She Killed in Ecstasy 4K 1971

It should be noted that in 1966, Jesús Franco directed the film ‘The Devil's Doctor Z’, originally titled ‘Miss Muerte’. This film tells the story of an innovative doctor who was stripped of his license to practice after it was revealed that he had been conducting experiments on embryos. The trauma was so severe that the man committed suicide. But soon, a series of murders began.

In the 1966 film, we do not know who the killer is until the very end of the film, thus maintaining the detective intrigue. However, in the film She Killed in Ecstasy, there is no such intrigue. Given that the beginning is almost an exact replica of the film about Dr. Z, we immediately know what is going on.

The girlfriend of the doctor who committed suicide will take revenge on the four people who decided to remove him from practice. Soledad Miranda plays this role quite well.

In fact, Franco's film is incredibly concise. It is built on a simple and unpretentious formula: Incident - Suicide - Seduction of each of the alleged culprits and subsequent brutal murder. It is important to emphasize that, according to the woman's plan, each of the victims must die in the ecstasy of love.

Franco does not waste time on poetry and explanatory conversations - he simply records the facts, not shy about showing very explicit erotic scenes. By the way, one of them reminded me a lot of the final murder scene in Pedro Almodóvar's ‘Matador’.

In conclusion, one can debate whether Soledad Miranda's character is right. On the one hand, the people she takes revenge on were simply doing their duty by preventing her husband from continuing his scientific research. On the other hand, they probably did it too harshly, traumatizing the man. And “driving someone to suicide” is a criminal offense.

However, Soledad Miranda's character hardly deserves justification. In my opinion, the very nature of her actions indicates serious mental disorders.