Jesús Franco

Spain, 1975. Franco's death opens the door to the possibility of uncensored cinema. After two years of relaxed censorship, it is abolished in 1977, and the “S” rating is created to protect viewers from films that may “offend their sensibilities.”

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Who was Joe D'Amato aka. Aristide Massaccesi? A genius of horror in the USA, a master of eroticism in France, the king of porn in Italy. A man with a thousand pseudonyms capable of making over 200 films while simultaneously holding the roles of producer, director, author, director of photography and even camera operator. An artisan of cinema as he liked to call himself, capable of working on all film genres. From spaghetti western to post-atomic, decamerotic to glossy eroticism, and blockbuster porn to bloody horror. Guided by the aesthetics of extremes and supported by an undeniable technical ability, Joe D’Amato pushed himself, and the viewer, beyond all limits following with dedication three rigid principles that have become his stylistic code: Amaze, Shock, Scandalize.

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A walk through the golden age of Spanish exploitation cinema, from the sixties to the eighties; a low-budget cinema and great popular acceptance that exploited cinematographic fashions: westerns, horror movies, erotic comedies and thrillers about petty criminals.

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In 1969, Jesús Franco and Christopher Lee shot Count Dracula in Barcelona. At the same time, Pere Portabella became aware of this filming, vampirizing it in Cuadecuc, Vampir. Genre and Art-house films had never been so close. Drácula Barcelona tells the story of these two movies.

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The life of an Andalusian actress who had a brilliant career in cinema, but died early in a car accident at 27 years old.

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An overview of the history of fantasy and horror cinema from the 1960s to the present day. Co-productions, the financing system, the Matesa case, the Miró Law, and the “back-to-back” system are some of the topics discussed firsthand by those involved.

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Jesus Franco, also known as Jess Franco, was one of the most important names in "B" cinema worldwide. With more than 200 works and a wide and peculiar use of pseudonyms, his work remains difficult to catalog, which makes it more exciting if it fits. Through a series of interviews with Franco, "Llámale Jess Redux" brings the spectator closer to the sadist, esoteric and erotic world of the director, as refined as rogue. This new version of "Llámale Jess" (2000), considered the reference documentary on Franco, and directed by Carles Prats and Manel Mayol, incorporates new unpublished statements by the irreducible Madrid filmmaker, as well as paying homage to his muse and companion, Lina Romay , Incorporating his active presence to the story.

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In the late sixties, Spanish cinema began to produce a huge amount of horror genre films: international markets were opened, the production was continuous, a small star-system was created, as well as a solid group of specialized directors. Although foreign trends were imitated, Spanish horror offered a particular approach to sex, blood and violence. It was an extremely unusual artistic movement in Franco's Spain.

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Featurette starring actor Eric Falk and producer Erwin C. Dietrich about the making of Jess Franco's 'Barbed Wire Dolls'.

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After the passing of director Jesús Franco the movie was finished by Antonio Mayans. It follows "Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies".

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Málaga, July 2012. With a nonexistent budget, the legendary director Jesus "Jess" Franco faces, at 82 years of age, what will end up being his last shoot. With only four actors and three technicians on set should have prevailed stillness. But with a whirlwind as Jess Franco in control, confusion and chaos do not slow to appear, giving rise to an ineffable and insane shooting in which young crew are unable to keep up.

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Al Pereira, the one and only original private-private detective, is fighting against all the shameless women on earth - especially the Alligator Ladies.

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Jennifer, an unemployed waitress, is looking for work while a strange entity is stalking her.

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A group of women are locked in a cemetery crypt, convicted of an old curse. This kind of succubi, lewd and wicked, indulging years pass all kinds of sexual pleasures.

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The film deals with the everyday life of a man who works on the set of the 2004 Ulli Lommel film Zombie Nation. At the same time this man, Carsten, whose last name is not known, he is planning to realize his own film, a task he finds extremely difficult.

