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Jesús Franco‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1930-05-12

Popularity

star6.9

Jesús Franco

Madrid, Spain

Jesús Franco

Madrid, Spain

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1930-05-12

Popularity

star6.9

Biography

Jesús "Jess" Franco was a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England. Though he had some American box office success with Necronomicon, his first women-in-prison film Ninety-Nine Women, and his two Christopher Lee films, The Bloody Judge and Count Dracula, he never achieved wide commercial success. Franco moved from Spain to France in 1970 so that he could make more violent and sexual films, and it was at this point that his career began to go downhill commercially, as he turned to low-budget filmmaking with a heavier accent on adult-oriented films. Although he produced a few well-received, low budget horror films in the early 70's, many people in the industry considered him a porn director due to the huge number of X-rated adult films he began churning out. Franco returned to low-budget horror in a brief comeback period from 1980-1983, but after 1983, his career took a second downturn. With the exception of Faceless and Killer Barbies, his films after 1984 are quite disliked and obscure due to their incredibly low budgets. Franco has nevertheless retained a large cult following through the years with his sexually-charged horror films, some of which are regarded as masterpieces by his avid followers.

Movie Credits

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein‌
star5.3
calendar 1973

The Castle of Fu Manchu

The Castle of Fu Manchu‌
star3.7
calendar 1969

The Devil Came from Akasava

The Devil Came from Akasava‌
star4.8
calendar 1971

Count Dracula

Count Dracula‌
star5.8
calendar 1970

The Corpse Packs His Bags

The Corpse Packs His Bags‌
star5.3
calendar 1972

Vampire Blues

Vampire Blues‌
star3.8
calendar 1999

Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie

Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie‌
star7.8
calendar 2002

Journey into Perversion

Journey into Perversion‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

The Diabolical Dr. Z

The Diabolical Dr. Z‌
star5.8
calendar 1966

Falks Frauen

Falks Frauen‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess

Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess‌
star6.5
calendar 2021

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell‌
star1.2
calendar 1999

She Killed in Ecstasy

She Killed in Ecstasy‌
star5.4
calendar 1971

Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs‌
star5.3
calendar 1969

Dr. Orloff's Monster

Dr. Orloff's Monster‌
star4.5
calendar 1964

Succubus

Succubus‌
star5.5
calendar 1968

Attack of the Robots

Attack of the Robots‌
star5.1
calendar 1966

Eugenie de Sade

Eugenie de Sade‌
star5.7
calendar 1973

Kiss Me Killer

Kiss Me Killer‌
star4.3
calendar 1977

Barbed Wire Dolls

Barbed Wire Dolls‌
star4.7
calendar 1976

Night of the Skull

Night of the Skull‌
star6.2
calendar 1974

Female Vampire

Female Vampire‌
star4.4
calendar 1973

The Sinister Doctor Orloff

The Sinister Doctor Orloff‌
star4.4
calendar 1984

The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse

The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse‌
star5.7
calendar 1972

Take-Away Spirit

Take-Away Spirit‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Jailhouse Wardress

Jailhouse Wardress‌
star3.7
calendar 1981

Sex Is Crazy

Sex Is Crazy‌
star5.7
calendar 1981

The Girl from Rio

The Girl from Rio‌
star4.6
calendar 1969

Vampyros Lesbos

Vampyros Lesbos‌
star5.8
calendar 1971

Downtown

Downtown‌
star5.7
calendar 1975

Women Behind Bars

Women Behind Bars‌
star4.5
calendar 1975

Exorcism

Exorcism‌
star4.6
calendar 1975

Sadomania

Sadomania‌
star5.2
calendar 1981

Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong

Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong‌
star3.0
calendar 1985

Midnight Party

Midnight Party‌
star5.2
calendar 1976

Death Karate in Torremolinos

Death Karate in Torremolinos‌
star5.3
calendar 2003

Eugenie

Eugenie‌
star4.6
calendar 1970

Celestine

Celestine‌
star5.7
calendar 1974

Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies

Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies‌
star2.7
calendar 2013

La cripta de las condenadas

La cripta de las condenadas‌
star3.1
calendar 2012

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves‌
star3.6
calendar 1972

Slaves

Slaves‌
star5.1
calendar 1977

La última película de Jess Franco

La última película de Jess Franco‌
star6.0
calendar 2013

Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote

Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote‌
star5.5
calendar 2000

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac‌
star5.2
calendar 1973

The Rhythm of Jess

The Rhythm of Jess‌
star5.5
calendar 2013

Macumba Sexual

Macumba Sexual‌
star5.2
calendar 1983

Call Him Jess

Call Him Jess‌
star7.0
calendar 2000

Bloody Moon

Bloody Moon‌
star5.0
calendar 1981

Call Me Jess Redux

Call Me Jess Redux‌
star4.6
calendar 2014

On the Threshold to Another World

On the Threshold to Another World‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

Marquis de Sade: Justine

Marquis de Sade: Justine‌
star5.2
calendar 1969

Strange Voyage

Strange Voyage‌
star7.3
calendar 1964

White Cannibal Queen

White Cannibal Queen‌
star4.5
calendar 1980

A Crack for Two

A Crack for Two‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Vampir Cuadecuc

