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Sadomania (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sadomania - Hölle der Lust
other title: Sadomania - Hölle der Lust / 虐待狂:激情的地獄
Soon after newlyweds Olga and Michel set foot on the grounds of a notorious women's prison, they're arrested by topless guards and ushered behind bars where the warden quickly dismisses Michel but demands that Olga do a little time.
The Tree from Spain (1957) [Movie] Douban IMDb
El árbol de España
director: 赫苏斯·佛朗哥 actor: Magdalena Castro / Paco de Ronda
other title: El Árbol de España / 에스파냐의 식물
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.
Exorcism (1975) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
L'Éventreur de Notre-Dame
other title: Nackte Haut und schwarzes Leder / L'Éventreur de Notre-Dame
A disturbed priest, who witness an occult ritual, thinks the people are possessed and start a private inquisition to exorcise the demons by torturing them to death.
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dracula contra Frankenstein
other title: Die Nacht der offenen Särge / Dracula prisonnier de Frankenstein
Dracula kills another innocent victim and Dr. Seward decides it's time to wipe him off the face of the earth. Armed with a hammer and a wooden stake, he arrives at Castle Dracula and duly dispatches the vampire Count. Next day, however, Dr. Frankenstein arrives with his assistant, Morpho, and a large crate containing the monster. Using the blood of a pub singer who has been abducted by his creation, the doctor brings Dracula back to life and uses him for his own ends. The Count and a female vampire continue to terrorise the town, so Dr Seward once again sets out for Castle Dracula. Unfortunately, he is attacked by the Frankenstein monster and left for dead. Amira, a gypsy, rescues him and summons up a werewolf to do battle with the forces of evil...
The House of the Lost Dolls (1974) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
La maison des filles perdues
other title: La maison des filles perdues / Das Schiff der gefangenen Frauen
A luxurious house stands in a deserted region, contrasting with its surroundings. It is a house of prostitution and its inmates are brought there against their will. One of them, Yvette, is helped to escape by Mr Gaston, a regular customer and she tells the story of her ordeal to the police.
Sex Charade (1972) [Movie] Douban TMDB
Sex Charade
director: Jesús Franco actor: Soledad Miranda / Paul Müller
other title: 性猜谜 / A comme apocalypse
The story revolves around Anne who is held hostage by an escaped maniac from an insane asylum. The fugitive forces her to tell stories to prevent her from getting help. Anne then spins a fanciful tale about a girl's escape from her imprisonment by savages and her longing to return to captivity.
Lovers of Devil's Island (1973) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
Quartier de femmes
other title: Quartier de femmes / Los amantes de la Isla del Diablo
A lawyer finds out that a young couple convicted of murder was in fact framed for the crime and goes to the prison with the hope of freeing them and learns the events that happened to the two from a fellow prisoner who helped them escape.
Burning Up Inside (1979) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb
Je brûle de partout
director: 赫苏斯·佛朗哥 actor: 苏珊·海明威 / 碧姬·莱尔
other title: 毒燎虐焰 / Je brûle de partout
The virgin daughter of an important business man is kidnapped in a nightclub by a couple working as sex slave traders aboard a ship. She, along with other abducted women, are given a drug that freezes their bodies into human statues.
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula (2002) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
other title: 杀手芭比大战德库拉 / 城堡梦魇对吸血鬼
The Killer Barbies are playing at Tivoli World, a Wild West park in Spain. Komrade Irina and Komrade Ivan Ivanovich arrive from Transylvania, bringing with them the "dead" Count Dracula to be placed on display. After hearing the Killer Barbies, however, Dracula awakens, falls in love with Silvia (who looks like Charo on a bad hair day), and decides to make her his own. Realizing that they have a vampire on their hands, park owners Pepe Morgan and Martin Fierro call in the world famous, blind vampire hunter, Dr Seward. While Seward tries to track Dracula with his nose, Dracula manages to knock off a few cast members -- a faux Dracula, Bela, an acrobot with orange hair, and both Komrades Ivan and Irina. When Dracula tries to bite Silvia during a performance, Dr Seward decides to use Silvia as bait. He sends her out walking alone. When Dracula follows, they pursue and stake him. Dracula metamorphs into a white rabbit and hops away.
