Jesús Franco

Directing

Born May 12, 1930 · Madrid, Spain

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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Revenge of the Alligator Ladies

2013

Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies

2013

La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II

2012

La cripta de las condenadas

2012

Paula-Paula

2010

A Bad Day at the Cemetery

2008

Lascivia

2007

Montes de Venus

2006

Snakewoman

2005

Jess Franco's Passion

2005

Jess Franco's Perversion

2005

Killer Barbys vs. Dracula

2002

Incubus

2002

Vampire Junction

2001

Blind Target

2000

Helter Skelter

2000

Vampire Blues

1999

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell

1999

Broken Dolls

1999

Red Silk

1999

Lust for Frankenstein

1998

Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula

1998

Tender Flesh

1997

Vampire Killer Barbys

1996

Downtown Heat

1994

Jungle of Fear

1993

El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa

1992

In Pursuit of Barbara

1991

Night of the Eagles

1989

Esmeralda Bay

1989

Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil

1988

Faceless

1988

Slave of Crime

1987

Falo Crest

1987

Trapped Women

1987

Thong Girls

1987

Phollastía

1987

Golden Temple Amazons

1986

Para las nenas, leche calentita

1986

Alone Against Terror

1986

Entre pitos anda el juego

1986

The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist

1986

Lulu's Talking Ass

1986

Las chuponas

1986

Fury in the Tropics

1986

Fly Story

1986

The Last from Philippines

1986

Girl with the Red Lips

1986

Sida, la peste del siglo XX

1986

Angel of Death

1985

Un pito para tres

1985

Dirty Game in Casablanca

1985

Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included

1985

White Jungle Slave

1985

Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong

1985

Bangkok, City of the Dead

1985

The Sexual Story of O

1984

A Crack for Two

1984

Lilian, the Perverted Virgin

1984

The Sinister Doctor Orloff

1984

How Much Does a Spy Make?

1984

Night Has a Thousand Desires

1984

Lonely Road

1984

Bahia Blanca

1984

Macumba Sexual

1983

The Hotel of Love Affairs

1983

Cries of Pleasure

1983

The House of Lost Women

1983

Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist

1983

Diamonds of Kilimandjaro

1983

Cecilia

1983

Revenge in the House of Usher

1983

The Night Of Open Sex

1983

Black Boots, Leather Whip

1983

Blood on My Shoes

1983

Voces de muerte

1983

En busca del dragón dorado

1983

The Blues of Pop Street

1983

Claire

1983

Mansion of the Living Dead

1982

Oasis of the Zombies

1982

El lago de las vírgenes

1982

The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle

1982

El huésped de la niebla

1982

Pick-Up Girls

1981

Jailhouse Wardress

1981

Lola 2000

1981

The Story of Linda

1981

Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman

1981

The Girls of the Copacabana

1981

Bloody Moon

1981

Sadomania

1981

Sex Is Crazy

1981

Devil Hunter

1980

White Cannibal Queen

1980

Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie

1980

Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties

1980

Erotic Symphony

1980

What a Honeymoon

1980

Justine and the Whip

1979

Convoy of Girls

1979

The Sadist of Notre Dame

1979

Burning Up Inside

1979

They Do Everything

1979

Cocktail spécial

1978

Women in Cellblock 9

1978

Women Without Innocence

1978

Call of the Blonde Goddess

1977

Love Camp

1977

Sexy Sisters

1977

Blue Rita

1977

Around the World in 80 Beds

1977

Slaves

1977

Kiss Me Killer

1977

Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun

1977

Greta, the Mad Butcher

1977

Silence of the Grave

1976

Jack the Ripper

1976

Shining Sex

1976

White Skin Black Thighs

1976

The Troublemakers

1976

Girls in the Night Traffic

1976

Barbed Wire Dolls

1976

Golden Jail

1976

Midnight Party

1976

Doriana Grey

1976

Countess Perverse

1975

Downtown

1975

Exorcism

1975

The Ticklish Ones

1975

The Hot Nights of Linda

1975

Sexy Erotic Job

1975

A Virgin for St. Tropez

1975

Female Vampire

1975

Women Behind Bars

1975

Sexorcismes

1975

Lorna, the Exorcist

1974

Celestine

1974

Night of the Skull

1974

Fifteen Year Old Captain

1974

How to Seduce a Virgin

1974

The Greedy Ones

1974

The Lustful Amazons

1974

Dolls for Sale

1973

A Virgin Among the Living Dead

1973

Lovers of Devil's Island

1973

The Other Side of the Mirror

1973

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac

1973

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

1973

Eugenie de Sade

1973

The Demons

1973

Nightmares Come at Night

1973

The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

1973

Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle

1973

The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse

1972

Daughter of Dracula

1972

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein

1972

The Corpse Packs His Bags

1972

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves

1972

Sex Charade

1972

Virgin Report

1972

She Killed in Ecstasy

1971

X312 - Flight to Hell

1971

Vampyros Lesbos

1971

The Devil Came from Akasava

1971

Count Dracula

1970

Eugenie

1970

The Bloody Judge

1970

Venus in Furs

1969

The Castle of Fu Manchu

1969

Marquis de Sade: Justine

1969

Two Undercover Angels

1969

Kiss Me Monster

1969

The Girl from Rio

1969

99 Women

1969

A Man, Eight Girls

1968

The Blood of Fu Manchu

1968

Succubus

1968

Residence for Spies

1968

Lucky, the Inscrutable

1967

The Diabolical Dr. Z

1966

Attack of the Robots

1966

Dr. Orloff's Monster

1965

Rififi in the City

1964

Death Whistles the Blues

1964

Jaguar

1963

The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus

1962

The Awful Dr. Orlof

1962

Vampiresas 1930

1962

Queen of the Tabarin Club

1960

Red Lips

1960

Estampas guipuzcoanas número 2: Pío Baroja

1960

El destierro del Cid

1960

We Are 18 Years Old

1959

Las playas vacías

1959

Oro español

1959

The Tree from Spain

1957

Juliette

El misterio del castillo rojo

Jesús Franco

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