Jess Franco

Doriana Gray (1976) Blu-ray

Doriana Gray (Blu-ray Edition Review)

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Beginning his cinema career in the late 1950s as an assistant director to the likes of influential Spanish Filmmaker Juan Antonio Bardem, Jess Franco would blaze a path all his own. A prolific filmmaker with over 175 films to his credit, Franco wrote, directed, produced, ... Read More
Death Packs a Suitcase / Kino Lorber (2025)

Death Packs a Suitcase (Blu-ray Review)

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The mark of a special filmmaker is the ability to float between genres and still create something compelling and entertaining. A rare talent, one who checks off each box, is Spain’s  Jess Franco, the director of well over 175 feature films in a broad range ... Read More
Thong Girls 1987 movie

Thong Girls (Blu-ray Edition Review)

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Like many European filmmakers of the past, Spain’s Jess Franco was a Rubik’s Cube puzzle with many different sides. Sustaining a career that spanned nearly sixty years, it is estimated that Franco wrote, directed, produced, and composed well over one hundred and sixty feature films. ... Read More
Killer Barbys movie

Killer Barbys (4K UHD Review)

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While Italy was a leader in Horror cinema during the 1970s and 1980s, it would have been shortsighted not to cross over the Mediterranean Sea to Southwest Europe to see what the Spaniards were up to. Sometimes overlooked on the international stage, Italy had filmmakers ... Read More