Jesús Franco

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.

Crew

All Art Camera Costume & Make-Up Crew Directing Editing Production Sound Writing

Chimes at Midnight

Department Directing

Job Second Unit Director

Average Rating

7.2

231 votes

Release Date

Dec 22, 1965

61 years ago
Vampyros Lesbos

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.7

143 votes

Release Date

Jul 15, 1971

55 years ago
Count Dracula

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.8

118 votes

Release Date

Apr 03, 1970

56 years ago
Death of a Cyclist

Department Directing

Job Assistant Director

Average Rating

7.1

107 votes

Release Date

Sep 07, 1955

71 years ago
Greta, the Mad Butcher

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.6

80 votes

Release Date

Jan 21, 1977

49 years ago
The Hot Nights of Linda

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.1

73 votes

Release Date

Jul 16, 1975

51 years ago
A Virgin Among the Living Dead

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.8

69 votes

Release Date

Nov 15, 1973

53 years ago
Bloody Moon

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.9

67 votes

Release Date

Mar 27, 1981

45 years ago
Female Vampire

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.4

66 votes

Release Date

Jun 05, 1973

53 years ago
Faceless

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.7

62 votes

Release Date

Jan 31, 1988

38 years ago
Call of the Blonde Goddess

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.6

61 votes

Release Date

Dec 09, 1977

49 years ago
Marquis de Sade: Justine

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.0

61 votes

Release Date

Apr 03, 1969

57 years ago
Barbed Wire Dolls

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.6

58 votes

Release Date

Apr 22, 1976

50 years ago
99 Women

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.3

55 votes

Release Date

Mar 05, 1969

57 years ago
Venus in Furs

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.2

54 votes

Release Date

Aug 19, 1969

57 years ago
Oasis of the Zombies

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.2

52 votes

Release Date

Apr 20, 1982

44 years ago
Jack the Ripper

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.8

52 votes

Release Date

Sep 23, 1976

50 years ago
Eugenie

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.8

52 votes

Release Date

Feb 20, 1970

56 years ago
The Castle of Fu Manchu

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.6

51 votes

Release Date

May 29, 1969

57 years ago
The Bloody Judge

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.9

46 votes

Release Date

Feb 05, 1970

57 years ago
Sadomania

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.0

45 votes

Release Date

Mar 27, 1981

45 years ago
She Killed in Ecstasy

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.1

43 votes

Release Date

Dec 10, 1971

55 years ago
The Awful Dr. Orlof

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.8

43 votes

Release Date

May 14, 1962

64 years ago
Women in Cellblock 9

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.8

41 votes

Release Date

Mar 17, 1978

48 years ago
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.1

41 votes

Release Date

Jun 21, 1973

53 years ago
Eugenie de Sade

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.4

40 votes

Release Date

Apr 05, 1973

53 years ago
The Girl from Rio

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.7

40 votes

Release Date

Mar 14, 1969

57 years ago
Devil Hunter

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.4

40 votes

Release Date

Dec 05, 1980

46 years ago
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.7

39 votes

Release Date

Mar 10, 1977

49 years ago
Sexy Sisters

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.6

36 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 1977

49 years ago
The Blood of Fu Manchu

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.2

34 votes

Release Date

Aug 23, 1968

58 years ago
Macumba Sexual

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.0

34 votes

Release Date

Oct 20, 1983

43 years ago
The Perverse Countess

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.5

34 votes

Release Date

Dec 10, 1975

51 years ago
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.7

33 votes

Release Date

Oct 17, 1972

54 years ago
The Diabolical Dr. Z

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.5

33 votes

Release Date

Aug 01, 1966

60 years ago
Downtown

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.5

32 votes

Release Date

Aug 28, 1975

51 years ago
The Demons

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.1

32 votes

Release Date

Feb 05, 1973

53 years ago
White Cannibal Queen

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.3

31 votes

Release Date

Sep 15, 1980

46 years ago
Mansion of the Living Dead

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.1

30 votes

Release Date

Nov 18, 1982

44 years ago
Doriana Grey

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.2

30 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1976

51 years ago
Love Camp

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.7

30 votes

Release Date

Oct 13, 1977

49 years ago
Erotic Symphony

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.4

29 votes

Release Date

Mar 31, 1980

46 years ago
Blue Rita

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.6

29 votes

Release Date

Jul 08, 1977

49 years ago
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.0

28 votes

Release Date

May 31, 1973

53 years ago
Succubus

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.2

28 votes

Release Date

Apr 19, 1968

58 years ago
Golden Temple Amazons

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.1

28 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1986

40 years ago
Exorcism

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.4

28 votes

Release Date

Aug 25, 1975

51 years ago
Vampire Killer Barbys

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.0

28 votes

Release Date

May 22, 1996

30 years ago
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.6

27 votes

Release Date

Jun 03, 1983

43 years ago
The Story of Linda

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.8

26 votes

Release Date

May 29, 1981

45 years ago
Cecilia

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.1

