Jesús Franco
| Jesús Franco | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jesús Franco Manera 12 May 1930 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 2 April 2013 (aged 82) Málaga, Spain |
| Occupation | Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor |
| Years active | 1959–2013 |
| Spouse(s) | Lina Romay (m. 25 April 2008 - 15 February 2012, her death) |
Jesús "Jess" Franco (born Jesús Franco Manera; 12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013) was a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and the UK. Though he had some American box office success with Necronomicon (1967), Ninety-Nine Women (1968) and his two Christopher Lee films, The Bloody Judge and Count Dracula, he never achieved wide commercial success. Franco moved from Spain to France in 1970 so that he could make more violent and sexual films, and it was at this point that his career began to go downhill commercially, as he turned to low-budget filmmaking with a heavier accent on adult films. Although he produced a number of well-received, low budget horror films in the early 70's (Dracula vs Frankenstein, Vampyros Lesbos, A Virgin Among the Living Dead), many people in the industry considered him a porn director due to the huge number of X-rated adult films he began churning out. Franco returned to low-budget horror in a brief comeback period from 1980-1983 (Bloody Moon, Mondo Cannibale, Oasis of the Zombies), but after 1983, his career took a second downturn as he returned to pornographic films. He died in April 2013 at the age of 82.[1]
Career
Franco sometimes worked under various pseudonyms, including David Khune and Frank Hollmann. A big fan of jazz music (and a musician himself), many of his pseudonyms were taken from famous jazz musicians, such as Clifford Brown and James P. Johnson. Franco made a half-dozen films starring the Spanish beauty Soledad Miranda, and when she was killed in a tragic automobile accident in 1970, he took a 17-year-old actress named Lina Romay under his wing and made her his new star. Franco and Romay were partners for decades, and they were officially married on 25 April 2008.[2] Until her death in 2012 (taken by cancer at age 57), Romay was his most often utilized actress, as well as his life companion, soulmate and muse.
Franco's themes often revolved around lesbian vampires, women in prison, surgical horror, sadomasochism, zombies and sexploitation (including several films based on the writings of the Marquis de Sade). He also worked in other exploitation film genres, such as cannibal films, spy films, giallo, crime films, science fiction, jungle adventure, exorcist films, war movies, historical dramas and nunsploitation. His main claim to fame is that he managed to write and direct around 160 motion pictures in his lifetime, encompassing a wide swath of different genres, with practically no financial backing available to him. (Some sources such as imdb.com attribute over 200 titles to the man, but that's because they frequently list the same movie two or three times under their variant titles. The filmography below on this page is 100% accurate.)
His sex movies often contained long, uninterrupted shots of nude women. Most of his hardcore films starred his lifelong companion Lina Romay, who admitted in interviews to being an exhibitionist. Franco was also well known for his use of hand-held camera and zoom shots, which he felt actually lent realism to his films.
He frequently worked with genre actors Howard Vernon, Antonio Mayans, Paul Müller, Christopher Lee, Soledad Miranda, Maria Rohm, Anne Libert, Monica Swinn, Britt Nichols, Dennis Price, Alice Arno and Klaus Kinski. Kinski was famous for his hatred of directors, but according to Franco, he never had any trouble working with him.
Oasis of the Zombies
Franco was supposed to direct a film for Eurocine Productions in 1980 called Lake of the Living Dead (a horror film about revived Nazi zombies) but he was too busy at the time to do it, so producers Marius and Daniel Lesouer hired French horror film director Jean Rollin to direct it (later retitling it Zombie Lake). Many fans confusedly think this was a Franco film, although Franco may have contributed some ideas to the original story.
The Lesouers later had Rollin direct some newly-filmed zombie footage in 1981, to be added to Franco's A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1971) for its 1981 re-release. Franco purists insisted that "Virgin" be released in its former unadulterated form on DVD, as the added Jean Rollin footage greatly slowed down the pace of the film.
Franco later directed another film for Lesouer called Oasis of the Zombies (aka Bloodsucking Nazi Zombies) in 1981, which had a plot very similar to Zombie Lake (also involving revived Nazi zombies). Franco simultaneously shot a variant version of Oasis of the Zombies (on the producer's dime) starring Lina Romay and his "regulars" which was apparently released only in Spain, under the title La Tumba de los Muertos Vivientes (it seems to be a lost film today).
