Cries of Pleasure (Blu-ray) Gerry Conway Luciano Rossi

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Cries of Pleasure (Blu-ray) Gerry Conway Luciano RossiFranco's Hitchcock inspired film features long takes, Lina Romay, and sadistic violence among the elite. Stars Mayans, Freixas & Vela in a rare psychosexual thriller. Obscure even by hardcore Jess Franco fan standards, it remains the legendary writer director's most daring work of his early '80s erotic shocker oeuvre: Inspired by Hitchcock's ROPE, Franco utilized long takes, minimal edits and his beloved Lina Romay at her most extreme for this de Sade