Jesús Franco (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Jesús Franco

Looking for reviews of films directed by Jesús Franco? Cinafilm has a total of 295 reviews across 23 movies directed by Jesús Franco.

Movies from this director have generally received negative reviews and hold an average rating of 39%.

Count Dracula is Jesús Franco's highest rated movie, with a score of 53% based on 30 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Jesús Franco is Oasis of the Zombies, with a score of 21% based on 20 reviews.

Director Biography

Jesús "Jess" Franco was a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England. Though he had some American box office success with Necronomicon, his first women-in-prison film Ninety-Nine Women, and his two Christopher Lee films, The Bloody Judge and Count Dracula, he never achieved wide commercial success. Franco moved from Spain to France in 1970 so that he could make more violent and sexual films, and it was at this point that his career began to go downhill commercially, as he turned to low-budget filmmaking with a heavier accent on adult-oriented films. Although he produced a few well-received, low budget horror films in the early 70's, many people in the industry considered him a porn director due to the huge number of X-rated adult films he began churning out. Franco returned to low-budget horror in a brief comeback period from 1980-1983, but after 1983, his career took a second downturn. With the exception of his Faceless and Killer Barbys, his post-1984 films are almost unwatchable due to the incredibly low budgets he was forced to work with. Franco has nevertheless retained a large cult following through the years with his sexually-charged horror films, some of which are regarded as masterpieces by his avid followers.

Jesús Franco has directed films starring Antonio Mayans, Paul Müller, Howard Vernon and Maria Rohm.