For my money, director Jess Franco is the best and most prolific adapter of what I would call Sadeian cinema; he did borrow directly from the Marquis de Sade’s texts from time to time, but even when his loose plots ...
Read More »Episode 22: Immoral Tales, Part 2: Jess Franco
Download MP3 Kat and Samm continue their series inspired by Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs’ cult cinema bible, Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984. This time they explore the work of prolific but divisive Spanish director Jess Franco, ...
Read More »99 Women (1969) Blu-Ray Announced by Blue Underground
99 WOMEN (1969) (3-Disc Limited Edition) Jess Franco’s “women-in-prison” classic is now available in a new 3-Disc Limited Edition, including the notorious French Version! Street Date: December 13, 2016 MPAA Rating: Not Rated Running Time: 90 / 98 Mins. Region ...
Read More »Episode 12: Transplant Terror: From Mad Love to Mansion of the Doomed
Download MP3 Kat and Samm return for episode 12 of Daughters of Darkness, where they discuss mad science in general and transplant-themed horror in particular. They begin with an analysis of the origins of mad science fiction in Gothic literature ...
Read More »Episode 2: LUST FOR A FEMALE VAMPIRE LOVER: The Evolution of Lesbian Vampires in Cinema, Part: 2
Download MP3 | Download OGG In the second episode of Daughters of Darkness, Kat and Samm continue their three-part discussion of lesbian vampire films, this time with a focus on European cult directors like Jess Franco, Jean Rollin, and Walerian Borowczyk. They ...
Read More »Analog Alleyway #7: Bloody Moon
Sometime between the 1960s and 1990s the so-called “death of vinyl” was supposed to have occurred. With the 8-track, Compact-Cassette, and the CD all being introduced as cheaper and more accessible alternatives to the large and expensive vinyl record, sales ...
Read More »The Power of Creation: Interview with THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY director Peter Strickland
After his last film, Berberian Sound Studio, British director Peter Strickland became quite a name film circles. The artistic flare of his cinematography, matched with a sensible wit and familiarity with Italian exploitation tropes allowed the film to perform well for ...
Read More »Analog Alleyway #5: Pussycat Syndrome
Sometime between the 1960s and 1990s the so-called “death of vinyl” was supposed to have occurred. With the 8-track, Compact-Cassette, and the CD all being introduced as cheaper and more accessible alternatives to the large and expensive vinyl record, sales ...
Read More »The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (US Blu-Ray Review)
Those who know Spanish exploitation maestro Jess Franco from his psychedelic ‘70s extravaganzas like Vampyros Lesbos and Venus in Furs, or from more self-indulgent efforts like Female Vampire with its endless zoom-ins on Lina Romay’s muff, may be surprised by some of ...
Read More »Vampyros Lesbos and She Killed in Ecstasy (US Blu-Rays Review)
Hack, pornographer, maverick, or innovator? Director Jess Franco is one director that can certainly polarize film fans. For some, he was simply the creator of a canvas of lurid sexuality and incomprehensible, low-budget detritus. But for his fans he was ...
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