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Jesús Franco (1930–2013) was a Spanish filmmaker. At a young age, Franco had a passion for comics and music, and followed his love of music, specifically jazz. [1] After his father found out about him working as a jazz musician, he enroled him a religious university in 1949.
Jesús Franco Manera (12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013), also commonly known as Jess Franco, was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a highly prolific director of low-budget exploitation and B-movies. [1]
Pages in category "Films directed by Jesús Franco" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Franco appears as a servant to Professor Van Helsing (Herbert Lom), and though certainly literate, the film nevertheless fails as both horror and drama." [14] Brett Cullum of DVD Verdict wrote, "For curious Dracula fans, Jess Franco's Count Dracula is a neat find. It's a stellar cast working under a low budget, and it comes off entertaining if ...
Marquis de Sade: Justine (Italian: Justine ovvero le disavventure della virtù, lit. 'Justine or the misadventures of virtue', also released as Deadly Sanctuary) [1] is a 1969 erotic period drama film directed by Jesús Franco, written and produced by Harry Alan Towers, and based on the 1791 novel Justine by the Marquis de Sade.
The Madrid-based newspaper El mundo deportivo described the film as "the best film helmed by Jesús Franco" comparing the film to the work of Orson Welles stating the Franco's admiration of the director is patent, 80% of the film being shot in the same style as Welles' The Trial (1962).
Franco biographer Stephen Thrower stated the film was the best film Franco made with Harry Alan Towers, describing it as "a sui-generis poetic fantasy" and that it "showed Franco to be more than a sensationalist purveyor of sleaze; instead it created a puzzling, melancholy dream space in which dislocation and mystery predominated." and that it ...
Mondo Cannibale (English: Cannibal World; also known as The Cannibals – or simply Cannibals –, Die Blonde Göttin, White Cannibal Queen, A Woman for the Cannibals and Barbarian Goddess) is a 1980 Spanish-Italian cannibal exploitation film directed by Jesús Franco and stars Al Cliver and a then-17 year old Sabrina Siani.