Jesús Franco
| Jess Franco | |
|---|---|
 At the 2008 Fantastic'Arts festival, Gérardmer, France | |
| Born |
Jesús Franco Manera 12 May 1930 Málaga, Spain |
| Died |
2 April 2013 (aged 82) Málaga, Spain |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Occupation | Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, musician, actor |
| Years active | 1959–2013 |
| Spouse(s) |
Nicole Guettard (ca. 1962 – 1980) Lina Romay (m. 25 April 2008 – 15 February 2012, her death) |
Jess Franco (born Jesús Franco Manera; 12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013) was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor,[1] best known for his stylish exploitation films, directing around 160 feature films.[2]
Biography
Of Cuban and Mexican parentage, Franco was born in Madrid and studied at the city's Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas and the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris.[3] He began his career in 1954 (aged 24) as an assistant director in the Spanish film industry, performing many tasks including composing music for some of the films as well as co-writing a number of the screenplays. He assisted a number of directors such as Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, Leon Klimovsky and Juan Antonio Bardem. After working on more than 20 films, he decided to get into directing films in 1959, making a few musicals and a crime drama called Red Lips.
In 1960, Franco took Marius Lesoeur and Sergio Newman, two producer friends, to a cinema to see the newly released Hammer horror film The Brides of Dracula and the three men decided to get into the horror film business. His career took off in 1961 with The Awful Dr. Orloff (aka Gritos en la noche), which received wide distribution in the United States and the UK. Franco wrote and directed Orloff, and even supplied some of the music for the film. In the mid-1960s, he went on to direct two other horror films, then proceeded to turn out a number of James Bond-like spy thrillers and softcore sex films based on the works of the Marquis de Sade (which remained one of his major influences throughout his career).
Although he had some American box office success with Necronomicon (1967), 99 Women (1968) and two 1969 Christopher Lee films — The Bloody Judge and Count Dracula — he never achieved wide commercial success. Many of his films were only distributed in Europe, and most of them were never dubbed into English.
After discovering Soledad Miranda (he first used her in his Count Dracula), Franco moved from Spain to France in 1969 so that he could make more violent and erotic films free of the strict censorship in Spain, and it was at this point that his career began to go downhill commercially as he turned to low-budget filmmaking with an accent on adult material. Soledad Miranda starred in a series of six erotic thrillers for Franco, all made within a one-year period (including Vampyros Lesbos), after which she was killed in a tragic automobile accident in Portugal in 1970, just as her career was taking off.
A year or two after Soledad Miranda died, a grieving Franco discovered a new leading lady in actress Lina Romay. At the time, the teenage Romay was married to a young actor/photographer named Ramon Ardid, but as she and Franco became more involved in their film projects together over the years, her marriage to Ramon ended in divorce around 1975.
Franco was married at the time to Nicole Guettard (their marriage running approximately from 1962 through 1980), Ms. Guettard being gradually replaced in Franco's life by Lina Romay. (Nicole worked as a script consultant on many of Franco's films while they were married, and even acted in a few of them. Her daughter from an earlier marriage, Caroline Riviere, also appeared in a few Franco films in the early 1970s (including the risque Exorcisme and The Perverse Countess).
Franco and Lina Romay worked together for 40 years, and lived together from 1980 onward, although they were only officially married on 25 April, 2008. Until her death in 2012 (from cancer at age 57), Romay was his most regular actress, as well as his life companion and muse.
Although he produced a number of relatively successful horror films in the early 70's (Dracula vs. Frankenstein, The Bare-Breasted Countess, A Virgin Among the Living Dead), many people in the industry considered him a porn director due to the huge number of X-rated adult films he began turning out (even his 70's horror films featured abundant nudity). Franco returned to low-budget horror in a brief comeback period from 1980-83 (Mondo Cannibale, Bloody Moon, Oasis of the Zombies, Revenge in the House of Usher), but after 1983, his career took a second downturn as he returned to making mostly pornographic films, most of which left nothing to the imagination.
In his later years, he did however get the opportunity to turn out two rather big-budget horror films — Faceless (1988) and Killer Barbys (1996) — both of which showed what great work he could still do when his projects were adequately funded. The entirety of his work after 1996 was direct-to-video films of very low quality, none of which were distributed theatrically. Romay died of cancer in 2012, after which Franco died in April 2013 from natural causes, aged 82.[4]
Franco sometimes worked under various pseudonyms, including David Khune and Frank Hollmann. A fan of jazz music (and a musician himself), many of his pseudonyms were taken from jazz musicians such as Clifford Brown and James P. Johnson.
Franco's themes often revolved around lesbian vampires, women in prison, surgical horror, sadomasochism, zombies and sexploitation (including several films based on the writings of the Marquis de Sade). He worked in other exploitation film genres, such as cannibal films, spy films, giallo, crime films, science fiction, jungle adventure, Oriental menace, exorcist films, war movies, historical dramas and nunsploitation. His sex movies often contained long, uninterrupted shots of nude women writhing around on beds. Most of his hardcore films starred his lifelong companion Lina Romay, who admitted in interviews to being an exhibitionist.
Franco was known for his use of hand-held camera and zoom shots, which he felt lent realism to his films. He also was not averse to filming several movies at the same time, knocking together a second feature on the unsuspecting producer's dime. Many of his actors only found out years after the fact that Franco had starred them in films for which they had never been paid.
His main claim to fame, however, is that he managed to write and direct around 160 motion pictures in his lifetime, encompassing a wide swath of different genres, with practically no financial backing available to him. (Note* - Some sources which list as many as 200 titles in Franco's filmography are relisting the same films several times under different variant titles).
Franco attracted a circle of bizarre but loyal actors and technicians who moved with him over the years from project to project (while receiving very little if any money for their efforts). Many of his actors were over the hill performers in the twilight of their careers, his actresses shameless exhibitionists. He frequently worked with genre actors Howard Vernon, Paul Müller, Christopher Lee, Jack Taylor, Ewa Stromberg, Soledad Miranda, Maria Rohm, Monica Swinn, William Berger, Dennis Price, Alice Arno, Montserrat Prous, Alberto Dalbes, Britt Nichols, Pamela Stanford, Kali Hansa and Klaus Kinski, all of whom are well-known to cult film collectors.
Zombie Lake vs Oasis of the Zombies
Franco was supposed to write & direct a film for Eurocine Productions in 1980 called Lake of the Living Dead (a horror film about revived Nazi zombies) but after submitting the script, he had a falling out with the producers, Marius and Daniel Lesouer, who immediately hired French horror film director Jean Rollin to direct it (later retitling it Zombie Lake). Many fans regard this as a Franco film, although Franco only contributed to the script. Rollin later said in interviews he only did the film as a favor for the Lesoeurs, and that if he knew "how bad" the script was, he wouldn't have done it.
The Lesoeurs later had Rollin shoot new zombie footage in 1981 to be added to Franco's A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973) for its 1981 re-release. Recently, Franco purists insisted that "Virgin" be released in its former unadulterated form on DVD, as the added Jean Rollin footage greatly slowed down the pace of the film and was really only filler material.
Franco later directed another film for the Lesouers called Oasis of the Zombies (aka Bloodsucking Nazi Zombies on VHS) in 1981, which had a plot very similar to Zombie Lake (also involving revived Nazi zombies). Franco simultaneously shot a variant version of Oasis of the Zombies (on the producers' dime) starring Lina Romay and his "regulars" which was apparently released only in Spain, under the title La Tumba de los Muertos Vivientes (which may well be lost).
