Eugenie de Sade

Soledad, O Soledad
Eugenie (Soledad Miranda) is a shy girl who lives with her famous writer stepfather (Paul Muller) in an isolated villa. Eugenie wiles away her days dressing like a streetwalker and sneaking peeks at hot titles in the library. One day she stumbles on to a slim volume that blends eroticism with murder. Her stepfather confronts her about the illicit peep, but reassures her that "it's high time you read about such things!" Together they conspire to murder a low-rent nudie model in Brussels while using their attendance at a Paris nightclub that same evening to cover their tracks. Once successful, they begin a killing spree targeting prostitutes. A writer (an unwashed Jesus Franco) is aware of their activities, but does nothing to stop them, too mesmerized from afar by their sex-and-death games. Eugenie then sets her sights on a virginal, young jazz musician and jealousy rears its ugly head. Daddy brutally attacks Eugenie and commits suicide, and Eugenie's deathbed confession falls on...

A typical Franco Sleazefest.
Eugenie de Sade is a well acted sleazefest that entertains but is ultimately rather forgettable. If you're looking for T&A or are a Franco fan then this one should be right up you're alley, otherwise just move along.

Good and disappointing
I like this film very much. It is one of the better Franco films and it is obvious that he was very much interested in the subject (the de Sade novel on which the film is based). So he created an interesting film, despite the fact, that he only had a small budget at his disposal. Soledad Miranda's and Paul Muller's performances are impeccable and even Franco's acting (as writer Attila Tanner) is acceptable, something that cannot be said of many of his other performances in his own films.

The presentation of the film itself is also flawless. The picture quality is very good and much better than in the previous DVD releases of this movie.

It is too bad that in my opinion the same cannot be said abouth the extras. My main interest (in fact my most important motive to buy this DVD) is the Jess Franco interview (ca. 20 minutes). I expected him to talk about the film, how the production was approached, how the shooting went, the casting, anecdotes, whatever he...

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