Death
Franco died at the age of 82 on Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 in Málaga, Spain. The cause of death is unknown, but it was probably due to respiratory problems (Franco smoked about 3 cartons of cigarettes a week). His death was announced by a friend, Kike Mesa, who directed 2007's Jess Franco: Way of Life through his Facebook page. Franco had been working on what was to be his final feature film, Al Pereira vs the Alligator Women at the time of his death.[3]
Filmography
| Films | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Alternative title(s) | Notes |
| 1959 | We Are Eighteen | Tenemos 18 Años | |
| 1960 | Red Lips | Labios Rojos · Operation Levres Rouge / Operation Red Lips | |
| The Queen of the Tabarin | La Reina del Tabarin · La Belle du Tabarin · Mariquita la Fille de Tabarin | ||
| 1961 | Vampiresses 1930 | Volando Hacia la Fama / Flying To Fame | |
| The Awful Dr. Orloff | Gritos en la Noche / Screams in the Night · El doctor demonio / The Demon Doctor · L'Horrible Dr. Orlof | ||
| 1962 | Death Whistles the Blues | La Muerte Silba Un Blues · 077 Operation Sexy · 077 Operation Jamaique | |
| The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus | La Mano de un Hombre Muerto/ Hand of a Dead Man · Le Sadique/ The Sadist · Hysterical Sadique · La Bestia del Castello Maldetto / Beast of the Cursed Castle · Sinfonia Per Un Sadico / Symphony for a Sadist | ||
| 1963 | Rififi in the City | Chasse a la Maffia / Hunt for the Mafia · Una Spia Sulla Cita/ A Spy in the City | |
| The Jaguar | Sfida Selvaggio / Savage Challenge · El Llanero | ||
| 1964 | The Secret of Dr. Orloff | El Secreto del Dr. Orloff · Dr. Orloff's Monster · Les Maitresses du Dr. Jekyll / The Mistresses of Dr. Jekyll | |
| 1966 | The Diabolical Dr. Z | Miss Muerte · Miss Death and Dr. Z · Dans les Griffes du Maniaque / In the Grip of the Maniac · Das Geheimnis des Dr. Z / The Secret of Dr. Z | |
| Attack of the Robots | Cartas Sur Table / Cards Under the Table · Cartas Boca Arriba / Cards Face Up · James Clint Challenges Interpol | ||
| 1967 | Residence for Spies | Residencia Para Espias · Les Mignonnes / The Darlings · Golden Horn | |
| Lucky the Inscrutable | Lucky el Intrepido · Operation Re Mida / Operation King Midas · Corrida Pour un Espion / Race For a Spy | ||
| Necronomicon | Necronomicon Getraumte Sunden / Necronomicon Dreamt Sin · Delirium · Succubus | ||
| Two Undercover Angels | Rote Lippen Sadisterotica / Red Lips Sadisterotica · El Caso de las Dos Bellezas / The Case of the Two Beauties · Two Avenging Angels | ||
| Kiss Me, Monster | Besame Monstruo · Das Schloss der Gehenkten / Castle of the Hanged Man · Castle of the Doomed | ||
| The Blood of Fu Manchu | Der Todeskuss des Dr. Fu Manchu / The Death Kiss of Fu Manchu · Kiss and Kill · Fu Manchu y el Beso de la Muerte / Fu Manchu and the Kiss of Death · Against All Odds | starred Christopher Lee | |
| 1968 | The Girl from Rio | Sumuru regina di Femina / Sumuru Queen of Femina · La Ciudad sin Hombres / City Without Men · Die sieben Männer der Sumuru / The Seven Secrets of Sumuru · Future Women | starred Shirley Eaton |
| 99 Women | 99 Mujeres · Love in the Women's Prison · Les Brulantes · Der Heisse Tod / The Hot Death · The Island of Despair · Prostitutes in Prison | ||
| The Castle of Fu Manchu | El Castillo de Fu Manchu · Assignment Istanbul · The Torture Chamber of Dr. Fu Manchu | starred Christopher Lee | |
| Venus in Furs | Venus im Pelz · Black Angel (working title) · Paroxismus | starred Klaus Kinski | |
