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Is Jess Franco a perv??


Ok, I watched this film and was looking forward to it.But I was greatly dispointed, other than Christopher Lee and the musical score by Bruno Nicolai, I found it to be rather trashy,the character of Mary gets more screen time than the judge who the film is named after.
Also it follows Mary from one groping man to the next, a dungeon of naked tortured women, Mary makes an out of character display by licking the naked body of another female prisoner much to the delight of their captors. It seemed more of a porno than anything else, Now Judge Jeffries was not the sweetest man in the world but a much more multi-faceted character than the horn dog this film portrayed him as.
I can useually see the bigger picture, but asking me to buy into S&M in the guise of historical drama is an insult.

I tried to give Franco another chance, by watching " The blood of Fu Manchu" yet again I see a dungeon of naked women being tortured by grunting men.

I have watched both documentaries for these films,so I know that Christopher Lee isn't cool with gratuitous scenes of sexual violence. But he obviously has faith in Franco. So there must be a redeeming movie by him out there. Does anyone know of one? Because he just a perv in my book.

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Is no one brave enough to oppose me??!!!!

Or has no one seen the movie?

Yeah thats probably it...

sigh

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What do you mean "just" a perv? He's a grand perv, a mighty perv, a majestic perv, a magnificent perv!

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Are u being silly?

If not, help me understand cause so far, I think he's icky.

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watch any movie he made post-1980 and you will have your delightful answer


Lee's Daniel's' THe Butler'

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I enjoyed The Blood of Fu Manchu actually. But I do think that Lee overrates Franco's directing abilities. Franco has some kind of obsession with sex and violence, and it really doesn't fit in with this film.

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What The Diabolical Dr Z and Succubus.
Then you'll see what a great director he could be.

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He does seem to like his boobs, doesn't he?! The part where he had Mary making out with the dead corpse seemed a bit much, I have to say.

"Hey! Ladies! That was fun!"

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Actually the woman wasn't a corpse. She's hanging there naked exhausted from the torture, but she's clearly alive.

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Plus, there was an hell of a lot of nudity considering it's a PG rating, may want to think about re-rating it, if that's even possible. Hey I liked the nude scenes, don't get me wrong I just think it qualifies for an r-rating

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