Jess Franco Blu-ray

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Just announced by Severin.

****NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT****

COUNT DRACULA UHD 4-DISC SET

THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE RESTORED FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE WITH 5+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDING THE DOCUMENTARY DRÁCULA BARCELONA PLUS BRUNO NICOLAI SOUNDTRACK CD AND MORE!

“A WORLD OF NIGHTMARE MADE FLESH… Jess Franco’s Dracula is a moody blend of dark passion and mystery. His creative stamp is apparent in every frame.” SexGoreMutants
In early 2023, a Madrid film archivist made a startling discovery: the uncut camera negative of COUNT DRACULA, in pristine condition and untouched for over 50 years. This gothic masterpiece from writer/director Jess Franco can now be experienced like never before, from its brilliant performances by Christopher Lee as the Count, Herbert Lom as Van Helsing, Soledad Miranda as Lucy, Maria Rohm as Mina and Klaus Kinski as Renfield to its sumptuously unnerving cinematography and eerie Bruno Nicolai score. COUNT DRACULA is newly scanned in 4K with over five total hours of Special Features, including the U.S. Premiere of Carles Prats’ 2017 documentary DRÁCULA BARCELONA, which chronicles the simultaneous filming of CUADECUC VAMPIR by Pere Portabella and Franco’s horror classic.

Disc 1: UHD (Feature + Special Features)

• Audio Commentary With Horror Historian David Del Valle And Actress Maria Rohm
• Trailer

Disc 2: Blu-ray (Feature + Special Features)

• Audio Commentary With Horror Historian David Del Valle And Actress Maria Rohm
• Illustrated 1973 Christopher Lee Audio Interview With Filmmaker Donald Glut
• Beloved Count – Interview With Director Jess Franco
• Handsome Harker – Interview With Actor Fred Williams
• An Interview With Actor Jack Taylor
• Stake Holders – An Appreciation By Filmmaker Christophe Gans
• Trailer

Disc 3: Blu-ray (Special Features)

• DRÁCULA BARCELONA – 2017 Documentary (90 mins)
• Jess Franco's BRAM STOKER’S COUNT DRACULA – Stephen Thrower On COUNT DRACULA
• In The Land Of Franco Bonus Sequence With Alain Petit And Stephen Thrower
• Alternate Title Sequences

Disc 4: Soundtrack CD

Disc Specs:

• Reversible Slipcover
• Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
• Audio: English Mono, Spanish Mono
• Closed Captions
• Regions: A/B/C
• Run Time: 97 Mins

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

From the 88 Films FB page.

"After 18 months in the restoration pipeline, we are now very, very close to finishing our 4K UHD Dolby Vision master of the great Jess Franco’s Count Dracula from the original, original negatives that were located Indiana Jones style in a temple of doom somewhere near Bucharest….. probably….. Once we’d cleaned all the blood off, the quality was startling! In fact so good, we decided it doesn’t need many extras so welcome to our amazing, budget friendly 1 disc edition, coming to very soon to DVD!"

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

This will do me nicely, I can live without all the bells and whistles of the Severin version. Interesting to note that on the latest Severin podcast they admit that they were probably lied to and supplied with an upscale for their old Blu Ray version.

[BW Haggar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BW Haggar]

This will do me nicely, I can live without all the bells and whistles of the Severin version.

Oddly, I'm kind of in the opposite position on this one; I'm absolutely not bothered about upgrading this basically-quite-half-arsed film to UHD... but I'd be very interested to check out the documentary and other new features on Severin's extra disc.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

Oddly, I'm kind of in the opposite position on this one; I'm absolutely not bothered about upgrading this basically-quite-half-arsed film to UHD... but I'd be very interested to check out the documentary and other new features on Severin's extra disc.

It wouldn't surprise me if some of it was on the 88 too. They've worked quite closely with Severin on some titles over the last couple of years. But I don't need the CD or Cuadecuc, vampir again.

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

Coming 2/6/24 from Full Moon.

-Franco Bloody Franco: Audio interview with Jess Franco (French w/English subtitles)
-Rare Photo slideshow
-Original VOODOO PASSION German trailer
-Director Franco vintage trailer reel

[fatboyslim142 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fatboyslim142]

Coming 2/6/24 from Full Moon.

-Franco Bloody Franco: Audio interview with Jess Franco (French w/English subtitles)
-Rare Photo slideshow
-Original VOODOO PASSION German trailer
-Director Franco vintage trailer reel

I bet this won't have the original German with subs. The Ascot Elite BD has the German audio but annoyingly it ONLY has Japanese subs.

[fatboyslim142 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fatboyslim142]

It wouldn't surprise me if some of it was on the 88 too. They've worked quite closely with Severin on some titles over the last couple of years. But I don't need the CD or Cuadecuc, vampir again.

You'll need to buy Cuadecuc, vampir again as it is currently the ONLY way to get the companion film on BD.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

You'll need to buy Cuadecuc, vampir again as it is currently the ONLY way to get the companion film on BD.

No I won't. Once is enough!

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

Press release!

ON SALE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY IN NORTH AMERICA!

Eurosleaze maverick Jess Franco and producer Erwin C. Dietrich (BLUE RITA) team up again for VOODOO PASSION (aka CALL OF THE BLONDE GODDESS and PORNO SHOCK), a voyeuristic, sex-soaked thriller that veers wildly between reality and fantasy.

Ada Tauler stars as Susan, who arrives in Haiti to live with her new husband Jack (Franco regular Jack Taylor), who has an apparently unhealthy, possibly incestuous relationship with his sister Olga. Lost in a fever dream of sexual delirium, Susan suddenly finds herself in a weird world of black magic, clandestine couplings and bloody voodoo rituals, all the while her possibly sinister housekeeper (Muriel Motosse) looks on lustfully.

VOODOO PASSION is another erotic arthouse Franco triumph. The film also stars Eurocult superstar Karine Gambier and features a groovy score by Walter Baumgartner (Franco’s JACK THE RIPPER) and is presented here fully uncut and remastered in stunning HD from Dietrich’s original negative.

Grab your copy NOW exclusively from our sexy sister site FULL MOON DIRECT for only $21.95! And explore the entire smokin' hot FMD library while you're at it!

[Vincent Dawn Jr Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Vincent Dawn Jr]

Despite the fact that Ada Tauler and Karine Gambier are both smokin' hot, I always thought this film was a bit of a let down. All the gyrating around the campfire to the sounds of voodoo drums gets boring. Should have made it a hardcore film.

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Coming soon from Blue Underground.

[Jason C Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jason C]

I knew I should have held off on the 88 Films release of Bloody Judge

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

I'm content with the 88 release. If it ever appears in a sale I might upgrade, but I prefer Franco's looser improvisations.

[mjeon Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mjeon]

Shining Sex has been released in 4K in Germany by Donau Film. Now there's some gratuitous Lina nudity.