Death
Franco suffered a severe stroke on 27 March 2013, and was taken to a hospital in Málaga, Spain, where he died early on the morning of 2 April. He was 82 years old.[5]
Filmography (in order of production)
(All films directed by Franco unless noted otherwise)
| Films | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Alternative title(s) | Notes |
| 1959 | We're Eighteen | Tenemos 18 Años | Comedy/fantasy written & co-scored by Franco; starred Isana Medel, Antonio Ozores & Antonio Escribano; never distributed outside of Spain |
| 1960 | Red Lips | Labios Rojos · Operation Levres Rouge / Operation Red Lips | crime drama co-written by Franco with Manuel Pilares; starred Isana Medel, Ana Castor & Antonio Escribano; distributed only in Spain, Belgium & France |
| Queen of the Tabarin | La Reina del Tabarin · Mariquita la Belle de Tabarin (a black-and-white, re-edited French version) | Franco's first film produced by Marius Lesoeur (of Eurocine) & Sergio Newman; starred Mikaela Wood, Yves Massard (and Soledad Miranda in a very small, uncredited role); distributed only in Spain, Belgium & France | |
| 1961 | Vampiresas 1930 | Gold Diggers of 1930 . Volando Hacia la Fama / Flying Towards Fame . Certains les preferent noires/ Some Like it Black | produced by Marius Lesoeur and Sergio Newman; starred Mikaela Wood, Yves Massard & Antonio Ozores; distributed only in Spain & France |
| The Awful Dr. Orloff | Gritos en la Noche / Screams in the Night · El doctor demonio / The Demon Doctor · L'Horrible Dr. Orlof . Il Diabolico Dottor Satana . Der Schreckliche Dr. Orlof | produced by Marius Lesoeur, Sergio Newman & Leo Lax; written by Jesus Franco; starred Howard Vernon, Diana Lorys, Conrado San Martin, Perla Cristal & Ricardo Valle; Franco's first film to be released internationally, dubbed in English | |
| 1962 | Death Whistles a Blues | La Muerte Silba Un Blues · Agent 077 Operation Jamaique · 077 Operation Sexy (a later, re-edited French cut containing extra sexy footage shot by Franco) | co-written by Franco; co-produced by Nazario Belmar & Marius Lesoeur; starred Conrado San Martin, Gerard Tichy, Danick Patisson, Georges Rollin & Perla Cristal; distributed only in Spain & France; Franco remade this film in 1973 as Kiss Me Killer[6] |
| The Shadow of Zorro | La sombra del Zorro · La venganza del Zorro · La Espada del Zorro | Franco wrote the screenplay for this film, but did not direct it. | |
| The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus | Le sadique baron von Klaus · La Mano de un Hombre Muerto/ Hand of a Dead Man · Le Sadique/ The Sadist · Hysterical Sadique · La Bestia del Castello Maldetto / Beast of the Cursed Castle · Sinfonia Per Un Sadico / Symphony for a Sadist | starred Howard Vernon, Hugo Blanco, Georges Rollin & Gogo Rojo; produced by Franco, Jose Lopez-Brea and Marius Lesoeur; featured Daniel White's 1st music score for Franco; distributed only in Spain, France & Italy; Franco married his first wife Nicole Guettard around this time | |
| 1963 | Rififi in the City | Rififi en la ciudad (Rumble in the City) · Vous souvenez vous de Paco? / Do You Remember Paco? · Chasse a la Maffia / Hunt for the Mafia · Una Spia Sulla Cita/ A Spy in the City | based on the 1958 Charles Exbrayat novel Do You Remember Paco?; co-produced by Franco & Jose Lopez-Brea; starred Jean Servais, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Antonio Escribano & Laura Granados; music by Daniel White; distributed only in Spain, France & Italy |
| The Jaguar | El Llanero / The Plainsman · Sfida Selvaggio / Savage Challenge · Le Jaguar | Zorro-type western written by Franco & Nicole Guettard (Franco's then-wife); co-produced by Marius Lesoeur & Julian Esteban; starred José Suárez, Silvia Sorrente & Georges Rollin; music by Daniel White; distributed only in Spain, France & Italy | |
| 1964 | El Extraño Viaje | The Strange Journey (translation) | directed by Fernando Fernan Gomez; Franco did not write or direct this film, but he had a major acting role in it |
| The Secret of Dr. Orloff | El Secreto del Dr. Orloff · Le Amanti del Dottor Jekyll / The Lovers of Dr. Jekyll / Die Geliebten des Dr. Jekyll · Dr. Orloff's Monster (AIP's 1966 dubbed U.S. TV print) · Les Maitresses du Dr. Jekyll / The Mistresses of Dr. Jekyll (this French version now available on DVD in U.S. contained a few extra scenes added by Franco in 1965) | co-written by Franco & Nicole Guettard; produced by Leo Lax and Marius Lesoeur; starred Hugo Blanco, Agnes Spaak, Perla Cristal & Marcelo Arroita Jauregui; music by Daniel White; theatrically released in Spain, France & Italy; dubbed in English and distributed direct to American TV via AIP | |
| 1965 | Treasure Island | La Isla del Tesoro | unfinished; this film was supposed to star Orson Welles (as Long John Silver), Sir John Gielgud & Fernando Rey; Welles wrote the screenplay and wanted Franco to co-direct it with him after viewing Franco's film Rififi in the City |
| Chimes at Midnight | Campanadas a Medianoche · Falstaff (U.S. release title) | film starred Orson Welles (as Falstaff), Jeanne Moreau, Sir John Gielgud, Fernando Rey (and Ingrid Pitt in a cameo); co-produced by Harry (Goldfinger) Saltzman; Franco was 2nd unit director, mainly handling the battle scenes filmed in Madrid; dubbed in English and shown theatrically in the U.S. as Falstaff | |
| The Diabolical Dr. Z | Le Diabolique Docteur Z · Miss Muerte / Miss Death · Dans les Griffes du Maniaque / In the Grip of the Maniac · Das Geheimnis des Dr. Z / The Secret of Dr. Z | written by Jean-Claude Carriere (from Franco's plot); produced by Serge Silberman, Carlos Couret & Michel Safra; starred Estella Blain, Mabel Karr, Howard Vernon, Marcelo Arroita Jauregui, Jesus Franco, Antonio Escribano, Daniel White; music by Daniel White; dubbed in English & released theatrically in the U.S. in 1967 | |
| 077 Intrigue in Lisbon | Espionage in Lisbon . Mision Lisboa | directed by Tulio Demicheli; Franco co-wrote this film, but did not direct it; starred Brett Halsey & Fernando Rey; music by Daniel White | |
| 1966 | Attack of the Robots | Cartes Sur Table / Cards on the Table · Cartas Boca Arriba / Cards Face Up · James Clint sfida Interpol/ James Clint Challenges Interpol | Franco's last B&W film; starred Eddie Constantine, Marcelo Arroita Jauregui, Antonio Escribano & Fernando Rey; written by Jean-Claude Carriere (from Franco's plot); produced by Serge Silberman, Carlos Couret & Michel Saffra; dubbed in English and distributed directly to American TV in 1967 |
| Residence for Spies | Residencia Para Espias · Les Mignonnes / The Darlings · Golden Horn (Franco's original title) | starred Eddie Constantine, Diana Lorys, Patty Shepard, Marcelo Arroita Jauregui, Howard Vernon & Antonio Escribano; co-produced by Luis Laso, Carlos Couret (& Eddie Constantine when the other two ran out of funds); based on a Michael Logan novel "Dan Leyton chez les Chatelaines"; Howard Vernon was inserted into the film in one scene without his knowledge & he said he almost sued Franco later; distributed only in Spain & France; an English-dubbed print titled Golden Horn was created but never shown anywhere, and is now apparently lost | |
| Lucky, the Inscrutable | Lucky el Intrepido · Agente Speciale L.K. · Operation Re Mida / Operation King Midas · Corrida Pour un Espion / Race For a Spy | co-produced by Artur Brauner; starred Ray Danton, Marcelo Arroita Jauregui, Rosalba Neri, Patty Shepard & Jesus Franco (playing 3 different cameo roles); Bruno Nicolai's 1st score for a Franco film; this was Franco's first German co-production and his first film with producer Artur Brauner; distributed only in Spain, France, Italy & Germany[7] | |
| 1967 | Necronomicon | Necronomicon Getraumte Sunden / Necronomicon Dreamt Sin · Delirium · Succubus (1971 English language edit) | co-produced by Karl Heinz Mannchen, Adrian Hoven, Michel Lemoine & Pier Caminecci; written by Franco & Pier Caminecci (although Franco claimed he wrote it by himself); starred Janine Reynaud, Michel Lemoine (Reynaud's husband), Jack Taylor, Adrian Hoven & Howard Vernon; music by Jerry Van Rooyen; shot in Portugal and West Germany; Franco's first film with both Mannchen & Adrian Hoven; dubbed in English & distributed worldwide, except in Spain due to censorship problems |
| Red Lips Sadisterotica | Rote Lippen Sadisterotica · El Caso de las Dos Bellezas / The Case of the Two Beauties · Two Avenging Angels . Two Undercover Angels (U.S. DVD title) | co-produced by Pier Caminecci, Adrian Hoven & Karl Heinz Mannchen; music by Jerry Van Rooyen; starred Janine Reynaud, Rossana Yanni, Adrian Hoven, Marcel Arroita Jauregui & Michel Lemoine; dubbed in English & shown theatrically in U.S. in 1972 | |
| Kiss Me Monster | Besame Monstruo · Das Schloss der Gehenkten / Castle of the Hanged Men · Castle of the Doomed | filmed back-to-back with Sadisterotica; co-produced by Pier Caminecci, Adrian Hoven & Karl Heinz Mannchen; starred Janine Reynaud, Rossana Yanni, Adrian Hoven, Michel Lemoine, Jesus Franco (& producer Mannchen in a cameo); music by Jerry Van Rooyen; featured a very brief cameo by Caroline Riviere (Franco's step-daughter); dubbed in English & shown theatrically in U.S. in 1972 | |
| In the Castle of Bloody Lust | Im Schloss der Blutigen Begierde . Castle of Lust · Castle of the Creeping Flesh (U.S. title) | starred Howard Vernon, Janine Reynaud & Michel Lemoine; Franco provided the original plot and was scheduled to direct this film, but he went to Brazil instead to direct The Blood of Fu Manchu for Harry Alan Towers, so producer Adrian Hoven directed the film himself | |
| 1968 | Eve | Eva en la Selva / Eve in the Jungle · The Face of Eve · La Femmina della Giungla . Diana, Daughter of the Wilderness | produced & written by Harry Alan Towers; starred Christopher Lee, Maria Rohm (Towers' wife) & Herbert Lom; according to Towers, Franco was an uncredited co-director brought in to finish the film in Brazil when the original director (Jeremy Summers) quit midway through production [8] |
