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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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Vampyros Lesbos (1970)

Posted on May 3, 2015 at 4:58 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

What makes Vampyros Lesbos (1970) such a satisfying effort in the endless and often frustrating filmography of Jess Franco is that, for all the director’s trademark random zooms, out of focus shots, silly dialogue, and numbing repetition, here it all … Continue reading →

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