Eugenio Martín is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He was born in 1925 in Ceuta, an autonomous city of Spain located on the north coast of Africa. He is best known for the low-budget genre films he made in the 1960s and 1970s, including Bad Man's River, The Bounty Killer, and Horror Express, the latter being particularly notable for its inclusion of the well-known English actors Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, famous for their work with Hammer Films. Though never remarkably successful either at the box office or among critics, Martín's films, particularly Horror Express, have achieved cult status. The popular horror film magazine Fangoria included Horror Express in its book, 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen: A Celebration of the World's Most Unheralded Fright Flicks.

Biography

Eugenio Martín a réalisé près de trente films depuis les années 1950 et écrit de nombreux scénarios. Spécialisé dans le genre du « western spaghetti », il utilisa au cours de sa carrière divers pseudonymes tels que : Eugenio Martin, Eugen Martin, Gene Martin ou Jean Martin.