Jess Franco is considered one of the masters of Spanish horror films. Starting in the 1960s, often with ridiculous production budgets, he directed almost 200 films that were principally shown in local cinemas. A poet of erotica, he is a crazy but inspired experimenter who likes to express his personal vision of Sade's work in his films and to assemble long and fascinating erotic sequences completely detached from the narrative.

Featured Works:

Tenemos 18 años (1959); Opération lèvres rouges (1960); La Reina del Tabarín (1960); Gritos en la noche (1961); La Mano de un hombre muerto (1962); Operation Sexy (1962); Le Jaguar (1963); Rififí en la ciudad (1963); El Secreto del Dr. Orloff (1964); Campanadas a medianoche (Falstaff, Jess Franco and Orson Welles, 1965); Miss Muerte (Dans les griffes du maniaque, 1965); Attack of the Robots (Cartes sur table, 1966); The Blood of Fu-Manchu (1967); Ça barde chez les mignonnes (1967); Kiss Me Monster (1967); Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden (1967); Rote Lippen, Sadisterotica (1967); Les Brûlantes (1968); The Castle of Fu-Manchu (1968); Les Infortunes de la vertu (1968); Cuadecuc, vampir (Pere Portabella, 1969); Les Inassouvies (1969); Les Nuits de Dracula (1969); Le Trône de feu (1969); Venus in Furs (1969); Les Cauchemars naissent la nuit (1970); Crimes dans l'extase (1970); Eugénie (1970, pictured); Among the Living Dead (Christina, princesse de l'érotisme, 1971); Vampiros Lesbos (1971); Les Démons du sexe (1972); Drácula contra Frankenstein (1972); Les Ébranlées (1972); Les Expériences érotiques de Frankenstein (1972); La Fille de Dracula (1972); Los Ojos siniestros del doctor Orloff (1972); Quartier de femmes (1972); Al otro lado del espejo (1973); Amazon Golden (Temple Maciste contre la reine des Amazones, 1973); La Comtesse aux seins nus (1973); La Comtesse perverse (1973); Des Frissons sur la peau (1973); Les Gloutonnes (1973); Les Nuits brûlantes de Linda (1973); How to Seduce a Virgin (Plaisir à trois, 1974); Femmes en cage (1975); Les Putains de la ville basse (1975); Shining Sex (1975); Lettres d'amour d'une nonne portugaise (1976); Midnight Party (1976); Le Portrait de Doriana Gray (1976); Jack l'éventreur (1976); Blue Rita (1977); Camp érotique (1977); Le Cri d'amour de la déesse blonde (1977); Deux soeurs vicieuses (1977); Frauen für Zellenblock 9 (1977); Le Pénitencier des femmes perverses (1977); Le Sadique de Notre-Dame (1979);Revenge in the House of Usher (1982); Faceless (1988); Don Quijote par Orson Welles (1992); Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell (1998); Vampire Blues (1999); Vampire Junction (2001); Killer Barbys vs. Dracula (2002); Snake Woman (2005); La Crypte des femmes maudites (2008)

Program information:

Jess Franco: Fragments of an Impossible Filmography