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 womeninprison film NinetyNine 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 lowbudget filmmaking with a heavier accent on adultoriented films Although he produced a few wellreceived low budget horror films in the early 70s many people in the industry considered him a porn director due to the huge number of Xrated adult films he began churning out Franco returned to lowbudget horror in a brief comeback period from 19801983 but after 1983 his career took a second downturn With the exception of Faceless and Killer Barbies his films after 1984 are quite disliked and obscure due to their incredibly low budgets Franco has nevertheless retained a large cult following through the years with his sexuallycharged horror films some of which are regarded as masterpieces by his avid followers
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