JESS FRANCO MONTH: White Cannibal Queen (1980), Cannibal Terror (1981), Devil Hunter (1980)
EDITOR’S NOTE: You can read the music and film reviews of R.D Francis on Medium and learn more about his work on Facebook. This article originally ran on September 24, 2021. Oh, call it what you will, you ol’ ’80s “Midnight Movie” and VHS-renting road dogs: Mondo Cannibale, Cannibal World, Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, A Woman for […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: El ojete de Lulú (1986)
Lina Romay is Lulu and the title refers to a part of her anatomy, so this translates as Lulu’s Talking Ass and if that makes you laugh, then you’re ready for what Jess Franco made. After all, her butt talks and explains how it’s upset that other parts of her body get more attention. I mean, […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Is Cobra a Spy (1984)
Juan (Juan Solar) is a John Cage-style composer and he’s married to Ana (Lina Romay) and their honeymoon gets weird when some spies think they’ve stolen a microfilm, but it was left by hitchhikers Carla and Albert (Alicia Príncipe and Emilio Linder). Eva Leon plays Irina Von Karlstein, so maybe Jess Franco is reminding us […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)
Jess Franco made another Edgar Wallace movie, Sangre en mis zapatos, which was based on Sanders of the River. This is based on the story Keeper of the Stone, which is from the same book. Prof. Walter Forrester (Ángel Menéndez) is a British scientist working in the Akasava jungle in South America who has disappeared and may […]
JESS FRANCO: Female Vampire (1973)
Countess Irina Karlstein (Lina Romay, taking over the role of Franco’s muse and sex object after the death of Soledad Miranda; as she was more sexually adventurous than that doomed starlet and with the fall of the other Franco, General Francisco, who led Spain, Jess’s movie’s from here on out get progressively more filled with […]
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