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Originally Posted by Demoncrat  Great reviews Dem!!
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Women in Cellblock 9 (GG)
Hands up, this I hadn't seen previously, so whilst the print looks reasonably clear....not as outherelikepluto as Wicked Women nor as grim as Barbed Wire Dolls, the rewatch is in the schedule!! |
COUNT DRACULA (1970) is my favorite of Franco's films, if only because of Christopher Lee's amazing performance. I understand he did his own costume and makeup and provided his own dialog right out of the book. He finds a whole new energy to play on than we'd seen him do before. He
is Dracula in the film, really feeling his emotional business. Franco was the only director to give Lee a chance to do that. I had seen
CASTLE OF FU MANCHU in a theater and a few of Franco's films on vhs and found them so inept I didn't want to see anymore. Three decades pass. Then a friend made me watch
Women in Cellblock 9 (1977) and I got it. I began to "get" Franco. Now I have 90 of his films, and everytime a new blu-ray comes out, I upgrade.