Vampir Cuadecuc‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

En busca del dragón dorado

En busca del dragón dorado‌
star4.4
calendar 1983

Dolls for Sale

Dolls for Sale‌
star4.4
calendar 1973

The Blues of Pop Street

The Blues of Pop Street‌
star4.9
calendar 1983

Blood on My Shoes

Blood on My Shoes‌
star5.8
calendar 1983

Les emmerdeuses

Les emmerdeuses‌
star3.5
calendar 1976

Girl with the Red Lips

Girl with the Red Lips‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa

El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa‌
star6.0
calendar 1992

Los profundos sueños de Jennifer

Los profundos sueños de Jennifer‌
star7.0
calendar 2013

The Sadist of Notre Dame

The Sadist of Notre Dame‌
star5.3
calendar 1979

Kiss Me Monster

Kiss Me Monster‌
star4.6
calendar 1969

Shining Sex

Shining Sex‌
star4.0
calendar 1976

The Night Of Open Sex

The Night Of Open Sex‌
star4.0
calendar 1983

Your Caresses

Your Caresses‌
star4.6
calendar 1969

The Blood of Fu Manchu

The Blood of Fu Manchu‌
star4.5
calendar 1968

Red Venice

Red Venice‌
star5.2
calendar 2003

The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff‌
star4.6
calendar 1973

Revenge of the Alligator Ladies

Revenge of the Alligator Ladies‌
star4.7
calendar 2013

Debris Documentar

Debris Documentar‌
star5.2
calendar 2012

Flesh Eating Mothers

Flesh Eating Mothers‌
star4.7
calendar 1988

Lucky, the Inscrutable

Lucky, the Inscrutable‌
star4.4
calendar 1967

Justine and the Whip

Justine and the Whip‌
star4.9
calendar 1979

Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre

Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!

See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

Night Has a Thousand Desires

Night Has a Thousand Desires‌
star4.1
calendar 1984

Camino solitario

Camino solitario‌
star3.9
calendar 1984

Black Boots, Leather Whip

Black Boots, Leather Whip‌
star4.8
calendar 1983

The Hot Nights of Linda

The Hot Nights of Linda‌
star3.1
calendar 1975

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days‌
star6.6
calendar 1956

Esa cosa con plumas

Esa cosa con plumas‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Tío Jess

Tío Jess‌
star5.0
calendar 2012

Jesús Franco, manera de vivir

Jesús Franco, manera de vivir‌
star6.0
calendar 2007

Drácula Barcelona

Drácula Barcelona‌
star5.8
calendar 2017

Two Undercover Angels

Two Undercover Angels‌
star4.9
calendar 1969

The Well

The Well‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Idoru

Idoru‌
star5.0
calendar 2009

Martes de Carnaval

Martes de Carnaval‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

99 Women

99 Women‌
star5.3
calendar 1969

Queridos monstruos

Queridos monstruos‌
star5.5
calendar 2014

Ban the Sadist Videos!

Ban the Sadist Videos!‌
star6.9
calendar 2005

Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert

Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert‌
star3.7
calendar 2015

Coffins of Light

Coffins of Light‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Por la gracia de Luis

Por la gracia de Luis‌
star5.0
calendar 2009

What a Honeymoon

What a Honeymoon‌
star5.7
calendar 1980

El misterio del castillo rojo

El misterio del castillo rojo‌
star2.0
calendar 1973

Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror

Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror‌
star6.0
calendar 2014

Esmeralda Bay

Esmeralda Bay‌
star4.4
calendar 1989

Attack of the Robots

Attack of the Robots‌
star5.1
calendar 1966

Jesús in Furs

Jesús in Furs‌
star6.0
calendar 2005

Wild Session

Wild Session‌
star6.9
calendar 2019

Daughter of Dracula

Daughter of Dracula‌
star4.2
calendar 1972

Greta, the Mad Butcher

Greta, the Mad Butcher‌
star4.7
calendar 1977

The Awful Dr. Orlof

The Awful Dr. Orlof‌
star5.9
calendar 1962

A Virgin Among the Living Dead

A Virgin Among the Living Dead‌
star4.9
calendar 1973

Ladies House of Pleasure

Ladies House of Pleasure‌
star3.2
calendar 1976

Bahia Blanca

Bahia Blanca‌
star5.4
calendar 1984

Residence for Spies

Residence for Spies‌
star4.5
calendar 1966

Death Whistles the Blues

Death Whistles the Blues‌
star4.4
calendar 1964

Lilian, the Perverted Virgin

Lilian, the Perverted Virgin‌
star5.9
calendar 1984

Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler

Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler‌
star5.5
calendar 2008

Anna Said Yes

Anna Said Yes‌
star5.3
calendar 1958

Bloody Jess

Bloody Jess‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

Perversion Stories

Perversion Stories‌
star0.0
calendar 2002

Beloved Count

Beloved Count‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

White Skin Black Thighs

White Skin Black Thighs‌
star4.8
calendar 1976

X312 - Flight to Hell

X312 - Flight to Hell‌
star4.2
calendar 1971

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada 'S'

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada 'S'‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Demoniac

Demoniac‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Tv Credits

Eurotika!

Eurotika!‌
star8.0
calendar 1999