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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 3, 2017 15:50:50 GMT
 "Come Face To Face With Evil"After being called up by a very worried father (Telly Savalas), private detective Sam Morgan (Chris Mitchum) sees it as his job to take on the offer to locate and bring safely back his client and old friends beautiful fashion model daughter (Caroline Munro), who has disappeared under what seems like very mysterious circumstances, in the city of Paris.
But without any solid proof or help from the local police, it is now up to Sam Morgan alone, to rely on his highly effective questioning methods, as he soon finds out that the city of Paris has a certain apetite for young, beautiful female models, and it all seem to lead up to a infamous plastic surgury clinic, owned by none other than Dr. Flamand (Helmut Berger).One of the most sleazy films that I have ever seen of Jess Franco, specially when it comes his 80s titles, and this one have become a real favorite over the years. When I first saw it, I only bought it because of the awesome DVD artwork, and I gotta say, the film does not fail to deliver. Yeah, it opens kind of like a glammy, soft-porn MTV video, with what sounds like a poor mans, George Michael doing his stuff, and it must have been like one of two songs they could afford, as they play it over and over, throughout the films run, but somehow it all kind of works brillantly to the films sleazy tone. Beside the obviously cheesy atmosphere, it really does pick up fast and offers quite an impressive role gallery, where you have perverse henchmen, sadistic nazi doctors, needles and scissors being used as all kind of cruel weapons, over-the-top acting, tits and ass and also some hilarious scenes thrown in. Easily one of the best or at certainly most entertaining films Franco did in the late 80s, and one that really lives up to the great "Euro Trash collection" which it was a part of, and released by Shriek Show. |
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Post by lostinlimbo on Mar 4, 2017 5:51:32 GMT
One of Franco's most accessible films. Maybe thanks to a better then usual budget when compared to his other work. Its sleazy and sadistic, but enjoyably so with its modern approach of "The Awful Dr. Orloff". And that cast makes it even more worthwhile.
You could say it's a good starting point for a beginner, before they take the next step. I know his films are required taste, but what are some of your favourites of Franco?
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Mar 4, 2017 7:25:49 GMT
Love this one. Fun movie with a good amount of nice gore.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 4, 2017 14:01:58 GMT
One of Franco's most accessible films. Maybe thanks to a better then usual budget when compared to his other work. Its sleazy and sadistic, but enjoyably so with its modern approach of "The Awful Dr. Orloff". And that cast makes it even more worthwhile. You could say it's a good starting point for a beginner, before they take the next step. I know his films are required taste, but what are some of your favourites of Franco? I agree that it is by far one of his more accessible titles, and a good place to begin, but I have to say that of the something like 10-15 films I have seen of his work, only 3-5 of them have ended up as being a good watch, while some of the more c-movie zombie titles, which seemed ultra low-budget, shot within a few hours, are almost unwatchable. They are not even so-bad-its-good, just horrible and incredible slow moving films, in the 2/10 type of ratings. But the man has clearly done several great ones too, and were Faceless (1987) and Jack the Ripper (1976) loved that one, with Klaus Kinski are my two favorites. |
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Post by Reynard on Mar 4, 2017 17:39:57 GMT
One of Franco's most accessible films. Maybe thanks to a better then usual budget when compared to his other work. Its sleazy and sadistic, but enjoyably so with its modern approach of "The Awful Dr. Orloff". And that cast makes it even more worthwhile. You could say it's a good starting point for a beginner, before they take the next step. I know his films are required taste, but what are some of your favourites of Franco? Franco had a short return to mainstream kind of film making with Faceless, Dark Mission and Esmeralda Bay. Faceless is the best of the bunch and it's always interesting to see Franco returning to his beloved Orloff character. Cast is a mix of "big" draw Savalas, US cult actors, few Franco regulars and Brigitte Lahaie, whom I strongly associate with Rollin's fantastic oeuvre. I haven't seen this since Shriek Show released their DVD (used to have a Dutch tape before that) but it is an entertaining and interesting film, though far from the kind of style that I love Franco for, which would be more experimental and dreamy style of Vampyros Lesbos, Les Démons, Tender and Perverse Emanuelle, Countess Perverse, Lorna the Sexorcist and Macumba Sexual. Franco is, with few exceptions like the early films and Jack the Ripper (which started out as another Orloff reworking) the kind the author that one "gets" or doesn't. Good or bad, he's always interesting in one way or another. After I really "got" his style, which definitely took some time, I have never regretted watching anything from him. |
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Post by petrolino on Mar 5, 2017 5:30:21 GMT
Enjoyable movie from Jess Franco.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Mar 5, 2017 6:11:31 GMT
One of Franco's most accessible films. Maybe thanks to a better then usual budget when compared to his other work. Its sleazy and sadistic, but enjoyably so with its modern approach of "The Awful Dr. Orloff". And that cast makes it even more worthwhile. You could say it's a good starting point for a beginner, before they take the next step. I know his films are required taste, but what are some of your favourites of Franco? Franco had a short return to mainstream kind of film making with Faceless, Dark Mission and Esmeralda Bay. Faceless is the best of the bunch and it's always interesting to see Franco returning to his beloved Orloff character. Cast is a mix of "big" draw Savalas, US cult actors, few Franco regulars and Brigitte Lahaie, whom I strongly associate with Rollin's fantastic oeuvre. I haven't seen this since Shriek Show released their DVD (used to have a Dutch tape before that) but it is an entertaining and interesting film, though far from the kind of style that I love Franco for, which would be more experimental and dreamy style of Vampyros Lesbos, Les Démons, Tender and Perverse Emanuelle, Countess Perverse, Lorna the Sexorcist and Macumba Sexual. Franco is, with few exceptions like the early films and Jack the Ripper (which started out as another Orloff reworking) the kind the author that one "gets" or doesn't. Good or bad, he's always interesting in one way or another. After I really "got" his style, which definitely took some time, I have never regretted watching anything from him.Nicely put. There's some I like, others I don't care for. His early work is well-done, but his experimental work is definitely his most interesting. Especially those dream-like films with Soledad Miranda. And also Lina Romay's 70s stuff. The Rites of Frankenstein, She Killed in Ecstasy, Lorna the Sexorcist & Female Vampire were a couple that I liked. "Night Has a Thousand Desires" is the next one I'm probably going to watch. |
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