| Marquis de Sade's Justine | Deadly Sanctuary · Justine and Juliet · Justine les Infortunes de la Vertu / Justine, the Misfortunes of Virtue · Las Dos Bellezas / The Two Beauties · Dulce Justine / Sweet Justine | starred Jack Palance | |
| 1969 | The Bloody Judge | El Juez Sangriento · Il Truono di Fuoco / Throne of Fire · Night of the Blood Monster · Der Hexentöter von Blackmoor / The Witch-killer of Blackmoor · El Proceso de las Brujas / Trial of the Witches · | starred Christopher Lee |
| Count Dracula | El Conde Dracula · Nachts wenn Dracula erwacht / Nights When Dracula Wakes · Le Nuits de Dracula / The Nights of Dracula · Bram Stoker's Count Dracula | starred Christopher Lee, Klaus Kinski, Herbert Lom | |
| Eugenie, The Story of Her Journey into Perversion | Les Inassouvies / The Insatiable Ones · De Sade 70· Die Jungfrau und die Peitsche / The Young Girl and the Whip · Philosophy in the Boudoir | co-starred Christopher Lee | |
| 1970 | Eugenie de Sade | De Sade 2000 · Eugenie de Franval · Eugenie Sex Happening | |
| Sex Charade | Le Labyrinthe de Sexe · The Labyrinth | ||
| Nightmares Come at Night | Les Cauchemars Naissent la Nuit · Les Yeux de la Nuit / The Eyes of the Night · Die Nackten Augen der Nacht | ||
| Vampyros Lesbos | Las Vampiras · Die Erbin des Dracula / The Heiress of Dracula · Sexualite Speciale | ||
| She Killed in Ecstasy | Sie tötete in Ekstase · Mrs. Hyde · Crimes dans L'Extase / Crimes of Ecstasy | ||
| The Devil Came from Akasava | El Diablo que Vino de Akasava · Der Teufel kam aus Akasava | ||
| X-312 Flight to Hell | X-312 Flug zur Hölle · Vuelo al Infierno · Die grüne Hölle des Amazonas / The Green Hell of the Amazon | ||
| The Revenge of Dr. Mabuse | La Venganza del Dr. Mabuse · Mabuse '70 · El Dr. Mabuse | ||
| 1971 | The Death Avenger of Soho | Der Todesrächer von Soho · El Muerto Hace las Maletas / Death Packs His Bags · The Avenger | |
| Virgin Report | Jungfrauen Report · Le Vierges et l'Amour / Virgins and Love · Defloration | ||
| Robinson and His Wild Slaves | Sexy Darlings · Trois Filles Nues dans L'Ile de Robinson / Three Naked Women on Robinson Island · Island of Forbidden Pleasure | ||
| Dracula vs Frankenstein | Dracula Contra Frankenstein · Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein · The Screaming Dead · Die Nacht der offenen Särge / The Night of the Open Coffins | ||
| A Virgin Among the Living Dead | Une Vierge Chez les Morts-Vivant · Christina, Princess of Eroticism · The Erotic Dreams of Christine · A Young Girl Among the Living Dead | ||
| 1972 | Lovers of Devil's Island | Los Amantes de la Isla del Diablo · Devil's Island Lovers · · Quartier de Femmes / Women's Quarters · Erotic Violence in a Women's Prison | |
| Daughter of Dracula | La Fille de Dracula | ||
| The Curse of Frankenstein | La Maldicion de Frankenstein · The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein · The Erotic Experiences of Frankenstein | ||
| The Demons | Les Demons · The She-Demons · Die Nonnen von Clichy / The Nuns of Clichy · Les Demons du Sexe / The Sex Demons | ||
| Dolls For Sale | La Maison du Vice/ The House of Vice · Les Ebranlees/ The Vibrating Girls · Des Filles Pour L'Amour / Women for Love | ||
| Diary of a Nymphomaniac | Le Journal Intime d'une Nymphomane · Sinner · Les Inassouvies 77 / The Insatiables '77 · | ||
| A Captain of Fifteen Years | Un Capitan de Quince Anos | based on a Jules Verne story | |
| Mystery of the Red Castle | Misterio del Castillo Rojo | unfinished | |