The Oasis of the Living Dead (1982) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
L'Abîme des morts vivants
director: 赫苏斯·佛朗哥 actor: 曼努埃尔·热兰 / France Lomay
other title: 活死人绿洲 / L'Abîme des morts vivants
During World War II, a small German squadron was assigned the task of carrying a shipment of Nazi gold across the African desert. Along the way, the squadron was ambushed by the Allies, and only one American soldier, Robert, survived. Years later, Robert tells his story to a German treasure hunter named Kurt, who promptly murders him. Robert's son, upon learning of his father's death, vows to travel to Africa and find the lost gold himself. While the desert is hazardous enough by itself, the dangers lurking around this oasis are more than any of the treasure hunters ever imagined. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <[email protected]>
Women Without Innocence (1978) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Frauen ohne Unschuld
director: 赫苏斯·佛朗哥 actor: 莉娜·罗迈 / Nanda Van Bergen
other title: 不贞的女人们 / Frauen ohne Unschuld
Spending her holidays on the Swiss/Italian border, Margareta (Lina Romay) meets charming Sandra Mauro (Monica Swinn) and her husband. She agrees to stay in their house for the rest of her vacation, unaware that they are going to use her for smuggling diamonds over the border. There they get a little 'deeper' into knowing each other, but one night she awakens to strange noises and finds the couple brutally murdered in their living room. Margareta, deeply traumatized and unable to speak, is taken to Dr. Antonio's asylum. Antonio tries his very best to get her to speak and to reveal the events of the dreadful night. His attempts are not unselfish, since every member of the medical staff has already tried to be the first to find out where the missing diamonds are hidden. One night a mysterious black robbed person kills one of the nurses. Is this just a random attack or has somebody tried to get rid of a possible competitor. Only Margareta, who saw the killer, is able to uncover the mystery…
The Lake of the Living Dead (1981) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
Le Lac des morts vivants
director: jean rollin actor: 霍华德·沃侬 / Antonio Mayans
other title: 魔鬼湖 / Le Lac des morts vivants
Set in an unspecified French village, the locals are shocked when a group of girls skinny dipping in the nearby lake (all very tastefully done I hasten to add) are killed by a group of zombiefied Nazi soldiers, that spring up out of the waters and drag them down to their demise.
A couple of detectives are brought in to try and solve the mysterious murders, only to end up as the zombies next victims. It turns out that during the war, the French resistance ambushed and killed a squad of German soldiers and dumped the bodies into the nearby lake, but failed to take notice of any of the local superstitions (never a wise move). Although, seeing as this film appears to be set in the early 80's, why it's taken so long for them to emerge and start killing people is a bit of a mystery, but there you go.
Not-with-standing, the villagers quickly organise a lynch mob to take down the zombie menace, only to end up being decimated by the undead soldiers, who's 'convincing' zombie make-up basically consists of green paint, which doesn't even cover the whole of the actors faces and keeps washing off in the lake.
There's also a bizarre sub plot about one of the zombies visiting his former daughter, who strangely still looks all of 12 despite the fact she should be in her 40's if she was born near the end of the war, but then since when did logic ever come into these films? Such as why do their uniforms still look almost new despite being underwater for 40 years, or how come the skinny dipping girls are only knee deep in the water when viewed from the lakeside, yet appear to be swimming in 12 feet of it from the underwater shots?
Bad acting, naff zombie make-up (the aforementioned green face paint), painfully obvious underwater shots filmed in a swimming pool, not to mention the plot inconsistencies bigger than the aforementioned lake itself. Low budget doesn't even begin to describe this film, which quite unbelievably was directed by respected Eurohorror director Jean Rollin, albeit under the pseudo name J A Laser.
That's not to say the film isn't without merit. I bust a gut laughing at the thoroughly ridiculous scenes of the zombies attacking the naked young girls, and the equally ridiculous slapstick battle with the angry villagers. Utterly hilarious, grab the six pack and the popcorn and have a blast!