Tag Archives: Jess Franco

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 ...

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, who made ...

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 ...

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 — partly ...

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 begin their discussion ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...