24 October, 2010

31 Jess Franco Halloween Horrors: LA MANSION DE LOS MUERTOS VIVIENTES (1982)



Insane monks, who have been haunting a centuries old monastery, go on a rape and murder spree when a group of tourists become too curious.

MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD ... | http://www.shockingimages.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=...
Don't Open The Door!

MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD ... | http://www.shockingimages.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=...
What is it?

Outrageous cocktail of softcore lesbian antics, sexual violence and zombie imagery which evokes Amando De Ossorio's BLIND DEAD films. But Franco has a very different agenda, more disturbing and satirical, and his direction is highly atmospheric. 


Mansion of the Living Dead ... | http://www.downarchive.com/dl/the+walking+dead+1995.html

Makes a good double bill with Joe D'Amato's EROTIC NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD.

4 comments:

Douglas A. Waltz said...

I saw this and fell in love. Sure, there are some quirky things going on here, but I like the way that Franco shoots the film and makes the hotel seem like a character in the film. The shots are exquisite. Lina is gorgeous. This is a great flick.

Robert Monell said...

d makes the hotel seem like a character in the film.

Exactly, the hotel and monastery and locations are seemingly possessed. The way he photographs the architecture and locations is highly atmospheric, as well as the lighting and use of sound.

Douglas A. Waltz said...

Robert, I have a question for you. Do you have any way of contacting Britt Nichols? There's a 2011 challenge for zine authors to put out a print issue in 2011 and I wanted to do a Britt Nichols special. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Oh, and I can't figure out a way to convert the Bloodsucking Nazis YouTube videos into something I can post to my Movie Edit program.

Robert Monell said...

Ask Mirek about contacting her. He might have some contact info. I don't know how to convert the YouTube video either.