| The Blood of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu y el Beso de la Muerte / Fu Manchu and the Kiss of Death · Der Todeskuss des Dr. Fu Manchu / The Death Kiss of Dr. Fu Manchu · Sax Rohmer's Kiss and Kill · Against All Odds (U.S. video release title) | produced & co-written by Harry Alan Towers, based on a novel by Sax Rohmer; starred Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Shirley Eaton & Maria Rohm (Towers' wife); music by Daniel White; filmed in Spain & Rio de Janeiro; Shirley Eaton said in interviews she wasn't aware Franco had inserted footage of her into this film until years later, the footage apparently being taken from The Girl from Rio (1968) which Franco also directed; dubbed in English and distributed worldwide, except in Italy | |
| The Girl from Rio | La Ciudad sin Hombres / City Without Men · Sumuru Regina di Femina / Sumuru, Queen of Femina · Die Sieben Männer der Su-Muru / The Seven Men of Su-Muru · Rio 70 · Future Women (U.S. TV title) · Mothers of America | produced & written by Harry Alan Towers, based on a novel by Sax Rohmer; starred Shirley Eaton, George Sanders, Maria Rohm (& Franco in a cameo); music by Daniel White; filmed in Spain & Rio de Janeiro; dubbed in English & distributed worldwide, except in England | |
| 99 Women | 99 Mujeres / 99 Donne / 99 Frauen · Der Heisse Tod / Hot Death · 99 Femmes Perverses · Island of Despair (edited U.S. TV version) · Les Brulantes / The Burning Women (a 1974 French hardcore version) | co-produced by Harry Alan Towers; plotted and co-written by Franco; starred Herbert Lom, Maria Schell, Maria Rohm, Rosalba Neri, Luciana Paluzzi, Mercedes McCambridge (and Franco in 2 different cameos); music by Bruno Nicolai; filmed in Spain & Brazil, shot back-to-back with The Girl from Rio; dubbed in English and released worldwide in 1969 (France in 1974) | |
| Marquis de Sade: Justine | Les Infortunes de la Vertu / The Misfortunes of Virtue · Justine and Juliet · Las Dos Bellezas / The Two Beauties · Dulce Justine / Sweet Justine · Deadly Sanctuary (U.S. video title) | co-written and co-produced by Harry Alan Towers, filmed in Barcelona; starred Jack Palance, Klaus Kinski, Howard Vernon, Romina Power, Akim Tamiroff, Rosalba Neri, Sylva Koscina, Maria Rohm, Gerard Tichy and Jesus Franco; music by Bruno Nicolai; Franco was furious the producers forced him to use Romina Power in the lead role instead of his first choice, Rosemarie Dexter; dubbed in English & released theatrically worldwide, except for the U.S. (where it was only released direct-to-video in 1986, as Deadly Sanctuary) | |
| The Castle of Fu Manchu | El Castillo de Fu Manchu · Der Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Manchu/ The Torture Chamber of Dr. Fu Manchu · Assignment Istanbul (shooting title) | co-produced and co-written by Harry Alan Towers, based on a novel by Sax Rohmer; starred Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Maria Perschy, Herbert Fux and Rosalba Neri (and Franco in a cameo); shot in Barcelona with lots of stock footage; dubbed in English & released worldwide, except in France | |
| Venus in Furs | Venus im Pelz · Black Angel (Franco's original working title) · Puo una morta revivere per amore? / Can a Dead Girl Live Again Through Love? · Paroxismus | co-produced by Harry Alan Towers and Alexander Hacohen; co-written by Franco and Malvin Wald; starred Klaus Kinski, James Darren, Dennis Price, Margaret Lee, Maria Rohm and Paul Muller; this was Franco's first film with Klaus Kinski, Dennis Price & Paul Muller; music by Manfred Mann, who appears in the film jamming with Franco; shot in Spain and Istanbul; Franco hated the way his screenplay was mangled by the many co-writers he was forced to work with and the psychedelic effects that were added to the U.S. release print; dubbed in English & released worldwide, except in France | |
| 1969 | Eugenie, The Story of Her Journey into Perversion | Die Jungfrau und die Peitsche / The Virgin and the Whip · De Sade 70: Beaten and Loved · Les Inassouvies / The Insatiables · Philosophy in the Boudoir (UK) | produced & written by Harry Alan Towers, based on the works of the Marquis de Sade; starred Christopher Lee, Jack Taylor, Marie Liljedahl, Maria Rohm, Herbert Fux & Paul Muller; music by Bruno Nicolai; Christopher Lee claimed he didn't know this was to be an X-rated film when he appeared in it (in spite of the title); Marie Liljedahl later said she regretted appearing in adult films; distributed internationally except in Italy and Spain; later remade as Cocktail Special in 1978[9] |
| The Bloody Judge | El Juez Sangriento · El Proceso de las Brujas / The Trial of the Witches · Il Truono di Fuoco / Throne of Fire · Der Hexentöter von Blackmoor / The Witch-Killer of Blackmoor · De Sadistiche Rechter · Night of the Blood Monster (the U.S. theatrical title which Franco absolutely hated) | co-produced & plotted by Harry Alan Towers, based on the life of Judge George Jeffreys; starred Christopher Lee, Howard Vernon, Maria Schell, Maria Rohm, Diana Lorys, Margaret Lee & Leo Genn; music by Bruno Nicolai; one of Franco's most widely distributed films; three different endings were filmed, as well as both "clothed" & "unclothed" edits to be used in different countries[10] | |
| Count Dracula | El Conde Dracula / Il conte Dracula · Nachts wenn Dracula erwacht / Nights When Dracula Wakes · Le nuits de Dracula / The Nights of Dracula · Bram Stoker's Count Dracula · Bloodthirsty Dracula · Dracula '71 | co-produced & co-written by Harry Alan Towers, based on the Bram Stoker novel; starred Christopher Lee, Klaus Kinski, Herbert Lom, Soledad Miranda, Fred Williams, Emma Cohen (uncredited), Jack Taylor & Paul Muller; music by Bruno Nicolai; Franco's first film with both Soledad Miranda & Fred Williams, and his last film with Harry Alan Towers; this was the only Dracula film Christopher Lee said he enjoyed starring in; Kinski said he was tricked by Franco into appearing as Renfield in this film; one of Franco's most widely distributed films[11] | |
| Sex Charade | Like an Apocalypse (shooting title)· The Labyrinth | produced by Karl Heinz Mannchen; written by Jesus Franco; starred Soledad Miranda, Paul Muller, Jack Taylor, Maria Rohm, Diana Lorys & Howard Vernon; music by Bruno Nicolai; film was finished but was never released (Franco even said that the negative was lost)[12] | |
| Nightmares Come at Night | Les Cauchemars Naissent la Nuit · Les yeux de la Nuit / Los Ojos de la Noche/ The Eyes of the Night · Die Nackten Augen der Nacht · Sangre en la noche | produced by Karl Heinz Mannchen; written by Jesus Franco; starred Diana Lorys, Maria Rohm, Paul Muller, Collette Jack, Jack Taylor & Soledad Miranda (in a small role); music by Bruno Nicolai; this film was only theatrically released in Belgium; later remade by Franco in 1972 as The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff[13] | |
| 1970 | Eugenie de Sade | Eugenie (De Sade) · Eugenie · Eugenia . De Sade 2000 · Eugenie de Franval · Eugenie Sex Happening | produced by Karl Heinz Mannchen; written by Jesus Franco, based on the works of the Marquis de Sade; starred Soledad Miranda, Paul Muller, Alice Arno, Jesus Franco, Karl Heinz Mannchen (cameo); music by Bruno Nicolai; Franco's first film with Alice Arno; distributed only in France, Italy & Belgium |
| Vampyros Lesbos | Erbin des Dracula / The Heiress of Dracula · Sexualite Speciale . Las Vampiras (a censored Spanish version) · El Signo del Vampiro (the film's original shooting title) | produced by Artur Brauner & Karl Heinz Mannchen; starred Soledad Miranda (as Susann Korda), Ewa Stromberg, Dennis Price, Paul Muller & Jesus Franco; music by Manfred Hubler, Siegfried Schwab & Franco; shot in Spain, West Germany & Istanbul; distributed only in France, Germany and Spain; Franco later remade this film in 1981 as Macumba Sexual | |
| She Killed in Ecstasy | Sie Tötete in Ekstase · Mrs. Hyde · Crimes dans l'extase / Crimes of Ecstasy · Lewd in Ecstasy (France) | produced by Artur Brauner & Karl Heinz Mannchen; written by Jesus Franco; starred Soledad Miranda, Fred Williams, Ewa Stromberg, Paul Muller, Horst Tappert, Howard Vernon, Jesus Franco & Karl Heinz Mannchen (cameo); distributed only in France and Germany | |
| The Devil Came from Akasava | El Diablo que vino de Akasava · Der Teufel kam aus Akasava . The Devils of Caninde (shooting title) . Una venere senza nome per L'ispettore Forrester / A Nameless Love for Inspector Forrester | produced by Artur Brauner & Karl Heinz Mannchen; starred Soledad Miranda, Alberto Dalbes, Fred Williams, Ewa Stromberg, Howard Vernon, Paul Muller, Horst Tappert, Siegfried Schurenberg & Karl Heinz Mannchen; based on a short story by Bryan Edgar Wallace; music by Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab; this was Franco's 1st film with Alberto Dalbes; distributed only in Italy, Germany & Spain; Soledad Miranda was killed in a car accident soon after finishing this film in 1970 | |
| Juliette | Juliette de Sade | unfinished; this film was to be co-produced by Franco and Artur Brauner, and written by Franco, based on the works of the Marquis de Sade; it would have starred Paul Muller, Soledad Miranda, Alberto Dalbes & Franco, but the film was never completed due to Soledad Miranda's untimely death in 1970 | |
| X-312 Flight to Hell | X312 - Flug zur Hölle · Vuelo al Infierno · Die Grüne Hölle des Amazonas / The Green Hell of the Amazon · Infierno, tuya es la victoria / Hell...You Win · Amazonas (shooting title) | produced by Artur Brauner & Karl Heinz Mannchen; co-written by Franco & Brauner; starred Howard Vernon, Paul Muller, Esperanza Roy, Siegfried Schurenberg, Jesus Franco (cameo) & Ewa Stromberg; music by Bruno Nicolai; distributed only in Spain, France & Germany | |
| 1971 | The Death Avenger of Soho | Der Todesrächer von Soho · El Muerto Hace las Maletas / The Corpse Packs his Bags · The Avenger (UK) . Allarme a Scotland Yard: Sei Omicidi Senza Assassino | produced by Artur Brauner & Karl Heinz Mannchen; written by Franco & Brauner, based on a novel by Bryan Edgar Wallace; starred Fred Williams, Horst Tappert, Siegfried Schurenberg and Jesus Franco; distributed only in Spain, Italy & Germany |
