JESS FRANCO MONTH: Una rajita para dos (1984)
Jess Franco kept coming back to the Red Lips, this time to create a pornographic parody of them and this time, Lina Romay plays some kind of spy who programs women by placing a microchip up their asses, which reminds me of how James Shelby Downard shared in his book The Carnivals of Life and Death: […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Justine and the Whip (1979)
In 1975, Jess Franco was shooting a remake of his 1969 film, De Sade’s Justine. But as these things happen, he ran out of money and all he had to show for it was a few sex scenes starring his obsession, Lina Romay. So the producers of this film thought long and, well, hard and […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
The third movie released in the U.S. as Dracula vs. Frankenstein (after Naschy in Los Monstruos del Terror and Al Adamson’s memorable movie), Jess Franco’s Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein follows his Christopher Lee-starring Count Dracula, with Howard Vernon taking over the role and being controlled by Dr. Frankenstein (Dennis Price). Their mutual enemy ends up being Dr. Jonathan Seward […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Les ébranlées (1973)
Dolls for Sale is another Al Pereira (Howard Vernon) movie and this time, the detective is hired by a woman who simply wants him to break into a location and take an envelope. Of course, this leads to a murder and Al going deeper and deeper into a sleazy world that no one ever escapes. […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula In Eight Legs to Love You (1998)
This feels like worlds colliding as Jess Franco not only got Michele Bauer (Beverly Hills High, Chickboxer) and Linnea Quigley (do I have to even give you any of her numerous credits?) in this movie, but he pairs them with Analía Ivars, Pamela Sheppard and his muse, Lina Romay. This made me beyond excited, even if […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: La Sombra del Judoka el Doctor Wong (1985)
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong finds Jess Franco in a genre he never attempted before or after: the martial arts movie, perhaps ten to fifteen years late. Dr. Wong (Franco) has killed Mr. Jung, but the shadow of Bruce Lyn (Jose Llamas) appears and demands revenge. Literally a shadow. That wasn’t some kind of turn […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Incubus (2002)
How many times can Jess Franco make a movie? Well, this time, he’s taken Lorna the Exorcist in the midst of his video era, so if you saw that, you already know the twist and I can spoil it. And if you didn’t, maybe go watch that. Johan (Carsten Frank) is a successful artist whose surreal […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Le journal intime d’une nymphomane (1973)
Linda Vargas (Montserrat Prous) works a showgirl number with Maria Toledano (Kali Hansa, The Night of the Sorcerers) before picking up Ortiz (Manuel Pereiro), seducing him, calling the cops and killing herself by slicing her own throat, which implicates him in her murder. His wife, Rosa (Jacqueline Laurent) attempts to learn the truth and discovers from […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Mil sexos tiene la noche (1984)
Under the hypnosis of Fabian (Daniel Katz), Irina (Lina Romay) has been performing a nightclub telepathy routine where she walks around the audience and he can see through her eyes. But every morning, he wakes up from horrifying nightmares that she’s killed people because, you guessed it, she has. Using most of the cast and […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Attack of the Robots (1966)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally watched this movie on May 14, 2021 and are happy to bring it back for this month of all things Franco. You know, there are times when you get the Jess Franco who is obsessed with sex and times when you get the jazz-loving, Old Hollywood fan Jess Franco and this would […]
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