Evento

Succubus (1968) + The Demons (1973) [a Jess Franco double feature]

Tuesday, May 7, 2013:

Eric Caidin and Brian Quinn
with Grindhouse Releasing present
The Grindhouse Film Festival

Tribute to Jess Franco (1930-2013)

SUCCUBUS
1968, West Germany, approx. 90 minutes, 35mm
Directed by Jess Franco
Written by Pier A. Caminnecci
Starring Janine Reynaud, Jack Taylor, Adrian Hoven,
Howard Vernon
Tue: 7:30 pm

This strange, surrealistic German horror film from cult director Jesus Franco stars Janine Reynaud as Lorna Green, who performs a pseudo-snuff nightclub act involving erotically staged S&M murders. Lorna's mind is controlled by a man who might be Satan (Michel Lemoine), and she slowly loses her tenuous hold on reality, moving increasingly closer to the night when she begins to really kill. Lorna's nightclub act and the final scenes -- involving a wild orgy where Lorna viciously murders a man named Bill Mulligan (Jack Taylor) -- were cut drastically in some of the film's several release versions. Prints run 93, 84, 81, and 78 minutes. Acclaimed director Fritz Lang called Necronomicon "a beautiful piece of cinema," but its edgy sexuality and hallucinatory tone struck most viewers as confusing and off-putting. This eerie, haunting film co-stars Howard Vernon and Nathalie Nord, while producer Pier A. Caminnecci (who co-scripted) and singer-filmmaker Adrian Hoven also appear. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

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PLUS, on the same program:

THE DEMONS
1973, France/Portugal, 103 minutes, 35mm
Written and directed by Jess Franco
Starring Anne Libert, Britt Nichols, Doris Thomas,
Karin Field, Cihangir Gaffari, Luis Barboo, Howard Vernon
Tue: 9:45 pm

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This is a double feature:
your ticket admits you to BOTH films on the program
(you can also see just one of the films if you wish)