| The Revenge of Dr. Mabuse | La Venganza del Dr. Mabuse · Mabuse 70 · El Dr. Mabuse . Dr. M schlägt zu / Dr. M Strikes Back · The Man Who Called Himself Mabuse (shooting title) | produced by Artur Brauner & Karl Heinz Mannchen; written by Franco & Brauner; starred Fred Williams, Ewa Stromberg, Jack Taylor and Jesus Franco (cameo); music by Daniel White & Franco; distributed only in Spain & Germany | |
| Virgin Report | Jungfrauen Report · Le Vierges et l'Amour / Virgins and Love · Defloration | sex documentary produced by Artur Brauner & Karl Heinz Mannchen; starred Britt Nichols & Howard Vernon; music by Daniel White; Franco's 1st film with Britt Nichols | |
| Three Naked Women on Robinson Island | Trois Filles Nues dans L'Ile de Robinson . Robinson und seine Wilden Sklavinnen / Robinson and his Wild Slaves · Sexy Darlings . The Island of Forbidden Pleasures | sexy comedy produced by Artur Brauner, Karl Heinz Mannchen & Robert de Nesle; written by Franco & Brauner; starred Anne Libert, Paul Muller & Howard Vernon; music by Daniel White & Bruno Nicolai; this was Franco's 1st film with both producer Robert de Nesle and actress Anne Libert (who was de Nesle's girlfriend) | |
| A Virgin Among the Living Dead (released in 1973) | Une Vierge chez les Morts Vivant · Una Vergine tra gli Zombi · Christina princesse de l'erotisme / Christina, Princess of Eroticism · I desideri erotici di Christine · The Erotic Dreams of Christine · A Young Girl Among the Living Dead · Exorcismo per una Vergine · La Nuit des Etoiles Filantes / The Night of the Shooting Stars (Franco's preferred shooting title) | produced by Karl Heinz Mannchen & Robert de Nesle; written by Jesus Franco; starred Howard Vernon, Christina Von Blanc, Anne Libert, Jesus Franco, Paul Muller, Luis Barboo, Nicole Guettard, Rosa Palomares & Britt Nichols; music by Bruno Nicolai & Jesus Franco; re-released with added zombie footage (filmed by Jean Rollin) in 1981; several different versions of this film exist, including an X-rated version reportedly featuring added Alice Arno scenes | |
| Blood on the Shoes | Sangre en los zapatos | unfinished; film would reportedly have starred Anne Libert & Howard Vernon | |
| Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Dracula Contra Frankenstein · Dracula, Prisonier de Frankenstein / Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein · Die Nacht der Offenen Särge / The Night of the Open Coffins · The Screaming Dead (U.S. video title) | produced by Robert de Nesle, written by Franco; starred Howard Vernon, Alberto Dalbes, Anne Libert, Fernando Bilbao, Luis Barboo, Daniel White, Dennis Price and Britt Nichols; music by Daniel White & Bruno Nicolai | |
| 1972 | Daughter of Dracula | La Fille de Dracula / Da vloek van Dracula | produced by Robert de Nesle; written by Jesus Franco; starred Anne Libert, Britt Nichols, Alberto Dalbes, Daniel White, Jesus Franco, Fernando Bilbao, Yelena Samarina & Howard Vernon; music by Daniel White & Franco; this film was poorly distributed |
| The Lovers of Devil's Island | Los Amantes de la Isla del Diablo (the tame Spanish version) · Violences erotiques dans une prison de femmes / Erotic Violence in a Women's Prison (the more erotic French version) · Quartier de femmes · Devil's Island Lovers | produced by Robert de Nesle; co-written by Franco & de Nesle; starred Dennis Price, Britt Nichols, Rosa Palomares, Luis Barboo, Anne Libert, Daniel White & Howard Vernon; music by Daniel White and Bruno Nicolai; filmed in Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands | |
| The Curse of Frankenstein | La Maldicion de Frankenstein (Franco's original title) · The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (de Nesle's retitled version)· Les Exploits Erotiques de Frankenstein / The Erotic Experiences of Frankenstein | produced by Robert de Nesle; written by Jesus Franco; starred Howard Vernon, Dennis Price, Alberto Dalbes, Anne Libert, Jesus Franco, Daniel White, Fernando Bilbao, Luis Barboo & Britt Nichols; music by Daniel White; some extra scenes with Lina Romay as a gypsy were later added (to the Spanish release version only) in 1973 | |
| The Demons | Les Demons · The She-Demons · Die Nonnen von Clichy / The Nuns of Clichy · Les Demons du Sexe / The Demons of Sex . Les Infants du Demon / Children of the Demon · Os Demonios · Les novices perverses | produced by Robert de Nesle; written by Jesus Franco, based loosely on the life of Judge George Jeffreys; starred Anne Libert, Alberto Dalbes, Doris Thomas, Howard Vernon, Luis Barboo & Britt Nichols; music by Jean-Bernard Raiteux | |
| A Captain of Fifteen Years | Un Capitan de Quince Anos | produced by Robert de Nesle; co-written by Franco & de Nesle's wife Elizabeth, based on a Jules Verne novel; starred William Berger, Howard Vernon, Alberto Dalbes, Edmund Purdom, Doris Thomas, Luis Barboo & Fernando Bilbao; music by Bruno Nicolai & Franco; Franco's 1st film with William Berger | |
| Relax, Baby | Un Tiro en la Sien / A Bullet in the Head | unreleased; this film was supposed to be produced & directed by Franco's own company Manacoa Films, and was supposed to star Lina Romay, Kali Hansa, Montserrat Prous & Alberto Dalbes | |
| Mystery of the Red Castle | Misterio del Castillo Rojo | unreleased; this film was supposed to be produced & directed by Franco's own company Manacoa Films, and was supposed to star Jesus Franco, Alberto Dalbes, Yelena Samarina, Lina Romay, Montserrat Prous & Antonio Mayans | |
| A Silence of the Grave | Un silencio de tumba | produced, written & directed by Franco for his own company Manacoa Films; starred Montserrat Prous, Kali Hansa, Alberto Dalbes, Caroline Reviere (Franco's step-daughter) & Yelena Samarina; this was the 1st time Franco starred Montserrat Prous in a film | |
| Intimate Diary of a Nymphomaniac | Le Journal Intime d'une Nymphomane · Sinner · Diary of a Nymphomaniac · Les Inassouvies 77 / The Insatiables '77 | produced by Robert de Nesle; written by Franco & Elizabeth de Nesle; starred Montserrat Prous, Anne Libert, Doris Thomas, Yelena Samarina, Caroline Riviere, Kali Hansa, Howard Vernon and Luis Barboo; a French hardcore version also exists | |
| The House of Vice | La Maison du Vice . Dolls For Sale . Les Ebranlees / The Vibrating Girls · Des Filles Pour L'Amour / Women for Love | produced by Robert de Nesle; written by Franco & Elizabeth de Nesle; starred Montserrat Prous, Kali Hansa, Howard Vernon, Luis Barboo, Doris Thomas & Anne Libert | |
| The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff | Los ojos siniestros del Dr. Orloff . Los ojos del Dr. Orloff | produced and directed by Franco for his own company Manacoa Films; starred Montserrat Prous, William Berger, Edmund Purdom, Kali Hansa, Yelena Samarina, Lina Romay and Robert Woods; filmed in the Canary Islands; this was Lina Romay's first film appearance for Franco (a very small role as Montserrat Prous's neighbor); this film was a remake of Franco's 1970 film Nightmares Come At Night | |
| 1973 | Pleasure For Three | Plaisir a Trois . How To Seduce a Virgin · Les Innasouvies II / The Insatiables Part 2 | produced by Robert de Nesle; co-written by Franco & Alain Petit, based on the writings of the Marquis de Sade; starred Alice Arno, Lina Romay (in her first major role), Howard Vernon & Robert Woods; Franco remade this film in 1979 as Erotic Symphony |
| The Perverse Countess | Le Comtesse Perverse · Un Caldo Corpo di Femina / The Warm Body of a Woman . The Countess Zaroff . Sexy Nature . Les Croqueuses / The Munchers (an x-rated 1974 French version with added porn scenes) | produced by Robert de Nesle; written by Franco & Elizabeth de Nesle, inspired by the 1932 film The Most Dangerous Game; starred Alice Arno, Howard Vernon, Lina Romay (playing the lead heroine), Kali Hansa, Robert Woods & Caroline Riviere; the added porn scenes for The Munchers involved Monica Swinn and Pierre Taylou; the producer hated this film when he found out it was about cannibalism; Franco later remade this film in 1997 as Tender Flesh | |
| The Other Side of the Mirror | Al Otro Lado del Espejo · Le Miroir Cochon · Outre-Tombe / Ultra Tumba · Lo Specchio del Piacere / The Mirror of Pleasure . Inceste · Le Miroir Obscene / The Obscene Mirror (a re-edited 1975 French version with added porn scenes) | produced by Robert de Nesle; written by Jesus Franco & his wife Nicole Guettard; starred Emma Cohen, Howard Vernon, Alice Arno, Robert Woods, Wal Davis; added porn scenes involved Lina Romay and her husband Ramon Ardid (inserted years later into the 1975 sexy French version only) | |
| Maciste vs. the Amazon Queen | Maciste Contre la Reine des Amazones . The Lustful Amazons · Les Amazones de la Luxure · Maciste aux Mains des Amazones Nues . Karzan Contro le Donne dal Seno Nudo / Karzan vs. the Bare-Breasted Women · Yuka | produced by Robert de Nesle; written by Jesus Franco; starred Wal Davis, Montserrat Prous, Kali Hansa, Alice Arno, Robert Woods & Lina Romay | |
| The Erotic Exploits of Maciste in Atlantis | Les Exploits Erotiques de Macist dans L'Atlantide . Les Gloutonnes / The Gobblers · Sexes au Soleil | produced by Robert de Nesle; written by Jesus Franco; starred Wal Davis, Montserrat Prous, Kali Hansa, Alice Arno, Howard Vernon, Robert Woods, Caroline Riviere, Lina Romay & Pamela Stanford; Franco knocked together this film in his spare time while he was shooting Amazon Queen | |
| The Bare-Breasted Countess (released in 1975) | La Comtesse Aux Seins Nus · La Comtesse Noire / The Black Countess · The Loves of Irina · Erotikill · Les Avaleuses / The Swallowers (hardcore French version) . Entfesselte Begierde / Unbridled Lust (softcore German version) · Female Vampire (DVD title) | produced by Marius Lesouer; written by Jesus Franco; starred Jack Taylor, Lina Romay, Ramon Ardid, Jesus Franco, Luis Barboo, Alice Arno & Monica Swinn; music by Daniel White; filmed in Portugal | |
