SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 – 11 AM to 2 AM
$5 PER SHOW or $25 FULL DAY
Over the course of his sixty-year career, Spanish writer/director/actor/trumpeter Jesús Franco made nearly 200 unique feature films. Working across just about every genre conceivable—from slashers to spy films; gothic horror to hardcore porn, and beyond—Franco channeled his lifelong obsessions with pulp storytelling, jazz, and sex into a filmography that’s as dense as it is singularly idiosyncratic. This August, we team up with the Oscarbate Film Collective & Severin Films, who’ve dedicated the past couple of years to exploring all of the various depths and crevices of Franco’s filmography, for an eight-film mystery marathon, filled with Franco fan favorites and deep cuts alike. Whether you’ve seen one or a hundred of his films, why not take a chance to fall under his spell?
Day passes are available online for $25. Single film tickets will be available at the door for $5 on a first-come, first-serve basis.
See below for estimated start times and programming hints.
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dir. Jess Franco, 1969.
West Germany/Spain, 94 mins.
In English.
One of Franco’s adaptations of the works of Sax Rohmer.
1 PM
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dir. Jess Franco, 1970.
West Germany/Spain, 87 mins.
In English.
One of Franco’s many, many adaptations of the work of the Marquis de Sade.
3 PM
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dir. Jess Franco, 1971.
West Germany/Spain, 89 mins.
In German with English Subtitles.
One of Franco’s best-known works.
5 PM
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dir. Jess Franco, 1973.
France/Portugal, 78 mins.
In French with English subs.
One of Franco’s many takes on the Universal monsters.
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dir. Jess Franco, 1966.
France/Spain, 90 mins.
In French with English Subtitles.
One of Franco’s many semi-remakes of his breakout film.
8:30 PM
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dir. Jess Franco, 1976.
Spain/France, 82 mins.
In Spanish with English subs.
One of Franco’s other semi-remakes of his breakout film.
10:30 PM
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dir. Jess Franco, 1983.
Spain, 80 mins.
In Spanish with English subs.
Franco’s own semi-remake of another film in the marathon.
MIDNIGHT
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dir. Jess Franco, 1974.
France, 86 mins.
In French with English subs.
We wrap up with Franco’s obscure—and rarely seen—sequel to another film in the marathon.