Scarab (1984)

Plot Summary

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...

Full Cast & Characters

Rip Torn

Khepera

Robert Ginty

Murphy

Cristina Sánchez Pascual

Elena

Isabel García Lorca

Shelley

Mayrata O'Wisiedo

Saturna

Donald Pickering

Harrington

Sam Chew Jr.

Raleigh

Héctor Alterio

Primer Ministro

José Luis de Vilallonga

Presidente frances

José Lifante

Ocultista

Alfredo Cembreros

Max

Ramón Pons

Randal

Director & Crew

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