EUGENIE to be released in 2002

**Domenick Fraumeni** · 28th November 2001, 07:26 AM

Anchor Bay Entertainment has picked up the rights to Jess Franco's Eugeie: The Story Of Her Journey Into Perversion a.k.a. La Isla De Muerte.

While Mr. Lee's involvement in this extends to narration, this is nonetheless quite a find, as this film was considered lost for years.

For more info, go to Mondo Erotico, whose owner had a large role in tracking this elusive film down.

http://www.vidmarc.demon.co.uk/mondo-erotico

**Jacob Remery** · 28th November 2001, 02:53 PM

Thanks for the info Domenick.
I've never heard of this movie, but looking at the title
it seems more than just interesting. :D

**Don Boycik** · 29th November 2001, 07:46 AM

i actually have heard of this movie. it does sound interesting to see. what kind of movie is it? horror? drama? thanx for the info though. i am glad that they are releasing c.lee's welll his movie's are not really that well known as per say
dracula for example.

Juan Aneiros · 29th November 2001, 08:11 AM

It's horror with a bit of soft pornography thrown in to make it more commercial. It also goes under the title "De Sade 70", the original release title being "La Isla de la Muerte" and was shown on TVE International not long ago.

**Don Boycik** · 29th November 2001, 08:38 AM

thank you on that. I believe there's a c.lee movie
he did where he didn't know it was gnna be soft porn well for the late 60's what really can u call it? i wonder what C.Lee thinks about doing these kinda movies. does anyone know when in 2002 this comes out?

**Domenick Fraumeni** · 29th November 2001, 06:27 PM

EUGENIE is the one you're referring to, I believe.

It's actually quite good, (keeping in mind that we're talking Jess Franco here, which means any rules of normal, mainstream cinema get pretty much thrown out the window) from what little I saw of it, and from what I've heard.

No word on when yet, but these sites should help keep you posted:

http://www.vidmarc.demon.co.uk/mondo-erotico

http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com

http://www.mhvf.net (go here if you're at all interested in genre cinema)

Juan Aneiros · 30th November 2001, 02:12 AM

Mr Lee is of course totally against this kind of things and should he have known at the time, he would have never agreed to do it. They added these things later, you see.

It was released in 1969, so I presume he made it in 1968 or perhaps even earlier. Nothing he can do about it now, but for some reason he does credit Jess Franco as being a better director than people give him credit for.

Then again, if you ever saw an Almodobar film that is closer to porn than anything else. Still, he is considered to be a genious and even won an Oscar a couple of years ago.

**Don Boycik** · 30th November 2001, 04:02 AM

I think it was this movie i am not sure on it that
he was talking about in his bio an that's what they did do he said. his bio is different than i am use to or rather his style of writing. anyways
i can't wait till it comes out next year i am collecting all his movies on dvd 5 so far a long way to go. anywys are u any further on working on his list of films?

**Domenick Fraumeni** · 30th November 2001, 05:24 AM

I couldn't agree more. In fact, if memory serves scenes were also added to Night Of The Blood Monster, a.k.a. The Bloody Judge, including some shots invloving Mr. Lee's character that I could not imagine him participating in.

Much of Mr. Lee's films with Franco were produced by the notorius Harry Allan Towers, whom I understand has agreed to do some commentary. Now, this I would like to hear.

Of course, it would be just great to have an interview with Mr. Lee included, but given his level of involvment with the film and it's subject matter, I'm not exactly holding my breath.

**Jacob Remery** · 25th November 2002, 09:58 PM

Well, this dvd is out now and after 5 weeks of waiting it finally arrived in my mailbox.
I almost thought the package was lost.

I must say i enjoyed this movie quite alot.
Based upon a story from Marquis De Sade means this isn't a movie for everyone.
Soft porn and violence. ;)

The image quallity isn't that sharp in some scenes/shots, but i guess that's more to do with the age of the film. 1969.

There's a 17 minute segment with interviews, including Mr Lee, made for this dvd.
Here he tells, as Juan has pointed out, that he didn't knew of the nude scenes.
They were filmed and added later.

It hasn't been released by Anchor Bay but Blue Underground released this title.

If you don't mind the subject of this movie, i suggest you do yourself a favor and buy yourself a copy.

**Joakim Lundberg** · 26th November 2002, 02:38 PM

Quote:

If you don't mind the subject of this movie, i suggest you do yourself a favor and buy yourself a copy.

Ok if you enjoyed it a lot that's your opinion and films are meant to be enjoyed.:)

I watched the trailer just recently on their website and the film feels for me just simply: crap. That's just my opinion and I'm not picking on anyone for liking the film.

It wouldn't suprise me if people were chocked by the sex scenes and seeing two women kiss each other etc since it was 1969.
The name Marie Liljedahl sounds very swedish to me, have to look it up. Violence and sex is ok but it depends on how you show it on the screen and it is suppose to tell something beeing essential to the story etc. Same thing with violence. Oh geez I feel like a class teacher now. Hope I'm not acting like one.
Again what I've written is just my own opinion and I'm not picking on anyone who likes the film.

Anne Ikonen · 26th November 2002, 03:46 PM

I have never seen this film,but I just ordered it from dvdboxoffice.com.I haven't heard about this film before,except what character Mr. Lee plays in it and the title of the film.

**Domenick Fraumeni** · 26th November 2002, 06:57 PM

Well, I can't really blame anyone if this is really not their cup of tea. After all, EUGENIE is based on the some of the works of the Marquise DeSade. And Jesus Franco is an acquired taste, to say the least.

I'll say this: Mr. Lee is very right in indicating that Franco is a better director then people give him credit for. One of the problems in Franco's films is that he works in budgets and schedules, as in time alloted for shooting, that would challenge Roger Corman. That, and the subjects Franco prefers to explore make his work a bit undesirable for some.

EUGENIE is one of Franco's better works from this particular time in his career, it's just a shame that the producers were not more honest with Mr. Lee regarding what type of film this is. Then again, I imagine they wouldn't have gotten him to sign for it, and we are talking about the fairly notorious Harry Allan Towers whose story I think might make a fascinating book.

I would still recommend seing EUGENIE, but only if you go in with a good backbone for adult cinema, and be prepared to throw any conceptions on what passes for mainstream cinema out the window.