| A Silence of the Grave | Un Silencio de Tumba | ||
| 1973 | The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff | Los Ojos Siniestros del Dr. Orloff · The Eyes of Dr. Orloff | |
| Relax, Baby | Un Tiro en la Sien / A Bullet in the Head | unfinished | |
| How to Seduce a Virgin | Plaisir a Trois / Pleasure for Three · Les Innasouvies 2 / The Insatiables 2 | ||
| The Perverse Countess | Les Croqueuses / The Munchers · Le Comtesse Perverse · Countess Perverse · Un Caldo Corpo di Femina / The Warm Body of a Woman | ||
| The Other Side of the Mirror | Al Otro Lado del Espejo · Le Miroir Obscene / The Obscene Mirror · Le Miroir Cochon · Outre Tombe / Beyond the Grave · Ultratumba · Lo Specchio del Piacere / The Mirror of Pleasure | ||
| The Erotic Exploits of Maciste in Atlantis | Les Gloutonnes / The Gobblers · Sexes au Soleil / Sexes in the Sun | ||
| Maciste vs. the Amazon Queen | Lustful Amazons · Les Amazones de la Luxure · Yuka · Karzan Contro le Donne dal Seno Nudo / Karzan vs the Bare-Breasted Women | ||
| Night of the Skull | Sospiri · La Noche de los Asesinos / Night of the Assassins · Night of the Killers · Im Schatten des Mörders / In the Shadow of Murder | ||
| The Bare-Breasted Countess | La Comtesse Aux Seins Nus · Female Vampire · La Comtesse Noire / The Black Countess · The Loves of Irina · Erotikill · Les Avaleuses / The Swallowers | ||
| Kiss Me, Killer | Sexy Blues · Tango au Clair de Lune / Tango by Moonlight · Emanuelle Blonde | ||
| Tender and Perverse Emanuelle | Des Frissons sur la Peau / Shivers of the Flesh · Le Chemin Solitaire / The Solitary Path · El Ultimo Escalofrio / The Last Thrill | ||
| Linda's Hot Nights | Les Nuits Brulantes de Linda · La Felicita nel Peccato / The Felicity of Sin · Le Plaisir Solitaire / Solitary Pleasure · Who Raped Linda? | ||
| 1974 | Exorcism and Black Masses | Exorcisme et Messes Noires · Exorcisme · Sexorcismes (x-rated version) · Le Viziose | (footage later re-edited into Franco's The Sadist of Notre Dame) |
| Celestine, Maid at your Service | Celestine Bonne a Tout Faire / Celestine, Good for Anything | ||
| Lorna the Exorcist | Les Possedees du Diable / The Devil's Possessed · Sexy Diabolic Story | (later remade as Jess Franco's Incubus) | |
| Les Chatouilleuses | The Ticklish Ones (translation) · Les Nonnes en Folie / Nuns in Madness · Sexy-a-Go-Go | ||
| The Sexiest Man in the World | Sexy Erotic Job · Le Jouisseur / The Hedonist · Roland, L'Homme le Plus Sexy du Monde · Sex Playboy | ||
| Les Emmerdeuses | The Troublemakers (translation) · Les Grandes Emmerdeuses | ||
| 1975 | Lady Porno | Le Partouze de Minuit / Midnight Party · La Coccolona | |
| Shining Sex | Le Sexe Brilliant · La Fille au Sexe Brillant / The Girl With the Shining Sex · Erotic Pleasures of a Good Lady | ||
| De Sade's Juliette | Justine Lady Lujuria · Julietta 69 (a variant version edited by Joe D'Amato) | ||
| Mandinga | unfinished | ||
| Two Women in a Golden Cage | Razzia Sur le Plaisir · Des Filles dans une Cage Doree · Vizio in Bocca | ||
| Barbed Wire Dolls | Frauengefängnis / Women's Prison · Caged Women | ||
| Women Behind Bars | Diamants Pour L'Enfer / Diamonds for Hell · Visa Pour Mourir / Visa To Die · Prison Sado Pour Femmes / Sadistic Women's Prison | ||
| Downtown: The Naked Dolls of the Underworld | Downtown Die Nackten Puppen der Unterwelt · Downtown · Les putains de la ville basse/ Whores of the Underworld | ||
| 1976 | Jack the Ripper | Erotico Profondo · Der Dirnenmörder von London · Jack l'Eventreur | |
