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Jesús Franco

1930-05-12

The Biography

Jesús "Jess" Franco was a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England. Though he had some American box office success with Necronomicon, his first women-in-prison film Ninety-Nine Women, and his two Christopher Lee films, The Bloody Judge and Count Dracula, he never achieved wide commercial success. Franco moved from Spain to France in 1970 so that he could make more violent and sexual films, and it was at this point that his career began to go downhill commercially, as he turned to low-budget filmmaking with a heavier accent on adult-oriented films. Although he produced a few well-received, low budget horror films in the early 70's, many people in the industry considered him a porn director due to the huge number of X-rated adult films he began churning out. Franco returned to low-budget horror in a brief comeback period from 1980-1983, but after 1983, his career took a second downturn. With the exception of Faceless and Killer Barbies, his films after 1984 are quite disliked and obscure due to their incredibly low budgets. Franco has nevertheless retained a large cult following through the years with his sexually-charged horror films, some of which are regarded as masterpieces by his avid followers.

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Sadomania

5.2 average rating
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Vampyros Lesbos

5.8 average rating
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Around the World in Eighty Days

6.6 average rating
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Eugenie de Sade

5.7 average rating
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Greta, the Mad Butcher

4.743 average rating
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Marquis de Sade: Justine

5.223 average rating
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99 Women

5.3 average rating
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Midnight Party

5.2 average rating
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Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac

5.2 average rating
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Count Dracula

5.9 average rating
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Barbed Wire Dolls

4.8 average rating
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Female Vampire

4.4 average rating
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A Virgin Among the Living Dead

4.9 average rating
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Bloody Moon

5 average rating
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Celestine

5.7 average rating
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The Girl from Rio

4.6 average rating
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White Cannibal Queen

4.4 average rating
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Succubus

5.5 average rating
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The Diabolical Dr. Z

5.8 average rating
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The Castle of Fu Manchu

3.625 average rating