| Night of the Killers | La Noche de los Asesinos / Night of the Assassins · Night of the Skull (DVD title) · Sospiri · Im Schatten des Mörders / In the Shadow of Murder | written by Jesus Franco, based on the novel "The Cat and the Canary", but credits strangely refer to the film as an Edgar Allan Poe adaptation (!); starred Alberto Dalbes, William Berger, Lina Romay (& her husband Ramon Ardid), Yelena Samarina, Luis Barboo & Antonio Mayans; music by Carlo Savina | |
| La Casa del Ahorcado | The House of the Hanged Man . Le Manoir du Pendu | unfinished; this film was supposed to be produced & directed by Franco for his own company Manacoa Films, and was supposed to star Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans & Alberto Dalbes | |
| Linda's Hot Nights | Les Nuits Brulantes de Linda · La Felicita nel Peccato / The Felicity of Sin · Le Plaisir Solitaire / Solitary Pleasure · Mais Que Donc a Viole Linda? / Who Raped Linda? | produced by Marius & Daniel Lesouer; starred Lina Romay, Alice Arno, Paul Muller & Monica Swinn; music by Daniel White; Franco remade this film in 1977 as Sexy Sisters | |
| Tender and Perverse Emanuelle | Tender et Perverse Emmanuelle . Des Frissons sur la Peau / Shivers of the Flesh · Le Chemin Solitaire / The Solitary Path · El Ultimo Escalofrio / The Last Thrill . Dernier Frisson | produced by Marius Lesouer; written by Jesus Franco; starred Alberto Dalbes, Jack Taylor, Lina Romay, Ramon Ardid, Alice Arno & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| Kiss Me, Killer | Sexy Blues · Tango au Clair de Lune / Tango by Moonlight · Emanuelle Blonde . Come With Me My Blonde Emmanuelle . Embrasse-Moi . Dolce Porno Baby | produced by Marius Lesouer; written by Jesus Franco; features Lina Romay's "Rape of Apollo" dance number; starred Alberto Dalbes, Alice Arno, Lina Romay, Paul Muller, Antonio Mayans & Olivier Mathot; music by Daniel White; this film was a remake of Franco's 1962 film Death Whistles the Blues | |
| The Mark of Zorro | La marque de Zorro | Franco helped Alain Payet and Marius Lesoeur direct this film, uncredited; starred Howard Vernon, Monica Swinn; released in 1975 | |
| 1974 | Exorcisme | Exorcisme et Messes Noires / Exorcism and Black Masses · Le Viziose · Sexorcismes (a 1975 X-Rated version with added sex scenes) | produced by Marius & Daniel Lesouer; starred Jesus Franco (in a major role), Lina Romay, Ramon Ardid, Caroline Riviere, Nadine Pascal, Daniel White, Olivier Mathot & Monica Swinn; music by Andre Benichou; footage from this film was later re-edited into Franco's 1979 Sadist of Notre Dame |
| Celestine, Maid at Your Service | Celestine, Bonne a Tout Faire / Celestine, Good for Anything . Celestine, an All-Around Maid | sex comedy set in 17th century France, produced by Robert de Nesle; co-written by Franco & Nicole Guettard; starred Lina Romay, Howard Vernon, Pamela Stanford, Ramon Ardid, Olivier Mathot & Monica Swinn; Franco later remade this film in 1984 as Scarlet | |
| Lorna, the Exorcist | Lorna, l'Exorciste . Les Possedees du Diable / The Devil's Possessed · Sexy Diabolic Story | Franco's take on "The Exorcist"; produced by Robert de Nesle; co-written by Franco, de Nesle & Nicole Guettard; starred Lina Romay, Pamela Stanford, Jesus Franco & Howard Vernon; Franco later remade this film in 2002 as Jess Franco's Incubus | |
| Nuns in Madness | Les Nonnes en Folie · Les Chatouilleuses / The Ticklish Ones · Le sexy goditrici / God's Sexy Women (x-rated edit) | produced by Robert de Nesle; co-written by Franco, Nicole Guettard & Alain Petit; starred Lina Romay, Olivier Mathot, Ramon Ardid, Caroline Riviere, Pamela Stanford, Monica Swinn & Fred Williams; music by Daniel White; shot in Portugal | |
| The Sexiest Man in the World | Sexy Erotic Job · Le Jouisseur / The Hedonist · Roland, L'Homme le Plus Sexy du Monde · Der Sex Playboy | produced by Robert de Nesle; written by Nicole Guettard (Franco's then-wife); starred Fred Williams, Lina Romay, Olivier Mathot, Ramon Ardid, Caroline Riviere, Pamela Stanford & Monica Swinn; shot in Portugal & France | |
| Les Emmerdeuses | The Troublemakers (translation) · Les Grandes Emmerdeuses / The Big Pains in the Ass · Sexy-a-Go-Go | produced by Robert de Nesle; written by Jesus Franco; starred Lina Romay, Ramon Ardid, Pamela Stanford, Monica Swinn & Fred Williams | |
| Convoy of Women | East of Berlin . Convoy of Girls . SS Nazi Convoy | produced by Marius Lesoeur; released in France in 1974; released in Italy in 1978; Franco apparently co-directed this film (uncredited) with Pierre Chevalier, although some sources dispute it; starred Monica Swinn & Pamela Stanford; music by Daniel White | |
| 1975 | De Sade's Juliette | Justine Lady Lujuria · Julietta 69 · Justine (a variant Italian hardcore version edited later in 1979 by Joe D'Amato) | written by Franco, based on the writings of the Marquis de Sade; starred Lina Romay, Ramon Ardid, Alain Petit, Monica Swinn & Jesus Franco |
| Midnight Party | Le Partouze de Minuit · Heisse Berührungen · Lady Porno · La Coccolona · Sexy Blues · Porno Pop · Porno Dama | produced by Marius & Daniel Lesouer; starred Lina Romay, Olivier Mathot, Jesus Franco, Alain Petit, Ramon Ardid & Monica Swinn; music by Daniel White; several different versions of this film exist | |
| Shining Sex | Le Sexe Brillant · La Fille au Sexe Brillant / The Girl With the Shining Sex · Erotic Pleasures of a Good Lady | a very slow-paced sci-fi/ porn film produced by Marius & Daniel Lesouer; written by Franco & Pierre-Claude Garnier; starred Lina Romay, Olivier Mathot, Ramon Ardid, Alain Petit, Jesus Franco & Monica Swinn; music by Daniel White | |
| Women in a Golden Cage | Des Filles dans une Cage Doree . Razzia Sur le Plaisir · Vizio in Bocca . Carcel Dorada | produced & written by Marius Lesoeur, based on a novel called Greetings from Hong Kong; co-directed by Lesoeur & Franco (Franco directed only a few striptease scenes to pad out the film); starred Monica Swinn, Alice Arno, Jesus Franco & Daniel White; music by Daniel White; incredibly low budget with lots of meaningless stock footage | |
| Mandinga | Mandinga | unfinished; film was supposed to star William Berger | |
| A Virgin for St. Tropez | Une vierge pour Saint-Tropez | Franco helped Georges Friendland direct this film, uncredited | |
| Barbed Wire Dolls | Frauengefängnis / Women's Prison · Caged Women . Penitenziario Femminile per Reali Sessuali | produced by Erwin Dietrich; written by Jesus Franco; starred Lina Romay, Monica Swinn, Martine Stedil, Ramon Ardid, Jesus Franco & Paul Muller; music by Daniel White; some footage from this film later wound up in a Eurocine film called Femmes de SS | |
| Women Behind Bars | Diamants Pour L'Enfer / Diamonds for Hell · Visa Pour Mourir / Visa To Die · Prison Sado Pour Femmes / Sadistic Women's Prison . Punition Cell | distributed by Marius & Daniel Lesoeur; starred Lina Romay, Martine Stedil, Ramon Ardid & Jesus Franco; music by Daniel White; Erwin Dietrich claimed Franco shot this film on his dime, while Franco was supposed to be filming Barbed Wire Dolls for him | |
| The Man From Guyane | L'Homme de la Guyane | unfinished; this film was to have been based on "Cheri Bibi" by Gaston Leroux, and was supposed to have starred Orson Welles, Klaus Kinski & Howard Vernon, but it never got completed because Erwin Dietrich couldn't get the financing for it | |
| Downtown: The Naked Dolls of the Underworld | Downtown – Die nackten Puppen der Unterwelt · Les putains de la ville basse/ The Whores of the Underworld · Levres Rouge et Bottes Noires · Schwarze Nylons, Wilde Engel | produced by Erwin Dietrich; written by Franco; starred Jess Franco (in a major role), Lina Romay, Monica Swinn, Martine Stedil, Ramon Ardid & Paul Muller; music by Walter Baumgartner | |
| The Slaves | Die Sklavinnen . Die Verschleppten / The Neglected Ones . Les Flagellees de la Cellule 69 | produced by Erwin Dietrich; written by Franco & Dietrich; starred Lina Romay, Esther Moser, Ramon Ardid, Jesus Franco & Martine Stedil; music by Walter Baumgartner | |
| 1976 | The Portrait of Doriana Gray | Das Bildnis der Doriana Gray · Die Marquise de Sade · Dirty Dracula . Ejaculations . La Porno Storia della Marchesa De Sade | produced by Erwin Dietrich; written by Jesus Franco; starred Lina Romay (in a dual role), Ramon Ardid, Martine Stedil & Monica Swinn; music by Walter Baumgartner; both a hardcore & a softcore version exist |
| Girls of the Night Shift | Mädchen im Nachtverkehr · Wilde Lust / Wild Lust (hardcore x-rated version) · Heiber Sex in Nachtverkehr (shorter soft-core version) | produced by Erwin Dietrich; starred Kali Hansa & Esther Moser; music by Walter Baumgartner; both a hardcore and a softcore version exist | |
| White Skin, Black Thigh | Weisse Haut auf Schwarzen Schenkeln | sex film produced, written & directed by Erwin Dietrich; starred Esther Moser & Jesus Franco (Franco didn't direct this film, he just acted in it); both a hardcore and a softcore version were made | |
| Jack the Ripper | Jack l'Eventreur . Erotico Profondo · Jack the Ripper, der Dirnenmörder von London | gruesome horror film produced by Erwin Dietrich & Max Dora; written by Franco & Nicolas Weisse; starred Klaus Kinski, Lina Romay, Josephine Chaplin, Esther Studer & Herbert Fux; music by Walter Baumgartner; photographed by Peter Baumgartner | |
| Around the World in 80 Beds | In 80 Betten um die Welt | produced by Erwin Dietrich; Franco allegedly co-directed this film; starred Esther Moser & Esther Studer | |
| Greta, the Mad Butcher | Greta Haus Ohne Männer / Greta, House Without Men · Ilsa, Ultimate Power · Ilsa, the Wicked Warden · Greta la Tortionnaire de Wrede / Greta The Torturer · Wanda the Wicked Warden . Greta la Donna Bestia | brutal prison film produced by Erwin Dietrich & Max Dora; written by Franco & Dietrich; starred Dyanne Thorne, Esther Studer, Jesus Franco, Esther Moser, Tania Busselier & Lina Romay; music by Walter Baumgartner; released in both an edited & unedited version | |
| Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun | Die Liebesbriefe einer Portugesischen Nonne · Forbidden Confessions of an Adolescent Nun . Cartas de Amor a Una Monja Portuguesa | produced by Erwin Dietrich & Max Dora; co-written by Franco & Dietrich, based on the novel of the same name; starred William Berger, Herbert Fux (as Satan), Esther Studer & Susan Hemingway; music by Walter Baumgartner | |
| 1977 | Das Frauenhaus | The Women's House (translation) · House of Women · Blue Rita (the hardcore x-rated version) | produced by Erwin Dietrich & Robert de Nesle; written by Franco & Robert de Nesle; starred Pamela Stanford, Esther Moser & Olivier Mathot; music by Walter Baumgartner |
| Sexy Sisters | Die teuflischen Schwestern / The Devilish Sisters · Satanic Sisters · Two Vicious Sisters · Swedish Nympho Slaves · Aberraciones Sexuales de una Rubia Caliente / Sexual Aberrations of a Hot Blonde · Erotic Frenzy of a Nymphomaniac | produced by Erwin Dietrich; written by Jesus Franco; starred Pamela Stanford, Jack Taylor (doing nude scenes!) & Karine Gambier; music by Walter Baumgartner (who also acts in the film) | |
| Women Without Innocence | Frauen Ohne Unschuld · Wicked Women · The Insatiable Nights of a Nymphomaniac · Femmes Sans Pudeur / Women Without Modesty | produced & written by Erwin Dietrich, based on a novel "Das Haus der Mannstollen Frauen"; starred Lina Romay, Vicky Adams, Esther Studer & Monica Swinn; music by Walter Baumgartner | |
| Love Camp | Camp d'Amour · Frauen im Liebeslager / Women in the Love Camp · Camp Erotique . Die Unersattliche | produced by Erwin Dietrich; co-written by Franco & Dietrich; starred Monica Swinn, Esther Studer & Wal Davis; music by Walter Baumgartner | |
| The Call of the Blonde Goddess | Ruf der Blonden Göttin · Las Diosas del Porno / The Goddesses of Porn · La Deesse Nue / The Naked Goddess · Porno Shock . Love Cry of the Blonde Goddess . Voodoo Passion | produced by Erwin Dietrich; co-written by Franco & Dietrich; starred Vicky Adams, Pamela Stanford, Karine Gambier & Jack Taylor; music by Walter Baumgartner | |
| Women in Cellblock 9 | Frauen für Zellenblock 9 · Esclaves de l'Amour/ Love Slaves · Flucht von der Todesinsel | produced by Erwin Dietrich; written by Jesus Franco; starred Susan Hemingway, Karine Gambier, Esther Studer & Howard Vernon: music by Walter Baumgartner | |
| 1978 | Cocktail Special | produced & written by Robert de Nesle, based on the writings of the Marquis de Sade; starred Touxa Beni, Karine Gambier & Lina Romay; music by Daniel White | |
| Elles Font Tout | They Do It All (translation) . They Do Everything · Quel Certo Piacere | produced by Robert de Nesle; written by Franco & de Nesle; this sexy comedy starred Susan Hemingway, Touxa Beni & Lina Romay (aka Candy Coster); music by Daniel White; Franco later remade this film in 1982 as El hotel de los ligues | |
| I'm Burning Up All Over | Je Brule de Partout · Dossier Mineures | produced & co-written by Robert de Nesle; starred Brigitte Lahaie & Susan Hemingway; music by Daniel White; Lahaie later had very bad things to say about her experience working with Franco on this film, but she later reconciled with him | |
| Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties | Deux Espionnes Avec un Petit Slip a Fleur . Opalo de Fuego: Mercarderes del Sexo / Opal of Fire: The Sex Merchants . Lascivia (working title) | produced by Marius Lesoeur; written by Jesus Franco; Nicole Guettard was assistant director on this film; starred Lina Romay, Olivier Mathot, Muriel Montossey & Nadine Pascal; music by Daniel White; two versions of this film exist | |
| 1979 | Erotic Symphony | Sinfonia Erotica · Cuerpos y Almas / Bodies and Souls | written by Franco, based on the writings of the Marquis de Sade; starred Lina Romay & Susan Hemingway; music by Jesus Franco; this film was a remake of Franco's 1973 film Pleasure for Three |
| The Girls of Copacabana | Las Chicas de Copacabana · Las Muchachas de Copacabana | produced by Marius & Daniel Lesouer; written by Marius Lesoeur; starred Lina Romay, Nadine Pascal & Olivier Mathot; music by Daniel White; shot on 16mm film for some reason | |
| The Sadist of Notre Dame | El Sadico de Notre Dame · Le Sadique de Notre Dame . The Ripper of Notre Dame · Chains and Black Leather (Canadian release title) . Demoniac (censored U.S. video release) | Franco re-used a lot of footage from his earlier Exorcism and Black Masses to make this film; produced by Marius & Daniel Lesoeur; written by Franco & Marius Lesoeur; starred Jess Franco, Lina Romay, Nadine Pascale, Ramon Ardid, Daniel White, Olivier Mathot & Monica Swinn; music by Daniel White | |
| The Gold Bug | El escarabajo de oro | unfinished; based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, this film was supposed to have starred Lina Romay & Antonio Mayans | |
| 1980 | Sexual Aberrations of a Married Woman | Aberraciones Sexuales de una Mujer Casada . Diary of a Desperate Housewife . Sexual Aberrations of a Housewife . Cecilia (1983 French release version) | co-produced by Marius Lesoeur & J. Franco; Olivier Mathot & Pierre Chevalier shot some extra scenes for the 1983 French release version called Cecilia; starred Vicky Adams, Lina Romay, Olivier Mathot & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White |
| Eugenie: The Story of a Perversion | Eugenie Historia de una Perversion · The Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie . Erotismo . Lolita am Scheideweg | produced by Julian Esteban; written by Franco, based on the writings of the Marquis de Sade; edited by Nicole Guettard; starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Mabel Escano & Katja Bienert; music by Daniel White & Franco | |
| Mondo Cannibale | Cannibal World (translation) · Les Cannibales / The Cannibals · La Dea Cannibale / The Cannibal Goddess · White Cannibal Queen · Die Blonde Gottin /The Blonde Goddess · Barbarian Goddess · Une Fille Pour Les Cannibales / A Woman for the Cannibals · Rio Salvaje (working title) | produced by Daniel Lesoeur; written by Franco; starred Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Lina Romay, Ramon Ardid, Pamela Stanford, Anouchka (the producer's daughter), Antonio Mayans & Olivier Mathot; Franco later said Sabrina Siani was the worst actress he ever worked with | |
| Cannibal Terror | Terreur Cannibal | produced by Daniel Lesoeur; Franco wrote this screenplay, but the film was directed by Olivier Mathot & Alain Deruille; starred Antonio Mayans, Sabrina Siani, Olivier Mathot & Pamela Stanford; incorporated footage from Franco's Mondo Cannibale (1980) | |
| Devil Hunter | Chasseurs d'Hommes (translation) · Man Hunter . Sexo Cannibal · Jungfrau unter Kannibalen / The Young Woman and the Cannibals · Mandingo Manhunter (USA video title) | produced by Julian Gomez; written by Franco & Julian Gomez; co-directed by Lina Romay & Franco; edited by Nicole Guettard; art director was Pierre Chevalier; starred Al Cliver, Vicky Adams, Ursula Buchfellner, Werner Pochath, Antonio Mayans; music by Franco & Daniel White | |
| Zombie Lake | El lago de los muertos vivientes / The Lake of the Living Dead . Le lac des morts-vivant | produced by Daniel Lesoeur; Franco wrote this screenplay, then left the project, so Jean Rollin was hired to direct; starred Howard Vernon, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka Leseour (the producer's daughter), Nadine Pascal & Jean Rollin; Rollin later said he thought this film was awful, he just did it as a favor for Lesouer | |
| Sadomania: The Hell of Passion | Sadomania: El Infierno de la Pasion . Sadomania, Hölle der Lust · Hellhole Women · Prisoners of the Flesh | prison film co-produced by Antonio Mayans & Julio Poura; written by Franco & Gunter Ebert; co-directed by Lina Romay & Franco; starred Ajita Wilson (a real-life transsexual), Antonio Mayans, Ursula Buchfellner, Nadine Pascal & Jesus Franco | |
| Bloody Moon | Lune de Sang · Die Säge des Todes/ The Saw of Death · Profonde Tenebre / Deep Darkness · Colegiadas Violadas / Raped College Girls | slasher film produced by Wolf Hartwig & Erich Tomek; co-directed by Lina Romay & Franco; music by Gerhard Heinz | |
| The Naked Superwitches of the Rio Amore | Die Nackten Superhexen vom Rio Amore . Die Frauen vom Rio Amore . Orgia de Ninfomanas . Captive Women (video title) . The Story of Linda (British release title) | produced by Erich Tomek & Antonio Mayans; co-directed by Franco & Lina Romay; stars Antonio Mayans, Ursula Buchfellner & Katja Bienert; music by Gerhard Heinz | |
| Sex Is Crazy | El Sexo Esta Loco | produced by Joaquin Dominguez; written by Franco; starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans & Jesus Franco; music by Daniel White | |
| The Girl in the Transparent Panties | La Chica de las Bragas Transparentes . Pick-up Girls . Two Females Spies With Flowered Panties | produced by Antonio Mayans; written by Franco, based on a Perry Mason novel; starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White & Franco | |
| 1981 | Lake of the Virgins | El Lago de los Virgenes · Island of the Virgins | based on a story by Robert Louis Stevenson; starred Katja Bienert; music by Daniel White |
| The Night of the Open Sexes | La noche de los sexos abiertos (Night of the Open Vaginas) | starred Lina Romay & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| Kalt wie Eis | Strike Back | Franco helped Carl Schenkel direct this film, uncredited | |
| Macumba Sexual | Sexual Voodoo | starred Ajita Wilson, Antonio Mayans & Lina Romay; music by Daniel White; this film was a remake of Franco's 1970 film Vampyros Lesbos | |
| Oasis of the Zombies | L'Abime des Morts Vivants / The Abyss of the Living Dead · Bloodsucking Nazi Zombies (video release title) · Le Tresor des Morts Vivants / Treasure of the Living Dead | produced by Marius & Daniel Lesoeur; starred Eric Viellard & Jeff Montgomery; music by Daniel White; a variant Spanish release version w/ Lina Romay was made simultaneously under the title La tumba de los muertos vivientes, but was only shown in Spain & now appears to be a lost film | |
| 1982 | Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist | Confesiones íntimas de una exhibicionista | starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White |
