Eurotika! — Season 1, Episode 2: The Diabolical Mr. Franco
Documentary • 24 min • 1 season, 12 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
The Diabolical Mr. Franco explores the life and times of Jess Franco, the creator of the first Spanish porn films. His more than 200 films include Vampyros Lesbos, about a mysterious countess who lures young women back to her castle, and Necronomicon, adapted from a medieval book on the occult. The film includes interviews with Monica Swinn, Jess Franco, Michel Lemoine, Daniel Lesoeur, and Nigel Wingrove.
About Eurotika!
Eurotika is a Channel 4 documentary film on European exploitation cinema. The documentary is similarly themed to Pete Tombs's book Immoral Tales: European Sex and Horror Movies 1956-1984. During the 1960s and 1970s, European low-budget films went kinky, emerging as a new type of cinema that blended eroticism, surrealism, horror, and over-the-top atmospherics.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Virgins And Vampires
- E3Blood And Black Lace: The Italian Horror
- E4From Barcelona To Turnbridge Wells
- E5French Blue
- E6Jose Benazeraf: A Life In Four Chapters
- E7So Sweet, So Perverse
- E8Strange Behaviour
- E9Is There A Doctor In The House?
- E10I Am A Nymphomaniac
- E11Blood And Sand
- E12The Blood Beast: The Films Of Michael Reeves