Very few figures in the landscape of cult cinema had the polarizing effect that Jesus “Jess” Franco had. The director helmed The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962), Vampyros Lesbos (1971), A Virgin Among The Living Dead (1973), Exorcism (1974), Barbed Wire Dolls (1976), Bloody Moon (1981), and many more
Genre fans around the world mourn the loss of prolific Spanish director Jess Franco, and today we honor one of his few but memorable giallo-style films.
Since Mondo Macabro's rerelease of the newly restored Countess Perverse — presenting the original director's cut of the near-lost film for the first time — we've