Hunchback of the Morgue (1973); dir. Javier Aguirre

Director: Javier Aguirre

Country: Spain

Year of Release: 1973

Runtime: 82 mins.

Other Titles: El Jorobado de la Morgue, The Hunchback of the Rue Morgue, Rue Morgue Massacres

This has been a week of firsts.  My first Blind Dead sequel.  My first Jess Franco movie.  And now my first Paul Naschy movie, too.  And boy it is a brilliant cornucopia of weirdness.  Some consider it his best film.  But ultimately it's a movie I can't offer unqualified love.

The Rites of Frankenstein (1972); dir. Jesus Franco

Director: Jesus Franco

Country: Spain

Year of Release: 1972

Runtime: ~80 mins.

Other Titles: La Maldicion de Frankenstein, The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein, The Curse of Frankenstein

Jess Franco's dreams are dreams of another order.  I swear they have an actual psychic potency.  I watched this twice last night.  In a row.  The first time I felt like acid had bored a hole through my brain.  The second time I became its willing slave.  Life imitates art?