Description
Jess Franco was once a director, cinematographer, creator, composer, editor, producer and actor in more than 150 fiercely independent films he comprised of 1959 to 2013. Born in Madrid, Spain, he was once declared some of the dangerous filmmakers by the Spanish Catholic Church. He was once also some of the prolific directors of Spanish cinema. His underground classics include Christina, Princess of Eroticism, Vampyros Lesbos, Daughter of Dracula, Tender Flesh, The Awful Dr. Orloff, Venus in Furs, Marquis de Sade s Justine, Revenge within the House of Usher and lots of others. Kristofer Upjohn celebrates Jess Franco in a number of essays that examines his individual movies for the first time not just an artistic viewpoint but also with a subtextual psychological analysis as well from Count Dracula and Jack the Ripper, the entire method to The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein and Countess Perverse. There has never been a low budget maestro like Jess Franco.