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The Hot Nights of Linda / Les nuits brûlantes de Linda (1975) [Re-UP]

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The Hot Nights of Linda / Les nuits brûlantes de Linda (1975) [Re-UP]

The Hot Nights of Linda (1975)
DVD9 + DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 | 01:20:27 + 01:18:58 | Cover | 7,15 Gb + 4,37 Gb
D1: English-dubbed version AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps or D2: French version AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps with English hardcoded subs
Genre: Drama, Sexploitation

Director: Jesus Franco
Stars: Alice Arno, Lina Romay, Pierre Taylou

When writer/director Jess Franco died in April 2013, cinema lost its legendary master of Euro-Cult. Now in memory of his extraordinary 50+ year career, Severin is proud to present one of his most notorious slabs of über-sleaze: Alice Arno (of JUSTINE DE SADE fame) stars as a secretary sent to the seaside estate of a depraved millionaire, his nymphomaniac daughter (Franco’s beloved muse Lina Romay), her invalid cousin and their grunting houseboy. But when her day’s work ends, a nightmare of depraved new duties will begin! Paul Muller (BARBED WIRE DOLLS) costars in this Uncle Jess jaw-dropper packed with incest, lesbianism, sadism and murder, restored from a 35mm print discovered in a Barcelona bordello, loaded with Bonus Features and presented in high definition for the first time ever!



The Hot Nights of Linda / Les nuits brûlantes de Linda (1975) [Re-UP]

When Jess Franco passed away earlier this year (if there’s an afterlife, I’m guessing he and Lina Romay have already produced at least three films by now), I had intended to eulogize him with a review but never got around to it (considering he was still directing multiple movies a year in his eighties, I obviously have no excuse for such laziness). I had a vague notion that I’d tackle one of his and Romay’s more famous works (like Female Vampire) before fate intervened in the form of Severin Films’s release of 1975’s The Hot Nights of Linda. It seems disingenuous and absurd to consider it a lost or forgotten title in an oeuvre that included over 200 films (you’re bound to have a couple dozen slip between the cracks), but it’s not one that immediately springs to mind when you ponder his work.

The Hot Nights of Linda / Les nuits brûlantes de Linda (1975) [Re-UP]

Somehow, that’s fitting—sure, there are plenty of other more famous (or infamous) films to remember Franco by—the Orloff movies, Vampyros Lesbos, Venus in Furs, etc.—but Hot Nights feels so typically Franco despite its apparent B-side status. One of three Franco efforts from 1975, Hot Nights features many of his preoccupations: hedonism, sexual perversion, murder, incest, lesbianism, and psychosis. It’s a threadbare yarn with little plot: Marie (Alice Arno) is tapped to serve as a resident nurse/teacher/secretary for an affluent family. This curious brood includes an odd patriarch (Paul Muller) and his two daughters: paraplegic Linda (Catherine Lafferiere) and nymphomaniac Olivia (Romay). And of course they have a simple servant who can’t speak, the great Eurohorror signifier that this family just ain’t right.

The Hot Nights of Linda / Les nuits brûlantes de Linda (1975) [Re-UP]

Predictably, it doesn’t take long for the family to explicitly reveal this to Marie, particularly Olivia, who proceeds to hit on her new teacher upon their introduction. More a softcore erotic thriller and less a horror film, Hot Nights owes most of its intrigue to the sensuous relationship that develops between these two, as there’s a real “will they or won’t they?” (spoiler: they do) quality to their interactions that’s obviously meant to tantalize and titillate at the basest levels. While that doesn’t sound like the highest of aspirations, Franco makes an art form out of their entendres and overtures, with Romay especially (and perhaps expectedly) stealing the show. With her incredible screen presence, Romay makes for an alluring, compelling figure in more ways than one. She’s obviously a stunning woman (and lovingly photographed as always by Franco), but this also represents one of Romay’s more impressive performances, as she straddles the line between jezebel and a victim of psychosexual trauma; when she seductively fellates a banana, it’s both incredibly sexy and disturbing, so it’s easy to see how Marie might entertain the thought of entering a lesbian tryst.

