Tag Archives: Jess Franco

As a die-hard fan of Euro-sleaze films, my tastes usually veer towards the films of either Jean Rollin or Jesus “Jess” Franco. While Rollin, for the most part, stayed firmly in his vampire/supernatural lane, Franco’s films, however, careen every which way, from Nazi flicks to vampires, to period pieces, jungle …

Euro-sleaze. Exploitation. Cheesy European action flicks from the 80’s. Whatever you call it, or whatever category you want to lump it into—gimmie more! Back in the golden age of home video, trash was king! Jiggling femme fatales, roided out commandos in tropic jungles, Nazis, crooked cops, all of these and …

Spanish filmmaker Vick Campbell has clearly been inspired by some of the great directors before him, such as Jess Franco, Paul Naschy and Armando Ozssario. It’s clear to see these styles in much of Campbell’s work on 2016’s Derangement (AKA Transtorno Mental). In the film, we get a plethora of these filmmaking …