Random FRANCO Ramblings...

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

My favorites, in no particular order (as it changes based on the mood I'm in)...

1. Doriana Grey
2. Ilsa - Wicked Warden
3. Female Vampire
4. Women in Cellblock 9
5. Barbed Wire Dolls

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

No love for Venus in Furs? That's my absolute fave of all his films. I think I must go back and watch all of my VIP discs again...

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

I've never actually seen Venus In Furs. There are a lot of his films that I haven't seen. I'm so interested in his 73-78 films I don't often care about much outside of those years. Ian keeps telling me I need to see that one though.

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

And for the record, eroticism is always Franco's intent.

[Todd Jordan Smut is good. Find all posts View Profile Close Todd Jordan]

I agree with the first three, haven't seen the other two yet on your list.

1. Doriana Grey
2. Ilsa - Wicked Warden
3. Female Vampire
4. Downtown
5. Mansion of the Living Dead

and I ordered Lorna the Exorcist and looking forward to watching that one. The man makes awesome sleaze and uses swanky jazz in way that speaks to me.

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

Haha, check out Paula-Paula if you dig the jazz scores.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Mansion of the Living Dead

This one is really dumb but I love it too. It's just got loads of atmosphere, enough so that you don't notice the absence of plot so much.

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

We can watch Franco the weekend Todd is here if RIJ allows it...

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

Mansion of the Living Dead also features a really cool location. There must be dozens of those "almost abandoned" holiday resorts all over Europe...

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Yeah, it's just really well put together from a visual stand point. The locations are killer.

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

When it started, I thought I'd hate it -- after a short while, the location and atmosphere won me over, so I ended up really liking it. But not as much as Macumba Sexual...or the much hated by many, but loved by me, Voodoo Passion.

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

Voodoo Passion??? Why do people hate that???

Maybe I should give Mansion another shot. I hated it the first time around and couldn't make it through it...

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

Voodoo Passion??? Why do people hate that???

I have no idea. But you often see the film lumped in with Franco's worst or, to use that overused quote, "lesser" films. I think it's awesome, and the leading actresses are all stunning. Plus! It has a nifty little political spin at the end. ;)

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

Karine Gambier is awesome.... she's also in Cellblock 9 which is one of my favorites and my only non-Lina favorite. She was also in Gefangen Frauen (aka Caged Women) which is amazing and deserves a thread of its own.

That's what we should make Todd watch.

That and Mad Foxes. We can make it an all out Eric Falk weekend!

[Todd Jordan Smut is good. Find all posts View Profile Close Todd Jordan]

I'm hip to it. I love watching this stuff with other people, and never get to. I'd say no one I know likes such flicks, but the truth is, it's me they don't like. It's true, ask Paul.