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Good movie but grossly overrated

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It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

"Sie tötete in Ekstase" or "She Killed In Ecstasy" is a pretty short West German / Spanish horror movie about a woman who goes insane after her husband commits suicide. The husband was a renowned doctor, but one of his studies was performed in a way that other important doctors could not accept and that is why they publicly humiliated him and forbid him to keep working in his profession. As a consequence, the man commits suicide and his wife takes revenge on the people who caused this to her husband. The director is the famous Jesús Franco and the lead actress is played by his muse Soledad Miranda. Miranda was already dead when this was released here and there is certainly some irony to the last scene of the movie and her tragic death. The most known 8at least to me) actor in here is Horst Tappert, who plays a police detective who does apparently not have 1% of Derrick's wit and intelligence.You can watch this film for a couple reasons. Taking it seriously in terms of story, however, is not one of them. It was obvious who the killer was after the first murder and yet nobody came to stop her. Instead the police still wonders almost at the end of the film who did this. Pretty ridiculous. The murder scenes are also not too scare actually, more like funny how weird they are and there are several more scenes for which this applies. The best reason to watch this is either because of Miranda's stunning beauty (some nudity in here too) or simply as a guilty pleasure. Yes sexuality certainly was different in the 1970s and I am not only talking about the protagonist's bush down there. At one point, the film almost sounded like an installment of the popular "Schulmädchen" franchise. Solid watch all in all, but by today's standards really more funny than scary. I recommend it. Maybe my favorite from Franco.

When a non-talent hack like Jess Franco admits he has little respect for his own work then why bother trying to argue with him? This pile of amateur-hour sleaze is a blatant rip-off of "The Bride Wore Black' written, directed and musically scored on what appears to be a drunken bender. The revenge plot of 'Black' couldn't be simpler, yet Franco can't hold it together. The dead-by-suicide doctor that sets off the vengeance is left in his bed by his maddened wife for God knows how long without the slightest change from decomposition (unless we are to believe that the wife killed off all the other characters in a few hours---nope, just directorial stupidity) and to cap it off the wife doesn't notify anybody about his death, yet the other doctors seem to know. She goes off on a killing rampage, yet the doctor-targets don't tell the authorities what they know about the wife's designs on them--in fact some of them simply allow her to kill them without resistance. Right. For instance, the obvious producers-need-nudity-to-sell-the-film lesbian scene concludes with Killer Korda simply putting an air-filled pillow over her victim, who promptly suffocates without the least struggle. Franco's directorial lethargy is so complete he has the last doctor-victim simply slump back in a chair and allow himself to be cut to pieces. And the topper is an abominably amateurish death-by-car-wreck finish---we're supposed to believe our "heroine" would die from a soft slide down an embankment that would barely cause a ripple to the shock absorbers? Oh, and there's a music score of sitar-laden late-60's go-go schlock that is slathered over the film without thought or point, except to prove Franco's incompetence is complete. Of course there are viewers who will love this film because there are always empty heads who enjoy any film they have eye contact with. What is really a stream of urine appears as a shaft of gold to these non-discriminating types who find "enjoyable" and "stylish" all the stupidities and sleazy goings-on, and sadly describe this dreck as "better than usual from Franco." That they would spend enough time watching Franco's body of work to be able to make such judgments is a pathetic admission of too much time on their hands and too little taste.

Nobody can deny that Jess Franco made a lot of rubbish in his career...but then he goes and directs a film like this, and it becomes easy to forgive him for past and future sins. She Killed in Ecstasy is thinly plotted and rather predictable, but it's also sexy and violent, and overall; an excellent slice of sleaze from a director who knows a lot about this sort of film. Franco attempts to inject a bit of substance into the film by way of a plot that involves the humanity of scientific discovery as well as emotional torment, which is also the reason behind all the killing. Franco seems to care more about sex than violence, and this shines through as all the kill scenes involve sex, but not all of them feature a lot of blood. The plot focuses on Mrs. Johnson; the wife of a scientist researching human embryos. After his work comes under scrutiny from a medical comity and he is labelled all manner of things, from 'criminal' to 'animal', he decides to take his own life. She doesn't like this very much, and so decides to take revenge on all involved by seducing and killing them all.The film features a host of sleaze regulars, including Vampyros Lesbos star Susann Korda. Korda provides a good lead for the film as she certainly looks the part and you can believe that many men would easily be seduced by her. She receives good feedback from the likes of Fred Williams and Howard Vernon, and despite the fact that this film is a cheap slice of trash; the acting isn't bad on the whole. Franco gives his plot more credibility with scenes such as the one that sees Mrs Johnson mull over the corpse of her dead husband. Given the type of film, there's a surprising amount of emotion going on. Franco has often said that he hates his body of work, and this film appears to be an attempt at making something with some meaning. The sex scenes are generally well worked, and the lesbian sequence in particular is really well done. Susann Korda also gets to don a number of sexy outfits, which is nice. The plot flows well, and since the film doesn't last long - there isn't a lot of time for it to get boring. Overall, She Killed in Ecstasy is hardly a great film; but it's better than you might expect and I can't say I didn't enjoy watching it.

Frano is on again/off again more than probably any director in history. His days with Soledad Miranda were arguably his best, as can be seen in this tasty tale of revenge.Miranda plays a recently widowed woman who seeks out revenge upon the people she blames for her husband's suicide. She first seduces them and then kills them. The preying mantis metaphor is slapped on a little thick, as the later victims know what's going to happen to them, yet do nothing to stop it.The film is played out in a dreamy kind of pacing. Little sound and dialogue, distanced shots, slow camera movements; it's like a lethargic daze echoing the detachment of the lead character. Franco takes his time unfolding the seduction and revenge, and he displays more flair for cinema than many would believe him capable of. The film is far from flawless though; the story is never complex, acting is either too subtle or over stated and the dialogue is pretty simple. Also, the character motivations lack strength all around, which robs the film of most all emotion.Of the MANY Franco films to choose form, I would suggest this one for a view, especially to those unfamiliar with the director.7/10