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• Vampyros Lesbos | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Beyond being Jess Franco's masterpiece, Vampyros Lesbos is a highpoint of the lesbian vampire film genre. Like Daughters of Darkness, The Vampire Lovers, and the New Wave vampire film, The Hunger, Vampyros features an extremely hot vampire, Countess Nadina Carody (Soledad Miranda), who dances at strip clubs in her spare time. In a brutally sexy opening scene, Miranda hypnotically seduces audience member Linda Westinghouse (Ewa Strömberg), calling her to her castle in Anatolia, on business from which Westinghouse never returns. Linda's boyfriend, Omar (Andrés Monales), eventually finds Linda institutionalized, cared for by one Dr. Seward. The characters in Vampyros Lesbos are foils for the cast of Bram Stoker's Dracula, in radical opposition to the traditional, clichéd horror film stereotypes. Psychedelic moments, like when Linda is seduced by the Queen of the Night, recall the grainy, erotic scenes of Jean Rollin's Requiem Pour Un Vampire, and Le Frisson Des Vampires. To dwell on the convoluted plot is clearly missing the point. With arguably the best horror movie soundtrack every released, Vampyros Lesbos revels in the sultry aspects of vampirism, resulting in long, romantic sequences of nude women playing in ocean waves, lying on chaise lounges, and making out in bed. Franco's other films, like She Killed in Ecstasy and Venus in Furs, serve as sequels, so see this first. In fact, see this film period. --Trinie Dalton

• She Killed in Ecstasy | DVD | (28/10/2016) from £9.85   |  Saving you £3.14 (31.88%)   |  RRP £12.99

  For his follow-up to VAMPYROS LESBOS, writer/director Jess Franco delivered perhaps his most twisted shocker of the ˜70s: In what fans and critics consider to be her greatest role, the luscious Soledad Miranda in one of her final performances before her tragic death stars as the vengeful widow who seduces then murders the men and women responsible for her husband's suicide. Howard Vernon (THE AWFUL DR. ORLOFF), Paul Muller (BARBED WIRE DOLLS), Ewa Strömberg (VAMPYROS LESBOS) and Jess himself co-star in this EuroCult classic featuring another epic sexadelic lounge score by Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab now remastered in HD and featuring all-new Extras. It's Franco at his perversely erotic best, like you've never seen or heard it before! Jess Killed In Ecstasy Interview with Director Jess Franco Sublime Soledad Interview with Soledad Miranda Historian Amy Brown Stephen Thrower on She Killed in Ecstasy Interview with the author of Murderous Passions The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco Paul Muller on Jess Franco interview with the frequent Franco star Original German trailer

• Vampyros Lesbos | Blu Ray | (30/11/2015) from £12.45   |  Saving you £3.54 (28.43%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Beyond being Jess Franco's masterpiece, Vampyros Lesbos is a highpoint of the lesbian vampire film genre. Like Daughters of Darkness, The Vampire Lovers, and the New Wave vampire film, The Hunger, Vampyros features an extremely hot vampire, Countess Nadina Carody (Soledad Miranda), who dances at strip clubs in her spare time. In a brutally sexy opening scene, Miranda hypnotically seduces audience member Linda Westinghouse (Ewa Strömberg), calling her to her castle in Anatolia, on business from which Westinghouse never returns. Linda's boyfriend, Omar (Andrés Monales), eventually finds Linda institutionalized, cared for by one Dr. Seward. The characters in Vampyros Lesbos are foils for the cast of Bram Stoker's Dracula, in radical opposition to the traditional, clichéd horror film stereotypes. Psychedelic moments, like when Linda is seduced by the Queen of the Night, recall the grainy, erotic scenes of Jean Rollin's Requiem Pour Un Vampire, and Le Frisson Des Vampires. To dwell on the convoluted plot is clearly missing the point. With arguably the best horror movie soundtrack every released, Vampyros Lesbos revels in the sultry aspects of vampirism, resulting in long, romantic sequences of nude women playing in ocean waves, lying on chaise lounges, and making out in bed. Franco's other films, like She Killed in Ecstasy and Venus in Furs, serve as sequels, so see this first. In fact, see this film period. --Trinie Dalton

• Vampyros Lesbos | DVD | (27/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Soledad Miranda plays the countess Nadine who lures people back to her island for vampire enslavement and a bit of necro-nookie. Naughty Nadine also has a liking for female flesh and blood as does the clinical camera work. This epic of sleaze is accompanied by the easy listening soundtrack sensation of the century !

• She Killed in Ecstasy | Blu Ray | (30/11/2015) from £12.45   |  Saving you £3.54 (28.43%)   |  RRP £15.99

  For his follow-up to VAMPYROS LESBOS, writer/director Jess Franco delivered perhaps his most twisted shocker of the ˜70s: In what fans and critics consider to be her greatest role, the luscious Soledad Miranda in one of her final performances before her tragic death stars as the vengeful widow who seduces then murders the men and women responsible for her husband's suicide. Howard Vernon (THE AWFUL DR. ORLOFF), Paul Muller (BARBED WIRE DOLLS), Ewa Strömberg (VAMPYROS LESBOS) and Jess himself co-star in this EuroCult classic featuring another epic sexadelic lounge score by Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab now remastered in HD and featuring all-new Extras. It's Franco at his perversely erotic best, like you've never seen or heard it before! Extras: Jess Killed In Ecstasy Interview with Director Jess Franco Sublime Soledad Interview with Soledad Miranda Historian Amy Brown Stephen Thrower on She Killed in Ecstasy Interview with the author of Murderous Passions The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco Paul Muller on Jess Franco interview with the frequent Franco star Original German trailer Cast and Crew: Soledad Miranda, Ewa Stromberg, Howard Vernon, Paul Muller Jess Franco (director) Awards and Reviews: Stunning. A superior slice of eroticism The Spinning Image Truly shows what a creative genius Franco can be when at the top of his form Classic Horror

• SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY | Blu Ray | (12/05/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A