She Killed in Ecstasy (DVD, 1970, Remastered)

Description: Weird, funky, sensual movie - background ambient visuals (for adults/adult parties, etcc)Or... you might be a quirky movie buff.Either way - fun one to have on hand. Review:The late Jesús ‘Jess’ Franco, who passed away on April 2nd of 2013 , was among the most prolific filmmakers of all time. There are wonderfully weird diamonds mixed among the more than 200 films he directed, but there’s only maybe a dozen even a cult film fan can appreciate. His value as an eccentric artist was all but lost in a sea of pornography (both the hardcore and softcore varieties) and a cursory brand of cheap exploitation that gives cheap exploitation a bad name. Unlike other smut-peddling ‘auteurs,’ like Aristide Massaccesi (aka: Joe D’Amato) and Jean Rollin, Franco didn’t really appreciate pure horror. His disinterest is readily apparent in most of his dull and listless genre films he released throughout the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s. His attempts at zombie (Oasis of the Zombies, 1982), women in prison (Women Behind Bars, 1975), and cannibal movies (Mondo Cannibale, 1980) are among the worst the already junk-burdened subgenres have to offer. However, like his contemporaries, Franco was capable of making unique movies that endured beyond the constraints of his reputation as a purveyor of trash. She Killed in Ecstasy (German: Sie tötete in Ekstase; Spanish: Mrs. Hyde, 1971) was shot back to back with Vampyros Lesbos (1971), utilizing a lot of the same cast and crew. It’s definitely the B-side in this particular double-feature, while still being one of Franco’s more accomplished and gratifying movies. The more distinctive plot (as distinctive as a plot can be in a Jess Franco movie) was liberally borrowed from The Diabolical Dr. Z (aka: Miss Muerte, Miss Death, and Miss Death and Dr. Z in the Grip of the Maniac, 1965) and Venus in Furs (aka: Paroxismus and Black Angel, 1969), and makes a nice companion piece to those films, in addition to Vampyros Lesbos. Miranda plays the wife of a doctor who is shunned by the medical community for his unconventional tests with human fetuses. Ashamed and distraught, he cuts his wrists and bleeds out in the bathroom. Miranda swears vengeance and gets to work, seducing and murdering the four doctors she deems responsible for his suicide. Continues on genregrinder.com

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