Jesús Franco
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Jesús Franco works as a director whose name sits in the credits rather than on the poster. A 69-year run behind the camera is not a common thing. In cinemas, 'Vampyros Lesbos' is the work that landed. Among the rest of the credits, 'Count Dracula' stands out. The industry looked different when this career started.
Jesús Franco
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Jesús Franco works as a director whose name sits in the credits rather than on the poster. A 69-year run behind the camera is not a common thing. In cinemas, 'Vampyros Lesbos' is the work that landed. Among the rest of the credits, 'Count Dracula' stands out. The industry looked different when this career started.
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The Story of Linda
1981
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Sex Is Crazy
1981
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White Cannibal Queen
1980
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Eugenie de Sade
1973
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Women in Cellblock 9
1978
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Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
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Eugenie
1970
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Vampyros Lesbos
1971
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Female Vampire
1975
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99 Women
1969
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Greta, the Mad Butcher
1977
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Devil Hunter
1980
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Cecilia
1983
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Call of the Blonde Goddess
1977
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Celestine
1974
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Sexy Sisters
1977
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Golden Temple Amazons
1986
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Golden Jail
1976
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Kiss Me Monster
1969
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Erotic Symphony
1980
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Sadomania
1981
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Count Dracula
1970
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Blue Rita
1977
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Downtown Heat
1994
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Midnight Party
1976
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The Demons
1973
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The Girl from Rio
1969
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A Virgin Among the Living Dead
1973
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Vampiresas 1930
1962
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Pick-Up Girls
1981
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The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
1973
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Angel of Death
1985
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Barbed Wire Dolls
1976
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The Ticklish Ones
1975
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Blind Target
2000
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Burning Up Inside
1979
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Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
1977
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Broken Dolls
1999
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Kiss Me Killer
1977
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Countess Perverse
1975
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Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
1980
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Lorna, the Exorcist
1974
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The Bloody Judge
1970
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Faceless
1988
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Nightmares Come at Night
1973
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Succubus
1968
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Venus in Furs
1969
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Love Camp
1977
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Mansion of the Living Dead
1982
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Cries of Pleasure
1983
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Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
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2013
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Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
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2013
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La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
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2012
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La cripta de las condenadas
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2012
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Paula-Paula
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2010
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A Bad Day at the Cemetery
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2008
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Vampyros Lesbos
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2008
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Montes de Venus
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2006
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Snakewoman
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2005
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Jesús Franco
1930-05-12 · 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.