| The Portrait of Doriana Gray | Das Bildnis der Doriana Gray · Dirty Dracula · Die Marquise de Sade · Ejaculations | ||
| Wild Lust | Wilde Lust · Mädchen im Nachtverkehr / Girls of the Night Shift | ||
| White Skin, Black Thigh | Weisse Haut und schwarze Schenkel | ||
| Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun | Die Liebesbriefe einer portugiesichen Nonne · Forbidden Confessions of an Adolescent Nun | ||
| 1977 | Greta the Mad Butcher | Greta Haus ohne Männer / Greta's House Without Men · Ilsa Ultimate Power · Ilsa the Wicked Warden · Greta The Torturer · Wanda the Wicked Warden | |
| Blue Rita | Das Frauenhaus/ The House of Women | ||
| Women Without Innocence | Frauen ohne Unschuld · Wicked Women · The Insatiable Nights of a Nymphomaniac · Femmes Sans Pudeur / Women Without Modesty | ||
| Women of Cell Block Nine | Frauen für Zellenblock 9 · Esclaves de l'Amour/ Love Slaves | ||
| Swedish Nympho Slaves | Die Verschleppten / The Neglected Ones · Die Sklavinnen/ The Slaves | ||
| Love Camp | Camp d'Amour · Frauen im Liebeslager / The Women in the Love Camp · Camp Erotique | ||
| Sexy Sisters | Die teuflischen Schwestern / Satanic Sisters · Le Cabaret des Filles Perverses / The Cabaret of Perverse Women · Sexual Aberrations of a Hot Blonde · The Erotic Frenzy of a Nymphomaniac | ||
| Call of the Blonde Goddess | Der Ruf der blonden Göttin · Las Diosas del Porno / Goddesses of Porno · La Deesse Nue / The Naked Goddess · Porno Shock | ||
| 1978 | Cocktail Special | ||
| Elles Font Tout | They Do It All! (translation) | ||
| I'm Burning Up All Over | Je Brule de Partout | ||
| Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties | Opalo de Fuego / Opal of Fire · Mercaderes del Sexo / The Sex Merchants | ||
| 1979 | Erotic Symphony | Sinfonia Erotica · Cuerpos y Almas / Bodies and Souls | |
| The Girls of Copacabana | Las Chicas de Copacabana · Las Muchachas de Copacabana | ||
| The Sadist of Notre Dame | El Sadico de Notre Dame · Le Sadique de Notre Dame · Demoniac · Chains and Black Leather | (re-used much footage from Exorcism and Black Masses) | |
| 1980 | Mondo Cannibale | Cannibal World (translation) · The Cannibals · La Dea Cannibale / Cannibal Goddess · White Cannibal Queen · The Blonde Goddess · Barbarian Goddess · A Woman for the Cannibals | |
| Sadomania: The Hell of Passion | Sadomania Hölle der Lust · Hellhole Women · Prisoners of the Flesh · Sadomania: El Infierno de la Pasion | ||
| Bloody Moon | Lune de Sang · Die Säge des Todes/ The Saw of Death · Profonde Tenebre / Deep Darkness · Colegiadas Violadas / Raped College Girls | ||
| The Story of Linda | Die Nackten Superhexen Vom Rio Amore / The Naked Superwitches of the Rio Amore · Orgia de Ninfomanas / Nymphomaniac Orgy · Captive Women | ||
| Sex Is Crazy | El Sexo Esta Loco | ||
| The Man Hunter | Chasseurs d'Hommes · Sexo Cannibal · Jungfrau unter Kannibalen / The Young Girl and the Cannibals · Devil Hunter · Mandingo Manhunter | ||
| Eugenie: The Story of a Perversion | Eugenie Historia de una Perversion · Erotismo | ||
| Pick-Up Girls | The Girl in the Transparent Panties | ||
| 1981 | Oasis of the Zombies | L'Abime des Morts Vivants / The Abyss of the Living Dead · Bloodsucking Nazi Zombies · Le Tresor des Morts Vivants / Treasure of the Living Dead · La Tumba de los Muertos Vivientes (a variant Spanish-language version w/ Lina Romay) | |
| Cecilia | Blue Underground · Diary of a Desperate Housewife · Sexual Aberrations of a Married Woman | ||
| Lake of the Virgins | El Lago de los Virgenes · Island of the Virgins | ||
