JESS FRANCO MONTH: La comtesse perverse (1975)
As Harvey Dent said, “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Lina Romay would agree, as she went from Sylvia, the heroine in this movie, to the bow and arrow carrying villainess of the remake of this movie, Tender Flesh. Sylvia is on vacation in the south of […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
It really says something about Jess Franco when the censored poster for one of his movies is filthier than the actual poster with nudity. I mean, red type that literally shouts, “Satanic lust behind cloister walls?” That’s how you get me to watch. Who am I kidding? I watch anything and everything Jess Franco made. […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: A Ritmo de Jess (2013)
With no budget and no real script, an 82-year-old Jess Franco is alone — his muse and wife Lina Romay died a few months before — and directing his final movie, Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies. With Paula Davis (Paula-Paula), Carmen Monte (Killer Barbys vs. Dracula), Irene Verdu and Antonio Mayans ready to act, Franco […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies (2012)
This is Jess Franco’s last movie, or so they say on IMDB, but then how did Revenge of the Alligator Ladies get made in 2013? Three alligator ladies — Carmen Montes (Snakewoman), Irene Verdú and Paula Davis (who was in Franco’s Paula-Paula) — have come to find detective Al Pereira, the hero of several Franco films. In […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Oasis of the Zombies (1982)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally ran on December 13, 2020, back in the days when the idea of watching more than fifty Jess Franco movies in one month felt either quixotic or just plain insane. Well, as we’re currently in the middle of a month of Franco’s films, let’s bring this back with some more […]
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