Rent She Killed in Ecstasy (1970)

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Rent She Killed in Ecstasy (aka Sie totete in Ekstaze) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
Following Franco's classic 'Vampyros Lesbos', Soledad Miranda returns in another steamy and seductive role. When her husband is driven mad and commits suicide, he seeks revenge on the four people she holds responsible. Needless to say she uses her feminine ways to entice her prey and each steamy encounter with a sudden and nasty surprise for her victims.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Artur Brauner, Arturo Marcos
Writers:
Jesús Franco
Aka:
Sie totete in Ekstaze
Studio:
Second Sight
Genres:
Classics, Horror
Collections:
The Instant Expert's Guide to François Truffaut
Countries:
Germany
BBFC:
Release Date:
27/12/2000
Run Time:
75 minutes
Languages:
German LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Trailer
  • Photo Gallery
BBFC:
Release Date:
30/11/2015
Run Time:
80 minutes
Languages:
German Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles:
English
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
(0) All
Bonus:
  • "Jess Killed In Ecstasy": Interview with Director Jess Franco
  • "Sublime Soledad": - Interview with Soledad Miranda historian Amy Brown
  • "Stephen Thrower on 'She Killed In Ecstasy'": Interview with the author of 'Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco'
  • "Paul Muller on Jess Franco": Interview with the frequent Franco Star
  • German Trailer

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Spoilers follow ... - She Killed in Ecstasy review by NP

Spoiler Alert
26/08/2016

Buoyed by his film ‘Vampyros Lesbos’, Director Jess Franco quickly employed a very similar cast and crew for this typically leery-titled horror/drama.

The mighty Soledad Miranda plays the wife of Doctor Johnson, whose experiments with embryos has caused him to be vilified by his peers and banned from continuing his work. Taking care to wear a series of tight shirts unbuttoned to reveal some handsome jewellery, he then goes through spiralling turmoil ending in suicide. His wife determines to get revenge on those who drove him to this.

As with just about all Franco films, scenes of tension are accompanied by exotic and jaunty jazz music that sometimes works because it is so inappropriate and sometimes doesn’t. The former Mrs Johnson’s subsequent seductions-prior-to-murder are scored with grimly fitting incidentals, and together with Franco’s obsession with close-ups and zoom-outs, concoct a heady, disorientating nightmare. Surprisingly, Franco regular Howard Vernon is the first person to cop it.

Apart from making her name in ‘exploitation’ films, there’s no denying Miranda’s power as an actress. She is tremendous throughout despite (on the DVD I am watching), she is buried beneath unbefitting dubbing and subtitles, and has a genuine sense of presence that makes the routine seduction/death plotline far more interesting than it would have otherwise been. Her early death on the eve of what looked like global stardom remains a great tragedy.

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