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Virgin Among The Living Dead [DVD]

Jesus Franco (Actor), Paul D'Ales (Actor) | Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over | Format: DVD
2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Actors: Jesus Franco, Paul D'Ales, Christina von Blanc
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language: English, French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: RsR Multimedia
  • DVD Release Date: 27 April 2004
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000E8RHBI
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 190,945 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Film, Mediocre DVD 4 Sep 2006
By Johnny Guitar
Format:DVD
A young girl visits her recently deceased father's castle on an island to hear the reading of the will. The castle is inhabited by a vampire-like coterie of eccentrics. The girl experiences various "erotic horror" episodes, from each of which she wakes, they are just dreams - or are they? Basically this is Franco's umpteenth variation of the "Eugenie Journey into Perversion" film with the plot reduced to almost nothing.

The DVD transfer here is mediocre as are the source reels used. In fact the film appears to be a composite of footage from different versions (perhaps with the laudable aim of getting as complete a version as possible). This inferior (though watchable) DVD quality is a shame because the film comes from Franco's best period, with a cast featuring most of the Franco favourites, plus a Bruno Nicolai score. Best of all, the entire film consists of the loose funny surreal scenes Franco fans guiltily adore. Parts of the film, especially towards the end, really are quite poetic and - shock! - quite technically accomplished. As a film I'd say Virgin has a similar warped appeal to Succubus, both Eugenies, Vampyre Lesbos or Ecstasy, so if you are a fan of Jess Franco's vintage stuff then it's worth getting, but could someone find and restore an original print?
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars beware: this is a short version 1 July 2008
By M. Springer
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm wondering why no one has mentioned so far that this DVD is nowhere near 85 minutes long: actually this version is under 80 minutes. It does not include the famous Zombie - scenes that French filmmaker Jean Rollin has added afterwards. They are not even as a bonus included. So unfortunately AMAZON is wrong with the runtime! German discs run longer than 80 minutes and include the Rollin Zombie scenes but they might not have English subtitles and are either in French or German language. The US-version is supposed to have 10 minutes of alternate footage as a bonus - whatever it is.
It has already been mentioned that this one is only for hardcore Franco fans; if you like a slow movie with the typical south American flair made by Jess Franco you can enjoy this one even in its shorter version.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Zombies? Vampires? Who Knows? 22 July 2011
By Duluoz Lautrec
Format:DVD
I have to admit that I rather enjoyed this although I'm not sure it actually made sense and the film bears no resemblance whatsoever to the cover full of Romero-esque zombies.
The basic story is of a girl who visits the family mansion for the reading of her fathers will and the rest of the family are either zombies or vampires although I'm not sure which as it's never actually explained.
It has all the usual Jess Franco ingredients, some dodgy camera work, off the wall editing, dubious dubbing and a dash of nudity courtesy of the sultry Britt Nicholls and the adorably perky Christina Von Blanc, Franco himself also makes an appearance as some oddball madman.
All in all, a weird and wonderful 75 minutes of Franco.
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