The Bloody Judge
by Jesus Franco
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Actor: Christopher Lee, Hans Hass Jr., Leo Genn, Maria Rohm, Maria SchellDirector: Jesus Franco
Brand: Ryko Distribution
Writer: Jesus Franco
Producer: Arturo Marcos
Producer: Harry Alan Towers
Writer: Harry Alan Towers
Writer: Anthony Scott Veitch
Writer: Enrico Colombo
Writer: Michael Haller
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-26
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 581009
Studio: Blue Underground, Inc.
Product features:
- Christopher Lee gives one of his most unforgettable performances as Judge George Jeffreys, the infamous 17th Century witchfinder whose unholy obsession with a luscious wench (Maria Rohm of THE BLOOD OF FU MANCHU) fuels a jaw-dropping spree of torture, brutality and flesh-ripping perversion. Howard Vernon (SUCCUBUS), Margaret Lee (EUGENIE), Maria Schell (99 WOMEN) and Oscar® nominee Leo Genn (
Movie Reviews of The Bloody Judge
Movie Review: My favourite Franco film... so far
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an amazing movie. It's basically an exploitation movie with the production values of an historical drama. The acting is outstanding, particularly Christopher Lee and Maria Rohm. Blue Underground have scraped together a magnificent print, taking elements from the various released and unreleased versions of the movie to produced an excellent film that's never existed in this form before. Given the patchwork history it seems like the movie should be a mess, but it all hangs together very well. The inclusion of alternate versions of some scenes in the extras department is very educational. The interview segments from this and the other Blue Underground released of Jess Franco/Harry Alan Towers collaborations could probably be edited into a great feature-length documentary.
Speaking of which, Blue Underground have now released all the Franco/Towers movies except for Count Dracula. I hope that's on the drawing board for the not-too-distant future!
Summary of The Bloody Judge
The Fully Restored Never-Before-Seen European Version!Christopher Lee gives one of his most unforgettable performances as Judge George Jeffreys, the infamous 17th Century witchfinder whose unholy obsession with a luscious wench (Maria Rohm of THE BLOOD OF FU MANCHU) fuels a jaw-dropping spree of torture, brutality and flesh-ripping perversion. Howard Vernon (SUCCUBUS), Margaret Lee (EUGENIE), Maria Schell (99 WOMEN) and Oscar® nominee Leo Genn (QUO VADIS) co-star in this landmark epic of sexual violence and sadism, complete with a superb score by Bruno Nicolai (JUSTINE) and directed with spectacularly deviant glee by the one and only Jess Franco.
Blue Underground is proud to present the most complete and uncensored version of THE BLOODY JUDGE ever released, painstakingly restored from various European vault elements and now including such never-before-seen sequences as Maria Rohm?s forced-lesbian jailhouse encounter as well as additional nudity, bloodshed and what Christopher Lee himself calls "scenes of extraordinary depravity!"
EXTRAS INCLUDE:
* Bloody Jess ? Interviews with Director Jess Franco and Star Christopher Lee
* Deleted Scenes
* Alternative Scenes
* Theatrical Trailers
* TV Spot
* Poster & Still Galleries
* Talent Bios
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