Tag Archives: Jess Franco

24 Hours of Horror for Halloween

Posted on October 27, 2017 at 10:03 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Looking for Halloween (or Halloween-weekend) viewing recommendations? Here’s another proposed 24 hour marathon from Midnight Only, one to fit the season. Of course, rather than indulge in the whole exhaustive thing, you can simply take a film or two that … Continue reading →

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A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973)

Posted on May 23, 2015 at 5:39 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

There is a subtly remarkable moment which occurs late in Jess Franco’s A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973). Christina (Christina von Blanc, A Bell from Hell) has been navigating her way through and around a mansion belonging to her … Continue reading →

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She Killed in Ecstasy (1970)

Posted on May 17, 2015 at 6:02 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Midway through She Killed in Ecstasy (1970), a naked lesbian love scene is interrupted when a blonde wig-wearing Soledad Miranda (Vampyros Lesbos) grabs a zebra-striped blow-up pillow and uses it to fatally smother her partner. The pillow is fully inflated … Continue reading →

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