MIDWEST WEIRDFEST: The Last Frankenstein (2021)
Between a depressing life and a dead-end relationship with Penny (Jana Szabela), Dr. Jason Frankenstein (William Barnet) finds himself as the last of his family, stuck working in a hospital job that’s beneath him and far away from every finishing the experiment that his family has worked on for generations. Fate has different plans when […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Lorna the Exorcist (1974)
Patrick Mariel (Guy Delorme) decides to take his perfect family to the south of France on holiday, but before long, his wie Marianne (Jacqueline Laurent) and his on the cusp of womanhood daughter Linda (Lina Romay). Yet before they even depart, threatening phone calls start coming in to their home from Lorna (Pamela Stanford), a woman […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Confesiones íntimas de una exhibicionista (1983)
While Lina Romay is listed as the director for this film, her husband Jess Franco has often said that this was done for business reasons. No matter — she’s the star here, basing this film on her book Memorias de una exhibicionista and appearing as Candy (Coster?), a girl who tells us all about her adventures. […]
KINDA SORTA JESS FRANCO MONTH: Mondo Weirdo (1990)
Dedicated to Jess Franco and Jean-Luc Goddard — man, talk about the literal furthest points apart — Austrian director Carl Andersen not only references the director, but uses an actress named Jessica Franco Manera who either was his daughter — which I think is complete kayfabe BS, as the only daughter I’ve seen listed for […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Vampiresas 1930 (1962)
As the era of silent films ends, there are those that can’t make the transition to talkies. One of those actors is Dora (Mikaela, who looks like the epitome of Jess Franco obsession, save that she was possibly too classy to follow him down his path; she’s also in From the Orient with Fury and High Season for […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Vampire Blues (1999)
Rachel (Rachel Sheppard, Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula and nearly every Franco camcorder release from this era) is an American on holiday in Spain who loves horror movies enough to buy a t-shirt with the image of a female vampire, which is all Countess Irina von Murnau (Analía Ivars, also pretty much a Franco stock player) takes […]
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