Something I mentioned in a previous review is that Severin Films is slowly but surely turning me into, well… not a fan but at the very least someone who can appreciate the work of Jess Franco. The ...

The man behind sexy horror films like Vampyros Lesbos and The Bare-Breasted Countess dies aged 82 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Few filmmakers are as polarizing as Spanish director Jesus Franco. Some hail him as a trash film king while others denigrate him as a complete hack. His overuse of the zoom lens causes some viewers to ...

VAMPYROS LESBOS screens midnights this Friday and Saturday (February 6 th and 7th) at The Hi-Pointe Theater (1005 McCausland Ave., St. Louis, MO 63117) I can’t believe after all these years I’m ...

With an oeuvre of more than 300 films, Spanish director Jesús “Jess” Franco is easily one of cinema’s most prolific directors. From the 1960s through the late 1980s, he churned out films at such a ...

With an oeuvre of more than 300 films, Spanish director Jesús “Jess” Franco is easily one of cinema’s most prolific directors. From the '60s through the late '80s, he churned out films at such a ...

If you can’t be considered an expert on a director until you’ve seen all of his or her movies, then there are probably fewer experts about director Jesus “Jess” Franco, who died earlier this week at ...

Few cult directors inspire more heated debates amongst film fans than Jess Franco. Revered as a legend of Spanish sex and horror cinema and conversely viewed as one of the biggest hacks to ever sit ...

Jess Franco, the prolific Spanish filmmaker who became renowned for his low-budget cult films, died in Malaga, Spain, of heart complications. He was 82. Franco’s feature pic debut came in 1959 with ...