Movies: Jesús Franco

This documentary explores the symbolic and historical significance of “the tree of Spain” in Spanish national culture. It reflects on how the olive tree has shaped Spain’s heritage and identity....

Mad mastermind lives in the Red Castle and plans to dominate the world by turning people into robots. Hero hot on the trail, mastermind tries to foil him and make him an automaton: stolen diamonds, warships, a complicated bizzare plot....

Juan does not have a cent but lives beautifully. His nights of revelry and cabaret are famous in the night city environments. As heir to his old and very rich uncle Don Patricio, lives subsidized by creditors on account of his future inheritance. But...

Jess Franco and Christopher Lee discuss their 1970 collaboration, The Bloody Judge....

Ladoire is a womanizer, with a monotonous life and few illusions, a sad condition that will redeem Olvido, an attractive young woman who casually falls to his side....

A drama directed by Jess Franco based on a play by Edgar Wallace....

The mountains of the South Asian country are covered with dense rainforest. A cobra, scorpions and other jungle creatures infest the jungle floor as Machado cuts his way through the undergrowth toward a gold mine....

Tracing Orson Welles time in Spain....

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70's trash movie queen Soledad Miranda wakes up from the dead, to find herself not in heaven but trapped in a film - the vision of a devoted fan. As her interaction with the "Auteur" reveals the extent of his obsession, she takes drastic steps to esc...

A woman is seducing men only to kill them, and afterwards confessing about her crimes at church. A man, witnessing her visits to the church, feels attracted to her and boards an appartment near hers and begins to watch her secretly....

A man runs a commune where he imprisons, abuses and tortures women....

Tsai Chin, the daughter of the infamous Fu Manchu, controls a large empire of vice in her part of the Far East. She decides to kidnap and, through erotic chemical hypnosis, coerce all the members of a fabulously wealthy international rock band to sig...

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A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of "Blind Target", Jesus Franco's story of a woman who becomes a celebrity in America with her exposure of the corruption in her home country, only to be taken prisoner by the same people she tried to bring do...

Retrospective documentary on Jesús Franco's film "Venus in Furs"....

Shot in 2006 and finally released at Sitges 2013....

A short film about the production of Incubus by Jess Franco....

An award winning short documentary directed by Jesus Franco....

Jess Franco interview about his movie 99 Women...