26 votes

Release Date

May 18, 1983

43 years ago
The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.1

25 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1982

44 years ago
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.9

25 votes

Release Date

Jun 15, 1962

64 years ago
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.1

25 votes

Release Date

May 01, 1980

46 years ago
Sex Is Crazy

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.5

24 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1981

45 years ago
Women Behind Bars

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.2

24 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1975

52 years ago
The Other Side of the Mirror

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.9

24 votes

Release Date

Sep 24, 1973

53 years ago
Celestine

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.5

24 votes

Release Date

Oct 16, 1974

52 years ago
Lorna, the Exorcist

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.8

23 votes

Release Date

Dec 18, 1974

52 years ago
Shining Sex

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.9

23 votes

Release Date

Aug 21, 1976

50 years ago
Women Without Innocence

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.2

21 votes

Release Date

Feb 09, 1978

48 years ago
Slaves

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.0

21 votes

Release Date

Apr 15, 1977

49 years ago
The Devil Came from Akasava

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.4

20 votes

Release Date

Mar 05, 1971

55 years ago
Dr. Orloff's Monster

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.4

20 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1964

63 years ago
Night of the Skull

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.0

20 votes

Release Date

Sep 29, 1974

52 years ago
How to Seduce a Virgin

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.9

20 votes

Release Date

Jun 19, 1974

52 years ago
Daughter of Dracula

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.9

20 votes

Release Date

Dec 14, 1972

54 years ago
Night Has a Thousand Desires

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.1

19 votes

Release Date

Mar 05, 1984

42 years ago
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.2

18 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1973

54 years ago
The House of Lost Women

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.3

18 votes

Release Date

Jun 30, 1983

43 years ago
Lust for Frankenstein

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

2.6

17 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1998

28 years ago
The Sexual Story of O

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.9

17 votes

Release Date

Sep 20, 1984

42 years ago
Kiss Me Monster

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.2

17 votes

Release Date

Mar 28, 1969

57 years ago
Bahia Blanca

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.1

17 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1984

42 years ago
Cries of Pleasure

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.9

16 votes

Release Date

Sep 23, 1983

43 years ago
Midnight Party

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.9

16 votes

Release Date

Jan 23, 1976

50 years ago
Two Undercover Angels

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.6

16 votes

Release Date

Mar 28, 1969

57 years ago
Burning Up Inside

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.8

16 votes

Release Date

Apr 11, 1979

47 years ago
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.9

15 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1973

54 years ago
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.6

15 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1980

46 years ago
The Sadist of Notre Dame

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.8

15 votes

Release Date

Jun 15, 1979

47 years ago
Angel of Death

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.1

14 votes

Release Date

Jul 23, 1985

41 years ago
Paula-Paula

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.9

14 votes

Release Date

Feb 01, 2010

16 years ago
Thong Girls

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.1

14 votes

Release Date

Apr 09, 1987

39 years ago
The Night Of Open Sex

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.8

14 votes

Release Date

Feb 23, 1983

43 years ago
Attack of the Robots

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.1

13 votes

Release Date

Apr 27, 1966

60 years ago
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.2

13 votes

Release Date

Aug 18, 1988

38 years ago
Lucky, the Inscrutable

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.4

13 votes

Release Date

Jun 23, 1967

59 years ago
Girls in the Night Traffic

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.6

13 votes

Release Date

Jul 13, 1976

50 years ago
The Corpse Packs His Bags

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.9

12 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1972

54 years ago
Revenge in the House of Usher

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.2

12 votes

Release Date

Mar 23, 1983

43 years ago
Kiss Me Killer

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.8

12 votes

Release Date

Mar 31, 1977

49 years ago
Tender Flesh

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

2.9

12 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1997

29 years ago
Death Whistles the Blues

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.5

12 votes

Release Date

Jul 04, 1964

62 years ago
White Skin Black Thighs

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.5

12 votes

Release Date

Jul 29, 1976

50 years ago
Pick-Up Girls

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.3

12 votes

Release Date

Sep 27, 1981

45 years ago
Jailhouse Wardress

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

3.3

11 votes

Release Date

Aug 05, 1981

45 years ago
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

5.9

11 votes

Release Date

Jun 25, 1984

42 years ago
Lovers of Devil's Island

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.9

11 votes

Release Date

Oct 25, 1973

53 years ago
Nightmares Come at Night

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

4.1

11 votes

Release Date

May 26, 1970

56 years ago

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