I’ve seen recent examples of how you can tell a story about this sort of underage relationship without sexualizing it. But that’s not what The Beguines is there to do. The Beguines is there to be sexy.
Tag: <span>1972</span>
It’s a huge step up for a Jess Franco film to be boring. Usually, his films are incompetent. That makes this easily objectively one of his stronger films that I’ve seen. 4.6/10
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is fantastic. A great script, great cast and excellent direction makes this an easy transition from stage to screen. 9.2/10
Because I happen to love giallo films, I enjoyed Amuck!. But can I objectively say it’s a good movie? No.
Overall rating: 6.0/10
Even by decades-old exploitation film standards, The Blood Spattered Bride is pretty overt in its fear of feminism and lesbianism. However, that fear is so prominent that I think it loops back around into being borderline complimentary. 6.9/10