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A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1971)

A Virgin Among the Living Dead poster
Original title
Une vierge chez les morts-vivants
Directed by
Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin
Genre
horror film, erotic film, zombie film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
18
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 75 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young woman travels to a remote family estate where she encounters strange, ghostlike relatives and bizarre erotic rituals. The film mixes horror with dreamlike eroticism as her isolation grows.

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What happens

A Virgin Among the Living Dead is a film directed by Jesús Franco. Franco shot the film in Portugal in 1971 with the film it was only being released to the public in 1973. While credited as a production of Liechtenstein, it was submitted theatrically as being the product of various countries, with a Franco biographer suggesting that the Prodif Ets. company was set up as a tax shelter. Several versions of the film were released theatrically with added footage, ranging from erotic scenes to scenes featuring zombies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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