| Black Boots, Leather Whip | Botas Negras, Latigo de Cuero | starred Lina Romay & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| The Sinister Dr. Orloff | El Siniestro Dr. Orloff · Experimentos Macabros / Macabre Experiments | produced by Marius & Daniel Lesoeur; starred Howard Vernon & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| The Inconfessable Orgies of Emanuelle | Emanuelle Exposed · Emanuelle's Secret Orgies | starred Vicky Adams & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| El hotel de los ligues | The Hotel of Rendezvous (translation) . The Hotel of Love Affairs | starred Lina Romay & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White; this film was a remake of Franco's Elles Font Tout (1978) | |
| The House of the Lost Women | La Casa de las Mujeres Perdidas · Perversion en la Isla Perdida / Perversion on the Lost Island | starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| Mansion of the Living Dead | La Mansion de los Muertos Vivientes | Franco's homage to Amando de Ossorio's "Blind Dead" series; starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| The Shadow of Judoka vs. Dr. Wong | La Sombra del Judoka contra el Dr. Wong | starred Lina Romay & Jesus Franco; music by Daniel White | |
| Moans of Pleasure | Gemidos de Placer | a remake of Franco's Pleasure For Three (1973), based on the writings of the Marquis de Sade; starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| 1983 | Fury in the Tropics | Furia en el Tropico · Orgasmo Perverso (re-edited hardcore version) · Mujeres Acorraladas / Cornered Women · Fury in Jamaica | starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans & Analia Ivars; music by Daniel White |
| Treasure of the White Goddess | El Tesoro de la Diosa Blanca . Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (DVD release title) | produced by Marius & Daniel Lesoeur; starred Katja Bienert, Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Daniel White & Olivier Mathot; music by Daniel White | |
| Revenge in the House Of Usher | Die Rache des Hauses Usher . El Hundimiento de la Casa Usher / The Fall of the House of Usher · Nevrosis / Neurosis · Los Crimenes de Usher / The Crimes of Usher · Zombie 5 | based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe; French version incorporated footage from Franco's The Awful Dr. Orloff; produced by Marius & Daniel Lesoeur; starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Daniel White & Howard Vernon; music by Daniel White | |
| The Night Has a Thousand Sexes | Mil Sexos Tiene La Noche | starred Lina Romay; music by Daniel White | |
| Lillian the Perverted Virgin | Lilian la Virgen Pervertida | starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Daniel White & Katja Bienert; music by Daniel White | |
| The Sexual Story of O | La Historia Sexual de O . Lola 2000 . Une petite femme pour hotel particulier | starred Alicia Principe & Carmen Carrion; Lina Romay was on the poster, but was not in the film; music by Daniel White | |
| Alone Against Terror | Sola Ante el Terror · Los Monstruos de Fiske Manor/ The Monsters of Fiske Manor | starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans & Mabel Escano; music by Daniel White | |
| Blood On My Shoes | Sangre en mis Zapatos | based on an Edgar Wallace novel; starred Lina Romay, Howard Vernon & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| The Blues of Pop Street | Los Blues de la Calle Pop · Las Aventuras de Felipe Marlboro Volumen Ocho / The Adventures of Phillip Marlboro, Volume 8 . The Pop Street Blues | produced, written & directed by Franco; starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans & Analia Ivars | |
| In Search of the Golden Dragon | En Busca del Dragon Dorado | based on "The Gold Bug" by Edgar Allan Poe; music by Daniel White | |
| Camino Solitario | Lonely Road (translation) | starred Lina Romay (in a dual role), Antonio Mayans & Jesus Franco; music by Daniel White | |
| Barrio Chino | Barrio Porno | unreleased; was supposed to star Lina Romay & Antonio Mayans | |
| The Tanga Girls | Las Chicas del Tanga | starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Vicky Adams & Analia Ivars; supposedly directed by Lina Romay | |
| A Buttcrack for Two | Una Rajita Para Dos / A Crack For Two | Lina Romay's first solo directing job; starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans & Jesus Franco | |
| 1984 | How Much Does a Spy Cost? | Cuanto Cobra un Espia? | produced & directed by Franco; starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Luis Barboo & Analia Ivars |
| Dirty Game in Casablanca | Juego Sucio en Casablanca | produced & directed by Franco; starred William Berger, Analia Ivars, Vicky Adams, Luis Barboo & Antonio Mayans | |
| The Girl with the Red Lips | La Chica de los Labios Rojos | produced by Gabriel Martin; starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Jesus Franco & Mabel Escano | |
| Golden Temple Amazons | Les Amazones du Temple d'Or · Tundra and the Temple of the Sun (Franco's original working title) | produced by Marius & Daniel Lesoeur; Franco started this film as Tundra in 1984 but never completed it, so Alain Petit finished it for him and released it in 1990 as Golden Temple Amazons; starred William Berger, Analia Ivars, Olivier Mathot & Antonio Mayans[14] | |
| White Bay | Bahia Blanca | produced & directed by Franco; co-edited by Lina Romay; starred Lina Romay, Analia Ivars, Jesus Franco & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| The Killer Wore Black Socks | El asesino llevaba medias negras | unfinished; would have starred William Berger, Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans & Mabel Escano | |
| Voices of Death | Voces de Muerte . Finestrat | unfinished; based on an Edgar Wallace novel; produced & directed by Franco; this film would have starred Lina Romay & Antonio Mayans | |
| Scarlet | The Grandfather, the Countess and Mischievous Scarlet · Escarlate la Traviesa / Naughty Scarlet | a remake of Franco's Celestine (1974), this film was apparently never released; starred Lina Romay, Vicky Adams, Analia Ivars & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| 1985 | The White Slave | La Esclava Blanca | co-produced by Franco (who directed) & Santiago Moncada (also writer); starred Lina Romay & Mabel Escano; music by Daniel White |
| Lulu's Talking Ass | El Ojete de Lulu (Lulu's Buttonhole) · Lulu's Bunghole | starred Lina Romay & Mabel Escano; music by Daniel White | |
| Lulu's Pacifier | El Chupete de Lulu . Lulu's Suck Toy | starred Lina Romay & Mabel Escano; music by Jess Franco | |
| A Penis for Three | Un Pito Para Tres / A Whistle For Three | starred Lina Romay & Antonio Mayans; Lina Romay co-directed, & helped write, this film | |
| Last of the Filipinas | Las Ultimas de Filipinas | co-produced by Franco & Santigo Moncada; starred Lina Romay (who also co-directed) | |
| Bangkok: Appointment with Death | Bangkok, cita con la muerte | co-edited by Lina Romay; starred Lina Romay, Eduardo Fajardo & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| Travel to Bangkok, Coffin Included | Viaje a Bangkok Ataud Incluido | based on an Edgar Wallace character; produced, written, directed & scored by Franco; co-edited by Lina Romay; starred Howard Vernon | |
| Commando Mengele | Angel of Death . El Hombre que Mato a Mengele . Gentes del Rio | Franco co-wrote this film, but did not get to direct it; produced by Marius & Daniel Lesoeur; starred Chris Mitchum, Fernando Rey, Howard Vernon, Jack Taylor & Antonio Mayans | |
| Entre pitos anda el juego | The Play Moves Between Penises . The Game Walks Between Whistles (literal translation) | starred Lina Romay & Mabel Escano; music by Daniel White | |
| 1986 | The Watcher and the Exhibitionist | El Miron y la Exhibicionista / The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist | starred Lina Romay & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White; Lina Romay co-directed & helped write this film |
| Slaves of Crime | Esclavas del Crimen | produced by Herminio Calvo; starred Lina Romay as the daughter of Fu Manchu; music by Daniel White | |
| The Suckers | Las Chuponas | starred Lina Romay & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White; Lina Romay co-directed & helped write this film | |
| For The Babies, Warm Cream | Para Las Nenas Leche Calentita | starred Lina Romay & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White; Lina Romay co-directed & helped write this film | |
| Tribulations of a Cross-Eyed Buddha | Tribulaciones de un Buda Bizco | a children's film, completed but never released; starred Lina Romay, Howard Vernon & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White | |
| AIDS: the 20th Century Plague | Sida, la Peste del Siglo XX . Operation Sida | completed but said to be a lost film; produced by Emilio Larraga; starred Lina Romay; music by Daniel White | |
| Teleporno | unfinished; this hardcore film starred Lina Romay, Jesus Franco & Mabel Escano | ||
| The White Rhino | El rinoceronte blanco . Revenge of the White Rhino | unfinished; would have starred Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Daniel Katz & Mabel Escano | |
| Bragueta Story | Zipper Story | unreleased; Lina Romay directed this film direct-to-video; starred Lina Romay & Mabel Escano | |
| 1987 | Falo Crest | Caprices Sados Pour Salopes du Plaisir / Sadistic Whims for Whores of Pleasure · Phallo Crest | starred Lina Romay; music by Daniel White; Lina Romay co-directed & helped write this extremely x-rated parody of Falconcrest |
| Phollastia | Fellations Sauvages / Wild Fellatio | starred Lina Romay; music by Daniel White; Lina Romay co-directed & helped write this extremely x-rated parody of Dynasty | |
| Biba La Banda | Franco produced this comedy film, but did not direct it; directed by Ricardo Palacios; starred Alfredo Landa | ||
| Dark Mission | Fleurs du Mal / Flowers of Evil · The Columbian Connection · Operacion Cocaina . The Heroin Deal | spy drama produced by Marius & Daniel Lesoeur; starred Christopher Lee, Chris Mitchum, Richard Harrison, Antonio Mayans & Brigitte Lahaie; music by Daniel White | |