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Jess Franco and Lina Romay recall the making of Macumba Sexual.

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A walk through the work of Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) that is neither a documentary nor a narrative movie, but a tribute to one of the greatest directors of Spanish cinema. Anything can happen: the performers are not themselves, but their characters; there are no interviews, but greetings; a series of entrances and exits. A joyful reunion, a celebration of life.

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70's trash movie queen Soledad Miranda wakes up from the dead, to find herself not in heaven but trapped in a film - the vision of a devoted fan. As her interaction with the "Auteur" reveals the extent of his obsession, she takes drastic steps to escape his reality.

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Mr.Manolito and Mr.Estrafalario– characters of Valle-Inclán’s plays– spend the last days of Primo de Rivera’s dictatorship chasing the plays written by their admired Valle-Inclán whose works are banned by a Government Law. One day, they find a piece of The Daughter of the Captain, a portrait of the crazy soldiers who returned home after losing the Spanish Colonies. In other occasion, they attend one of the limited performances of Valle-Inclán’s:The deceiving Mr. Friolera. They are just longing for the best premiere ever: the Second Spanish Republic, a drama on for a very short time. It was a beautiful dream thought, like the Esperpentos (strange-looking characters) of Valle-Inclán.

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In December 1974, a Spanish filmmaker named Sergio del Monte died under strange circumstances while shooting his debut film. Only a few people were able to see the footage that had been captured, and they all allegedly went blind or suffered the same fate as the director. The producers made the negatives disappear, however some cans filed in an Italian laboratory appear to have survived...

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In the construction of a building, the bunker where Adolf Hitler committed suicide was discovered by chance. Inside, along with the skeleton of his companion, was his virile member in a jar of formaldehyde. This peculiar find led to a group of Spanish neo-Nazis being recruited by a mad scientist to steal the preserved penis so that the Führer's clone could be reconstructed.

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Cult director Jess Franco recalls the making of his adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula starring Christopher Lee.

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A young girl is wrongfully arrested and sent to an isolated prison located on a small island. She claims her innocence, but is still subjected to all the torture and humiliation that all prisoners face at the hands of Mrs Steele, the sadistic warden. Help is on the way in the form of a group of mercenaries hired by the girl's father. They will do anything to get the job done, even if it means turning the island into a war zone.

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Jess Franco and Christopher Lee discuss their 1970 collaboration, The Bloody Judge.

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An in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.

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Tracing Orson Welles time in Spain.

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Jess Franco interview about his movie 99 Women

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Retrospective documentary on Jesús Franco's film "Venus in Furs".

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Ultra low budget horror-comedy involving a demonic cenachero (dancing fisherman).

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A documentary shot on the set of "Killer Barbys vs. Dracula" directed by Viktor Seastrom.

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Dr. Malvedades intends to bring back Jocántaro, a Beast of the Apocalypse. To do this, he uses underwater ninja zombies to kidnap five women who had recently lost their virginity for human sacrifices. Jess, a Catholic surfer who has commited to remain chaste until he's 24, tries to rescue his girlfriend, one of the kidnapped girls, along with his friends.

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After Nathalie Baldassar has murdered her husband so she is sentenced to ten years imprisonment. She is tortured, humiliated and beaten in prison every day to the point that she becomes completely unstable and begins to murder a bunch of people once she is released.

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After the passing of director Jesús Franco the movie was finished by Antonio Mayans. It follows "Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies".

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Al Pereira, the one and only original private-private detective, is fighting against all the shameless women on earth - especially the Alligator Ladies.

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100 years later. The condemned women are still under the spell of Fata Morgana.

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A group of women are locked in a cemetery crypt, convicted of an old curse. This kind of succubi, lewd and wicked, indulging years pass all kinds of sexual pleasures.

