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She Killed in Ecstasy

She Killed in Ecstasy

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Soledad makes it worth it
Review: This is one of Jesus Franco's best known and received movies. It is the follow up movie to "Vampiros Lesbos" with pretty much the same cast and crew. Susann Korda, also called "Soledad Miranda", is the wife of a brilliant, but fragile medical doctor/scientist who commits suicide after his work is denounced by the medical establishment. Since her life is now ruined she resolves to seduce and destroy those she blames for her misfortune and goes after them, one by one. Supposedly a loose remake of his own "The Diabolical Dr. Z", this movie is more of an art film, as the plot is minimal, and really no more than an excuse for the kinky sex and murder scenes. This movie wouldn't work as well as it does if not for the incredible appeal of Susann Korda who unfortunately was killed in a car crash soon after making this movie.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Soledad Miranda at her best!
Review: This is one of Jesus Franco's best known and received movies. It is the follow up movie to "Vampiros Lesbos" with pretty much the same cast and crew. Susann Korda, also called "Soledad Miranda", is the wife of a brilliant, but fragile medical doctor/scientist who commits suicide after his work is denounced by the medical establishment. Since her life is now ruined she resolves to seduce and destroy those she blames for her misfortune and goes after them, one by one. Supposedly a loose remake of his own "The Diabolical Dr. Z", this movie is more of an art film, as the plot is minimal, and really no more than an excuse for the kinky sex and murder scenes. This movie wouldn't work as well as it does if not for the incredible appeal of Susann Korda who unfortunately was killed in a car crash soon after making this movie.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: worth it for the score alone!
Review: what can you say?that great double act Jess Franco and Soledad Miranda(Vampyros Lesbos) togethor for another euro-trash orgy of murder,cheap thrills and that music! psychedelic lounge heaven!if your interested in Franco,Miranda or just euro-trash in general then this films no Vampyros Lesbos, but it IS for you. the last film Soledad made before her fatal car crash.a must have.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: you are the second pig
Review: While not as cohesive as VAMPYROS LESBOS, this similarly obsessive meditation on sex and death remains watchable thanks to all those things that make even the most slapdashy Franco-flicks worthwile- funky score, kitschy '70s decor, and a zoom lens that roams with fetishistic glee. The presence of the beautiful Soledad Miranda alone is enough to enliven the standard revenge plot (the scene where she is curled up in foetal position on the couch brings an unexpected poignancy to the proceedings).

If you can make it through the sloppy first 25 minutes or so (and forgive the insane blip of a police subplot), SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY is still one of Franco's better films.

Synapse Films' dvd isn't the cleanest-looking print, it's riddled with specks and scratches (particularly during the reel changes), but hey that's a 30 yr old Jess Franco film for you..


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