| The Hotel of Affairs | El Hotel de los Ligues | ||
| The Sexual Story of O | La Historia Sexual de O | ||
| Macumba Sexual | Sexual Voodoo | ||
| Lola 2000 | Une petite femme pour hôtel particulier / A Petite Woman for a Particular Hotel | ||
| 1982 | Moans of Pleasure | Gemidos de Placer | |
| The Sinister Dr. Orloff | El Siniestro Dr. Orloff · Experimentos Macabros / Macabre Experiments | ||
| The Inconfessable Orgies of Emanuelle | Emanuelle Exposed · Emanuelle's Secret Orgies | ||
| Black Boots, Leather Whip | Botas Negras, Latigo de Cuero | ||
| The Night Has a Thousand Sexes | Mil Sexos Tiene La Noche | ||
| The House of Lost Women | La Casa de las Mujeres Perdidas · Perversion en la Isla Perdida / Perversion on the Lost Island | ||
| Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist | Confesiones íntimas de una exhibicionista | ||
| A Buttcrack for Two | Una Rajita Para Dos / A Slice For Two | ||
| Mansion of the Living Dead | La Mansion de los Muertos Vivientes | ||
| 1983 | Alone Against Terror | Sola Ante el Terror · Los Monstruos de Fiske Manor/ The Monsters of Fiske Manor | |
| Revenge in the House Of Usher | El Hundimiento de la Casa Usher / The Fall of the House of Usher · Nevrosis / Neurosis · Los Crimenes de Usher / The Crimes of Usher · Zombie 5 | ||
| Scarlet | The Grandfather, the Countess and Mischievous Scarlet · Escarlate la Traviesa / Naughty Scarlet | ||
| Blood on My Shoes | Sangre en mis Zapatos | ||
| Lonely Road | Camino Solitario | ||
| The Blues of Pop Street | Los Blues de la Calle Pop · Las Aventuras de Felipe Marlboro Volumen Ocho / The Adventures of Phillip Marlboro, Volume 8 | ||
| Diamonds of Kilimandjaro | El Tesoro de la Diosa Blanca / Treasure of the White Goddess | ||
| Fury in the Tropics | Furia en el Tropico · Orgasmo Perverso (hardcore version) · Mujeres Acorraladas / Cornered Women · Fury in Jamaica | ||
| Lillian the Perverted Virgin | Lilian la Virgen Pervertida | ||
| In Search of the Golden Dragon | En Busca del Dragon Dorado | ||
| 1984 | The Shadow of Judoka vs. Dr. Wong | La Sombra del Judoka contra el Dr. Wong | |
| Golden Temple Amazons | Les Amazones du Temple D'Or · Tundra and the Temple of the Sun | ||
| The Tanga Girls | Las Chicas del Tanga | ||
| Dirty Game in Casablanca | Juego Sucio en Casablanca | ||
| Voices of Death | Voces de Muerte · Finestrat | ||
| How Much Does a Spy Cost? | Cuanto Cobra un Espia? | ||
| White Bay | Bahia Blanca | ||
| A Penis for Three | Un Pito Para Tres / A Whistle For Three | ||
| 1985 | Last of the Filipinas | Las Ultimas de Filipinas | |
| Bangkok: Appointment with Death | Bangkok Cita con la Muerte | ||
| Travel to Bangkok, Coffin Included | Viaje a Bangkok Ataud Incluido | ||
| White Slave | La Esclava Blanca | ||
| Lulu's Pacifier | El Chupete de Lulu / Lulu's Suck Toy | ||
| Lulu's Talking Ass | El Ojete de Lulu · Lulu's Bunghole | ||
| Entre Pitos Anda el Juego | The Play Moves Between Penises (translation) | ||
| The Watcher and the Exhibitionist | El Miron y la Exhibicionista | ||
| The Suckers | Las Chuponas | ||
| 1986 | For Babies, Warm Milk | Para Las Nenas Leche Calentita | |
| Tribulations of a Cross-Eyed Buddha | unreleased | ||
| AIDS: the 20th Century Plague | unreleased | ||
| Bragueta Story | Fly Story (as in "zipper") | unreleased | |
| Slaves of Crime | Esclavas del Crimen | (plot involves the daughter of Fu Manchu) | |
| The Girl with the Red Lips | La Chica de los Labios Rojos | ||