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A vicious maniac has claimed the life of gorgeous exotic dancer Paula and it isn't likely before police single out her lover Paula as the likely killer. As the investigations get underway, detectives find themselves thrust into a treacherous world of lust and perversion

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An epic home made movie by Jess Franco. It was only shown at the Cinematheque Francaise, Paris in 2008 . Four years later the movie was recut and extended with some scenes by Jess Franco and his new producer, splittet in two parts and re-released as "Crypt of the Condemned" Part I and Part II.

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About young Sophie who is taken to a burlesque club with her husband and is hopelessly enticed by awe inspiring beauty Countess Nadine who seduces, kidnaps, and converts the young woman.

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A company is interested in acquiring the rights to a cult movie icon Oriana Balasz's estate, so they send a representative, Carla who is given the task of persuading her heirs to sell the rightism. What appears to be a routine task quickly becomes difficult when the eccentric heirs reveal their intentions regarding the estate. Upon making their acquaintance, the agent discovers that they live a life of unbridled hedonism. This is a family with some sizable skeletons in their collective closet, and as the agent delves ever deeper into their mysterious background, she slowly begins to succumb to their dark and seductive charm.

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A lesbian couple lives through an intense sexual romance where they submit to the most torrid fantasies. While a neighbor who has broken recently with her girlfriend observes them from her window.

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Augustina runs a luxury prostitution empire located in an office tower somewhere in Spain. She spends most of her day romping in bed with her assistant, with only the interruption of business calls. Marga and Lola, two new prostitutes are hired to lure clients into the lady's torture chambers.

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The Killer Barbies are playing at Tivoli World, a Wild West park in Spain. Komrade Irina and Komrade Ivan Ivanovich arrive from Transylvania, bringing with them the "dead" Count Dracula to be placed on display. After hearing the Killer Barbies, however, Dracula awakens, falls in love with Silvia (who looks like Charo on a bad hair day), and decides to make her his own. Realizing that they have a vampire on their hands, park owners Pepe Morgan and Martin Fierro call in the world famous, blind vampire hunter, Dr Seward. While Seward tries to track Dracula with his nose, Dracula manages to knock off a few cast members -- a faux Dracula, Bela, an acrobot with orange hair, and both Komrades Ivan and Irina. When Dracula tries to bite Silvia during a performance, Dr Seward decides to use Silvia as bait. He sends her out walking alone. When Dracula follows, they pursue and stake him. Dracula metamorphs into a white rabbit and hops away.

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Lady Luck comes in many disguises. For ill-fated artist Johan Harker she took the form of Lorna, a beautiful woman with unearthly desires. Lorna grants Johan his wish for riches and success beyond his wildest dreams. But happiness lasts only until Johan's beautiful daughter Lucy reaches the age of her ripening. Now Lorna will come calling for what Johan owes... Lucy's soul. She's no longer Daddy's little girl. She's the spawn of Satan.

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Mados, a Reporter in town for an interview gets more than she bargained for at the Vampire Junction.

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A popular American novelist, who has written her first non-fiction work about the political infidelities and corruption within the tiny South American country of San Hermoso, returns to that very country as part of a publicity junket prepared by her publishing company. Traveling with her best friend and confidant, she is abducted by a mysterious cartel that proves to be the secret police arm of the government. In order to win her freedom and to save her friend's life, she is forced to commit a murder that would be beneficial to San Hermoso's dictator. Will she be willing to trade a life for a life and pull the trigger to murder her unknown target in cold blood? Will the C.I.A. be able to reach her in time? Will she even survive?

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Another de Sade hommage by Jess Franco. It was original credited as "Helter Skelter Part One: Pleasure and Pain" but were never followed by a sequel.

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A former European actor Don Martin has retired with his disjointed "family" to his own private island, "The Paradise." After a few years, the entire group has disintegrated into shameless, selfish & dishonest personalities.

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Gina and Tina, besides being two libidinous striptease dancers, also work as private detectives. Hired by an old millionaire to recover a videotape with compromising images for him, the two embark on the wildest adventures.