The Hot Nights of Linda / Les nuits brûlantes de Linda (1975) [Re-UP]

Despite the title (and the even more curious alternate and giallo-esque title, But Who Raped Linda?), the handicapped daughter is essentially an afterthought, there only to serve as another object of her cousin Olivia (it’s revealed that the nympho was actually adopted) and serves as the most tragic (if not severely underdeveloped) figure in the film. Instead, the only functioning story here involves Olivia’s twisted, nightmarish memories involving her uncle’s murderous encounter with his adulterous wife and her lover. Franco explores this in typical fashion as he yields to Olivia’s warbling, repetitive nightmares (in an egregious instance of padding, he plays the same sequence out twice) that explain how she’s become such a twisted soul. He also plays fast and loose with the narrative; as if the conflict brewing between Olivia and Marie weren’t enough, Franco manufactures another bit involving an investigative reporter and a detective who hang out in the neighboring house to spy on the depraved clan.

The Hot Nights of Linda / Les nuits brûlantes de Linda (1975) [Re-UP]

Once these two are properly injected into the proceedings, The Hot Nights of Linda seemingly reflects the madness of its characters. By this point, there have been rapes, a seductive plot involving the key to a hidden room, suicide, and murder. Other curious moments abound, such as the reporter and detective deciding to indulge their own sexual desires right in the middle of their investigation. Like so many Franco efforts, The Hot Nights of Linda becomes a labyrinthine maze of obsession and perversion, and its dreamlike quality is eventually accounted for (albeit in eye-rolling fashion). Hot Nights also features the other, shaggier Franco touches, such as inelegant zooms and silly dialogue (though it should be noted that the latter could be the fault of the egregiously distracting dub job here).

The Hot Nights of Linda / Les nuits brûlantes de Linda (1975) [Re-UP]

Still, it’s undeniably Franco; I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: you know a Franco film when you see one, and this is a thoroughly sleazy but awesomely enjoyable effort even beyond its nigh-pornographic raison d’etre (though, let’s be real—there’s a reason it’ll be forever known as the movie with Lina Romay and the banana). It might not match the auteur’s more accomplished horror efforts (especially in terms of sheer atmosphere), and it plays like a more distilled version of his work in that it cuts right to the sex and sleaze without much pretense. Something tells me that Franco himself would be pleased with this being among the first of his films to receive a posthumous release, with a high-def upgrade to boot.

The Hot Nights of Linda / Les nuits brûlantes de Linda (1975) [Re-UP]

Severin has gone all out here; even though the print occasionally roughshod (I can’t imagine a Franco film ever looking completely pristine), it’s often vivid and striking. The supplements here include an exclusive interview with Franco, an additional interview with both the director and Romay, footage of Franco receiving a Fantastic Fest Lifetime Achievement Award (thus confirming that FF is indeed doing god’s work), a feature with Stephen Thrower discussing Linda specifically and Franco’s career in general, outtakes, and a theatrical trailer. The first 2500 printings also feature a rare “French Hard Banana Version” that features hardcore pornographic inserts filmed by Franco featuring the actual actors (let’s just say Romay fellates more than just a banana here). The quality is subpar compared to the main disc, but it should adequately recapture the feeling that kids used to have when they stumbled upon low-rent, murky 70s and 80s porn when they were fiddling around in their parents’ room. This version also captures Franco at his rawest and kinkiest, as Hot Nights of Linda serves as one of his more memorable forays into debauchery.
The Hot Nights of Linda / Les nuits brûlantes de Linda (1975) [Re-UP]

… Regarding the “Banana Version”; the picture quality is terrible with some scenes so dark that you have to guess what is happening. Fortunately, what is happening for the most part is Lina Romay having hardcore sex with the various characters of the film. This cut gets its name from a scene where Olivia (Lina) is, in essence, raping the paralyzed Linda with a, you guessed it, banana. She also sits on the poor girl’s face for a forced “69″! Romay also fucks and sucks Abdul, the tongueless wonder and, in the hottest scene, has some awesome lesbian time with Alice Arno’s character. Arno has an Amazonian body that just won’t quit. It’s so awesome that Severin decided to add this to the set as a bonus. It’s almost like watching a completely different movie! Pick up this set before the bonus disc goes bye-bye!
The Hot Nights of Linda / Les nuits brûlantes de Linda (1975) [Re-UP]

Special Features:
DISC ONE:
- The film (softcore English-dubbed version) (80:27)
- Featurettes: 'Hot Nights of Jess' (16:16) and 'Lina and Jess Discussing Linda' (12:08)
- Fantasticfest Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation to Jess Franco (1:35)
- Stephen Thrower on Linda (11:54)
- Outtakes (5:31)
- Trailer (4:03)

DISC TWO (Limited to first 2500 Copies:
- The film (hardcore French version) (78:58)

Huge Thanks to franco8102

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