The incredibly beautiful Soledad Miranda (here billed as Susann Korda) embarks on a trail of bloody revenge, killing those she held responsible for her controversial scientist husband's suicide. As the title suggests she uses her sexuality to lure men plus a lesbian to their deaths. The murders are quite nasty and there is plenty of nudity, including full frontal. Spanish director Jess Franco always pops up in his films, usually in very small roles but nice to see him get quite a big part here. People so often like to refer to his countless bad movies but given a decent budget and crew he was a very capable director, this being a good example. We are treated to some of his trademark camera zooms but here they are zooms of scenery as opposed to female genitals! The cinematography is good and the film comes with a cracking musical score, it was shot in sunny Spain and features an incredible looking residential building called Xanadu. There are some huge plot holes and goofs, for example a car goes crashing down a cliff with two people inside but a side shot clearly shows it to be empty. German is the language with some actors being dubbed, for me this was a bit of a shame and I felt that it did not fit the location. I love watching Franco's movies, both the good and the bad, this is far from being my favourite but I overall I enjoyed it and it is a decent Euro horror/erotic thriller.
Review of She Killed in Ecstasy
