magical powers, he is killing heads of government and causing the collapse of major financial institutions. Jack Murphy, an American correspondent, witnesses the pandemonium following the suicide of the Spanish prime minister and notices an attractive nurse, Elena, take a small scarab which has fallen from the prime minister's lapel. Later, he visits an occult shop where the scarab is identified as being associated with the Egyptian god, Khepera. Murphy is captured and Elena — who was tricked into sacrificing her brother when they were children — once more takes up the sacrificial dagger...

Cast

Name Character Team
Rip Torn Khepera Unowned
Robert Ginty Murphy Unowned
Cristina Sánchez Pascual Elena Unowned
Isabel García Lorca Shelley Unowned
Mayrata O'Wisiedo Saturna Unowned
Donald Pickering Harrington Unowned
Sam Chew Jr. Raleigh Unowned
Héctor Alterio Primer Ministro Unowned
José Luis de Vilallonga Presidente frances Unowned
José Lifante Ocultista Unowned
Alfredo Cembreros Max Unowned
Ramón Pons Randal Unowned
Anders Ahlberg Holquist Unowned
Catherine Basseti Esposa de Holquist Unowned
Óscar San Juan Ministro de la Guerra Unowned
Pilar Alcón Witch #1 Unowned