| 1987 | Phollastia | Fellations Sauvages / Wild Fellatio | |
| Falo Crest | Caprices Sados Pour Salopes du Plaisir / Sadistic Whims for Whores of Pleasure · Phallo Crest | ||
| Dark Mission | Fleurs du Mal / Flowers of Evil · The Columbian Connection · The Heroin Deal · Dark Mission: Operation Cocaine | (starred Christopher Lee) | |
| 1988 | Faceless | Les Predateurs de la Nuit / Predators of the Night | |
| 1989 | Esmeralda Bay | La Bahia Esmeralda / Emerald Bay | |
| 1990 | The Fall of Eagles | La Chute des Aigles · Un Cancion Para Berlin / A Song for Berlin · War Song | (starred Christopher Lee) |
| Downtown Heat | Ciudad Baja · La Punta de las Viboras / Viper's Point | ||
| 1992 | Don Quijote | (a reconstruction of Orson Welles' footage) | |
| In Pursuit of Barbara | À la Poursuite de Barbara | (co-dir. with Jean Rollin) | |
| 1994 | Jungle of Fear | unfinished | |
| 1996 | Killer Barbys | Vampire Killer Barbys · Killer Barbies | |
| 1998 | Tender Flesh | Carne Fresca | |
| Lust for Frankenstein | |||
| Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula in Eight Legs to Love You | 8 Legs To Love You | ||
| 1999 | The Vampire Blues | ||
| Red Silk | Seda Roja | ||
| Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell | Dr. Wong | ||
| Broken Dolls | Munecas Rotas | ||
| 2000 | Helter Skelter | ||
| Blind Target | Obietivo a Ciegas | ||
| 2001 | Vampire Junction | ||
| 2002 | Jess Franco's Incubus | Incubus | (remake of Lorna the Exorcist) |
| 2003 | The Killer Barbys vs. Dracula | Killer Barbys Contra Dracula | |
| 2005 | Flowers of Perversion | Jess Franco's Perversion | |
| Flowers of Passion | Jess Franco's Passion | ||
| Snakewoman | |||
| Antena Criminal | (documentary on the making of Blind Target) | ||
| 2008 | A Bad Day at the Cemetery | La cripta de las mujeres malditas / Crypt of the Cursed Women | |
| 2010 | Paula-Paula: An Audiovisual Experience | ||
| 2013 | Al Pereira vs the Alligator Women | (Franco died during the making of the film. It is unknown if it will be posthumously completed.) | |
References
- ^ http://www.sensacine.com/noticias/cine/noticia-18511350/ Muere Jess Franco, padre de la serie B española (in spanish)
- ^ http://soledadmiranda.com/fantastic.html Jess Franco and Lina Romay Interview About Soledad Miranda
- ^ http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/cult-horror-director-jess-franco-dead
Further reading
- Jess Franco, Memorias del tío Jess (2004) (autobiography, in Spanish)
- Stéphane du Mesnilot, Jess Franco - Énergies du fantasme (2004, in French)
- Alain Petit, Manacoa Files (1994–1999, in French)
- Lucas Balbo, Peter Blumenstock, Christian Kessler, Tim Lucas, Obsession - The Films of Jess Franco (1993)
- Tim Lucas, How to Read a Franco Film, in Video Watchdog n. 1 (1990) Article
- The book Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984 (1994) by Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs dedicates a chapter to him.
- Benedikt Eppenberger, Daniel Stapfer Mädchen, Machos und Moneten: Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Schweizer Kinounternehmers Erwin C. Dietrich. Mit einem Vorwort von Jess Franco. Verlag Scharfe Stiefel, Zurich, 2006, ISBN 3-033-00960-3
- (Italian) Robert Monell, Il codice segreto di Jesús Franco, in Nocturno Dossier n. 60, luglio 2007
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jesús Franco |
- Jesús Franco at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.santoandfriends.com (Hispanic horror film index)
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