u/Gee-Arr

Martyrs is extraordinary!

Years ago, I heard its reputation of being disturbing, but that alone was not a reason to watch it. It remained on my watchlist because I heard it was more than that.

I finally watched my Eureka! 4K this weekend, completely blind. Wow!

I’m tempted to say more, but won’t.

Going in blind is best. I recommend anyone who hasn’t seen it yet do the same.

Because of my backlog, I don’t normally watch a film again right away but a couple days later I had to see this again.

Ordered from Mélusine for the first time - Rolls Royce Baby and Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun. Both are directed by or (at least associated to) Jess Franco.

I didn't realize they were available at first because they're not mentioned on the VS site.

So my question is, what determines whether a film Is offered on the Vin Syn site vs Mélusine?

Obviously, the hardcore stuff will be on Mélusine but I didn't think either of these Franco films were that.

I don't recall Portuguese Nun being that explicit. I haven't seen Rolls Royce but didn't get that impression either. They both seem stuff you'd see on Skinemax in the 80s. Also, Jess Franco appeals to the VS crowd, so I would assume these films would get more attention on their site.

I only happened to notice Rolls Royce Baby is available when someone here responded to the VS announcements yesterday with the words "Rolls Royce Baby!" At first, I went back and looked on the VS site and couldn't find it.

This question is just out of curiosity. It really doesn't matter.

BTW, a shoutout to the YouTube channel davidfromlille. He creates music videos for (mostly) 70s and 80s Italian film scores. The one he did for Rolls Royce Baby got me interested. He also has a lot of others featuring films I now want to see.

I had remembered it as being creepy and disturbing.

All these years later, it’s still is that.

Edit to fix typo….

What I was trying to write, was it’s interesting that Lino Capolicchio would play another character named Stefano in a giallo one year later, The Bloodstained Shadow.