| 1988 | Faceless | Les Predateurs de la Nuit / Predators of the Night . I Predatori della Notte | an homage to Franco's The Awful Dr. Orloff (1961), with a nod to George Franju's Eyes Without A Face; produced by Rene Chateau; starred Telly Savalas, Helmut Berger, Caroline Munro, Chris Mitchum, Anton Diffring, Brigitte Lahaie (the producer's girlfriend), Howard Vernon & Lina Romay; music by Romano Musumarra |
| 1989 | Emerald Bay | La Bahia Esmeralda . Esmeralda Bay | produced by Marius & Daniel Lesoeur; starred Robert Forster, Brett Halsey, George Kennedy, Fernando Rey, Craig Hill, Antonio Mayans, Jesus Franco & Lina Romay; music by Luis Bacalav; received poor distribution |
| 1990 | The Fall of Eagles | La Chute des Aigles · Un Cancion Para Berlin / A Song for Berlin · War Song | produced by Marius & Daniel Lesoeur; starred Christopher Lee, Mark Hamill, Craig Hill & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White |
| Downtown Heat | Ciudad Baja · Vipers . La punta de las viboras / Viper's Point | starred Mike Connors, Craig Hill, Josephine Chaplin, Lina Romay & Antonio Mayans; music by Daniel White; released in 1994; failed to get wide distribution | |
| In Pursuit of Barbara | À la Poursuite de Barbara | Franco co-directed this French film with Jean Rollin, although some sources dispute it; starred Francoise Blanchard, Jean Rollin, Antonio Mayans & Olivier Mathot | |
| 1992 | Don Quijote | In 1992, Franco completed this film started by Orson Welles back in 1957 as a projected TV series; adapted from Cervantes' novel by Orson Welles; starred Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff & Francisco Reiguera as Don Quijote; it was finally theatrically released in 1995 to disappointing reviews | |
| 1993 | Jungle of Fear | La Jungla del Miedo . The Golden Beetle | unfinished; based on The Gold Bug by Poe; co-produced by Franco; was to have starred Lina Romay, Chris Mitchum, Howard Vernon & William Berger; shot on video |
| 1996 | Killer Barbys | Vampire Killer Barbys · Killer Barbies | Franco's last big-budget film managed to stir up much fan interest in his work; starred Maria Angela Giordano, Silvia Superstar & Aldo Sambrell; shot on film |
| 1997 | Tender Flesh | Carne Fresca . Bocatto di Cardinale | produced by Kevin Collins; starred Lina Romay, Amber Newman, Analia Ivars, Alain Petit, Monique Parent & Aldo Sambrell; remake of Franco's The Perverse Countess (1973); this was Franco's last "real movie" (shot on film) |
| 1998 | Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula | Mari Cookie y la tarantula asesina . Eight Legs To Love You | produced by Kevin Collins; starred Lina Romay, Michelle Bauer, Linnea Quigley, Amber Newman, Rachel Sheppard & Analia Ivars; from this point on, Franco's films were all shot on video |
| Lust for Frankenstein | produced by Kevin Collins; starred Lina Romay, Michelle Bauer, Amber Newman, Rachel Sheppard & Analia Ivars; shot on video | ||
| 1999 | Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell | El infierno virtual del Dr. Wong . Doctor Wong | produced by Kevin Collins; starred Lina Romay, Jesus Franco, Howard Vernon (in stock footage from Franco's Curse of Frankenstein), Rachel Sheppard & Analia Ivars; shot on video |
| Vampire Blues | Los blues del vampiro . Vampire Sex: Lady Dracula 3 . Vampyr Blues | produced by Kevin Collins; starred Lina Romay, Jesus Franco, Rachel Sheppard & Analia Ivars; shot on video | |
| Red Silk | Seda Roja | produced by Kevin Collins; starred Lina Romay & Christie Levin; shot on video | |
| Broken Dolls | Muñecas Rotas | produced by Kevin Collins; starred Lina Romay & Christie Levin; shot on video | |
| 2000 | Helter Skelter | based on the writings of the Marquis de Sade; produced by Kevin Collins; starred Lina Romay, Rachel Sheppard & Analia Ivars; music by Daniel White; shot on video | |
| Blind Target | Obietivo a Ciegas | produced by Kevin Collins; starred Rachel Sheppard, Linnea Quigley & Lina Romay; shot on video | |
| 2001 | Vampire Junction | produced by Kevin Collins; starred Lina Romay & Fata Morgana; shot on video | |
| 2002 | Jess Franco's Incubus | Incubus | remake of Franco's Lorna the Exorcist (1974); produced by Kevin Collins; starred Carina Palmer, Carsten Frank & Lina Romay; music by Daniel White; shot on video |
| Antenna Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie | documentary on the making of Blind Target | directed by Brian Horrorwitz; starred Lina Romay, Kevin Collins, Jess Franco, Rachel Sheppard & Linnea Quigley | |
| The Killer Barbys vs. Dracula | Killer Barbys Contra Dracula | produced by Kevin Collins; starred Lina Romay, Silvia Superstar, Katja Bienert, Aldo Sambrell, Carsten Frank & Fata Morgana; shot on video; released in 2003 | |
| 2005 | Flowers of Perversion | Jess Franco's Perversion . Flores de perversion | produced by Franco; starred Lina Romay, Rachel Sheppard & Fata Morgana; shot on video |
| Flowers of Passion | Jess Franco's Passion . Flores de la Pasion | produced & directed by Franco; starred Fata Morgana, Lina Romay & Rachel Sheppard; music by Daniel White; shot on video | |
| Snakewoman | produced by Kevin Collins; co-written by Jess Franco & Lina Romay; starred Lina Romay, Christie Levin, Antonio Mayans, Rachel Sheppard & Fata Morgana; shot on video | ||
| 2008 | A Bad Day at the Cemetery (Parts 1 & 2) | La cripta de las mujeres malditas / Crypt of the Cursed Women | filmed in two parts; produced by Franco; starred Fata Morgana (who was also co-writer/cinematographer) & Carmen Montes; music by Daniel White; shot on video; Part one was released in 2008, Part two was released in 2010 |
| 2009 | Take-Away Spirit | produced & co-written by Kevin Collins; starred Jess Franco, Brad Frikkers & Amy Brown; filmed in England, Brooklyn, Spain & China (shot on video) | |
| 2010 | Paula-Paula: An Audiovisual Experience | Paula-Paula | starred Carmen Montes & Lina Romay (her last film); 66 minutes long, shot on video |
| 2012 | Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Women | Culitos in the Night . Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies | co-written by Franco & Antonio Mayans; starred Antonio Mayans, Irene Verdu, Paula Davis, Carmen Montes & Jesus Franco; shot on video |
| Crypt of the Condemned, Parts One and Two | La cripta de las condenadas 1 & 2 | co-written by Franco & Fata Morgana; starred Fata Morgan, Carmen Montes & Franco; Lina Romay was art director; music by Daniel White; shot on video, released after Lina Romay's death[15] | |
| 2013 | Revenge of the Alligator Women | Revenge of the Alligator Ladies | co-written & co-directed by Franco & Antonio Mayans; starred Antonio Mayans, Irene Verdu, Paula Davis & Carmen Montes; music by Jess Franco; shot on video; (Franco's last film, it would be released posthumously) |
References
- ↑ Thrower,Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco. Strange Attractor Press.
- ↑ Thrower,Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco. Strange Attractor Press.
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/05/jesus-franco
- ↑ http://www.sensacine.com/noticias/cine/noticia-18511350 "Muere Jess Franco, padre de la serie B española"], sensacine.com; accessed 26 March 2018.(in Spanish)
- ↑ "CULT HORROR DIRECTOR JESS FRANCO DEAD". nationalenquirer.com. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ↑ Thrower,Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco. Strange Attractor Press.
- ↑ Thrower,Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco. Strange Attractor Press.
- ↑ "Harry Alan Towers".
- ↑ Thrower,Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco. Strange Attractor Press.
- ↑ Thrower,Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco. Strange Attractor Press.
- ↑ Thrower,Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco. Strange Attractor Press.
- ↑ Thrower,Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco. Strange Attractor Press.
- ↑ Thrower,Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco. Strange Attractor Press.
- ↑ Thrower,Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco. Strange Attractor Press.
- ↑ Thrower,Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco. Strange Attractor Press. p. 430
Further reading
- Stephen Thrower, Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco (2015)
- Jess Franco, Memorias del tío Jess (2004) (autobiography, in Spanish)
- Stéphane du Mesnilot, Jess Franco - Énergies du fantasme (2004, in French)
- Alain Petit, Manacoa Files (1994–1999, in French)
- Lucas Balbo, Peter Blumenstock, Christian Kessler, Tim Lucas, Obsession - The Films of Jess Franco (1993)
- Tim Lucas, How to Read a Franco Film, in Video Watchdog n. 1 (1990)"Article". Archived from the original on 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- The book Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984 (1994) by Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs dedicates a chapter to him.
- Xavier Mendik. "Perverse Bodies, Profane Texts: Processes of Sadeian 'Mixture' in the Films of Jesus Franco" in Andy Black (ed), Necronomicon: The Journal of Horror and Erotic Cinema: Book Two London: Creation Books, 1998, pp. 6–29.
- Benedikt Eppenberger, Daniel Stapfer Mädchen, Machos und Moneten: Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Schweizer Kinounternehmers Erwin C. Dietrich. Mit einem Vorwort von Jess Franco. Verlag Scharfe Stiefel, Zurich, 2006, ISBN 3-033-00960-3
- (in Italian) Robert Monell, Il codice segreto di Jesús Franco, in Nocturno Dossier n. 60, luglio 2007
- Robert Monell, essays on Devil Hunter/Il Cacciatore di Uomini & The Cannibals/White Cannibal Queen in "Eaten Alive: Italian Cannibal and Zombie Movies" pp. 145–148 Edited by Jay Slater, Plexus Publishing Limited, London (2002)
- Robert Monell, Foreword: "Jess Franco--Cinema Degree Zero" in "Il Caso Jesus Franco" edited by Francesco Cesari, (2010, in English, Italian and Spanish) Granviale Editore, Venezia, Italy, pp. 11–12.
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