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A pretty American teenager from New Jersey goes on vacation in the south of Spain where she is unknowingly stalked by the vampire.

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Rachel Sheppard is a millionaire’s daughter, kidnapped for ransom and tortured in the weird and wonderful Virtual Hell of Dr Wong. Nelly and her toyboy assistant call on the help of the world’s greatest magician, Johnny Cagliostro.

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Moira Frankenstein, the grand-daughter of noted mad scientist Dr. Frankenstein, has become obsessed with the work of her ancestor and she decides to pick up the family business where he left off.

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Down at the docks a very enterprising but dangerous element is making life miserable for Sheriff Marga. But she is distracted by a series of puzzling kidnappings that is plaguing her parish. Could the culprit be the mysterious Queen - the dance hall queen of the docks? Or could it be an even more sinister figure: The Killer Tarantula?

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An exotic dancer is hired to perform for a wealthy couple on an island. And this takes for a turn for the worse when she is hunted by the couple on the island as the prey and dinner!

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While driving on tour late night through a lonely road in the countryside of Spain, the van of the punk band "Killer Barbys" has an accident and breaks down. A creepy old man invites the group to spend the night in the castle of Countess Von Fledermaus and presents himself as her secretary Arkan. Arkan explains that the mechanic is located 62 km far from the location and he tells that the Countess loves youths. Flavia, Rafa and Mario accept the invitation but Billy and Sharon stay shagging in the van. When the musicians meet the Countess, they find that she is the ancient artist Olga Luchan and they question how she could keep so young. But sooner they discover that the Countess needs blood of young people to keep her beauty.

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A young jazz-composer turns vengeful commando against local drug Mafia Capos when his wife is killed at the hands of Caribbean drug dealers.

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The mountains of the South Asian country are covered with dense rainforest. A cobra, scorpions and other jungle creatures infest the jungle floor as Machado cuts his way through the undergrowth toward a gold mine.

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An action movie directed by Jess Franco.

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A priest secretly leads rebels in their struggle against the corrupt military dictatorship of the Central American country of Puerto Santo.

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In World War II Germany, two young men, one, an ardent Nazi, and the other, a secret anti-Nazi, are in love with the same woman, the daughter of a wealthy banker. The two join the Army, and the young woman becomes a nightclub singer. Eventually she joins the Army too, to entertain the troops, but circumstances soon result in her entire world being changed.

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An undercover CIA agent posing as a reporter travels to South America on a mission to destroy a drug cartel.

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A detective investigating a missing model in Paris uncovers a plastic surgeon’s horrifying secret.

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Tsai Chin, the daughter of the infamous Fu Manchu, controls a large empire of vice in her part of the Far East. She decides to kidnap and, through erotic chemical hypnosis, coerce all the members of a fabulously wealthy international rock band to sign over all their possessions to her empire. But an old enemy of Fu Manchu's begins stalking around her operation and threatens to destroy everything she has built.

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Heiress, Angela Channing, invites her family to her villa to unveil a new product in the family’s wine range and also share the secret of the success of their vineyard. The success and great taste is apparently due to the wine being mixed with the Channing ancestors’ spunk which has been bottled and preserved for added flavour. This spunk & wine combination also acts as a powerful aphrodisiac and while her children are intoxicated on the cloudy brew, Angela Channing makes the final move in her dastardly plot.

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For years this Jess Franco film was rumored to be an alternate cut of FURY IN THE TROPICS, but it turns out that this is a completely different women-in-prison film. The plot here takes place mostly outside the prison as two ladies try and reach freedom.

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A comedy set mostly on the beach, where countless men are trying to impress various women.

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An adult film parody of the TV show 'Dynasty'.

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A woman, raised by an Amazon tribe after they killed her parents, seeks revenge on the tribe for their deaths by joining an expedition looking for the tribe's secret golden temple.

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