A collection of Franco sexy shockers hits DVD this August !

Four sexy shockers from Anchor Bay and Jess Franco !

Sadomania:
FRANCO'S PREVIOUSLY BANNED CLASSIC COMES TO DVD IN THE UK !
One of director Jess Franco's several entries (along with "Barbed Wire Dolls" and "Love Camp" to name just two) in the "caged women" genre, SADOMANIA is, perhaps, one of the most controversial and notorious films ever made by the master of superlative art-house sexploitation cinema.
Taking his inspiration from his favourite graphically explicit Italian adult comic books, Franco pulls out all the stops for a shocking tale of a newly wed young woman, Tara (played by beautiful Playboy centrefold Ursula Fellner), who is thrust into the living hell of a brutal women's prison camp run by the sadistic Magda Urtado (the stunning transsexual porn star Ajita Wilson). Lesbian lust, extreme violence, sexual depravity and bestial perversion (including a shocking rape committed by a dog!) are the order of the day for Franco's jaw-dropping erotic thriller that in 1994 was banned by the BBFC.

Now, Franco fans can judge this outrageous film for themselves as Anchor Bay UK release this lost classic on DVD as part of The Official Jess Franco Collection. Presented in its original theatrical aspect ration (1.66:1), the film comes complete with an all-new featurette including an exclusive, no-holds barred interview with the director. In all the annals of exploitation cinema, there has never been anything quite like Jess Franco's SADOMANIA. SADOMANIA (cert. 18) will be released on DVD (£14.99) by Anchor Bay UK on 22nd August 2005. Special Features include Sadomania featurette (including interview with director Jess Franco), English trailer, Spanish trailer, Jess Franco biography, Ajita Wilson biography, stills gallery, original Dolby 2.0 mono plus optional 5.1 Surround and DTS audio, English subtitles for the hard of hearing and scene selection. 'Sadomania' is out to pre-order via AmazonUK in the UK and available now in the US via Amazon.

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Succubus:
THE SENSUAL EXPERIENCE OF 69
Once declared by the Catholic Church to be one of the most dangerous filmmakers alive, the controversial and highly prolific Spanish director Jess Franco (Vampyros Lesbos; Venus In Furs) gained his infamous reputation as the auteur of a seemingly endless series of low budget exploitation films. Now, one of Franco's most famous and revered works, SUCCUBUS is coming to DVD as part of Anchor Bay UK's Official Jess Franco Collection.
SUCCUBUS stars Janine Reynaud (Kiss Me Monster; Sadisterotica) as Lorna Green a beautiful erotic cabaret dancer at one of Lisbon's most fashionable nightclubs and the most recent discovery of stage producer William Mulligan (Jack Taylor). Her nightly cabaret act revolves around the sensuous S&M torture of her co-stars and usually concludes with a simulated murder. The show is an enormous success but seems to be taking its toll on Lorna's mental state. As she becomes more and more influenced by the character she plays, Lorna slowly begins to lose contact with reality as she becomes more and more lost in a surreal schizophrenic fantasy. Past and present, time and space, and Lorna's own sense of identity begin to blur. With more that just a business interest in his star, Mulligan attempts to help Lorna by searching for the cause of her strange behaviour, little knowing that his quest will lead him deep into a nightmare from which he may never escape. A surreal erotic thriller that bears all the hallmarks of Franco's best work, SUCCUBUS was hailed by acclaimed film director Fritz Lang (Metropolis) as "a beautiful piece of cinema." SUCCUBUS (cert. 18) will be released on DVD (£14.99) by Anchor Bay UK on 22nd August 2005. Special Features include trailer, Dolby Stereo 2.0 plus optional 5.1 Surround and DTS audio, scene selection. 'Succubus' is out to pre-order via AmazonUK in the UK and is currently unavailable in the US via Amazon.

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Sadisterotica & Kiss Me Monster :
THE SEXIEST SUPER-SPIES EVER TO GRACE THE SCREEN
In the late 1960s, the undisputed master of art-house sexploitation Jess Franco made an indelible mark on the spy movie spoof genre with SADISTEROTICA and KISS ME MONSTER, two movies featuring the exploits of a duo of super-sexy sleuths, Diana and Regina, aka The Red Lips.
Janine Reynaud (Succubus) and Rosanna Yanni (Fangs of the Living Dead) respectively star as Diana and Regina, a wisecracking pair of spies who are more than willing to employ their striptease skills and exploit their considerable charms when it comes to cracking a case. In SADISTEROTICA, the Red Lips find themselves investigating the disappearance of a series of beautiful young models. Their inquiries lead them to a bizarre "gallery of horrors" in which the morbid exhibits portray scenes of violent death involving figures resembling the missing girls. But as Diana and Regina get closer to the truth about the notoriously reclusive artist responsible for the work, they are unaware of how much danger they are in.

KISS ME MONSTER finds our heroines hired to find a missing doctor's secret formula. A sheet of music in a dead man's hand is the girls' only clue, but it leads them to an island owned by a sinister man name Erik. Using a crazy nightclub act as cover, the restless vixens sing, dance and strip their way to the solution of the strange case, effortlessly eluding lots of drooling, knife-wielding psychopaths along the way Part of The Official Jess Franco Collection, SADISTEROTICA (cert. 18) and KISS ME MONSTER (cert. 18) are both released on DVD by Anchor Bay UK on 22nd August priced £14.99 each. Special Features on both discs include trailers, Jess Franco biography, optional 5.1 Surround and DTS, English subtitles for the hard of hearing and scene selection.

'Sadisterotica' is out to pre-order via AmazonUK in the UK and no release date has been given for the US. You can read more about the DVD in our database. 'Kiss Me Monster' is out to pre-order via AmazonUK in the UK and is currently unavailable in the US via Amazon.

You can read more about the DVD in our database.