Succubus (1968 film) - Revision history

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−	* The backstories about this film's unlikely and probably imaginary origin, it's absurd description, and it's hallucinatory plot, etc. sound more like the made-up background of a semi-comedic ''[[The King in Yellow]]'' style imaginary Mythos "tome" in film form than something out of reality....	+	* The backstories about this film's unlikely and probably imaginary origin, it's absurd description, and it's hallucinatory plot, etc. sound more like the made-up background of a semi-comedic ''[[The King in Yellow (tome)]]'' style imaginary Mythos "tome" in film form than something out of reality....

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 * Release Date:  1968
 * Country/Language:  German, dubbed in English
-* Genres/Technical:  Avant-Garde, Psychedelica, Pornography, Horror
+* Genres/Technical:  Adult, Avant-Garde, Psychedelica, Horror
 * Runtime:  108 min
 * Starring:  Janine Reynaud

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	''Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden'' (1968 film); AKA ''Succubus'' and ''The Green Eyes of the Devil''		''Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden'' (1968 film); AKA ''Succubus'' and ''The Green Eyes of the Devil''

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-Janine Reynaud stars as a nightclub stripper who free-floats through a spectral 60's landscape littered with dream-figures, dancing midgets and bizarre S&M games.
+Janine Reynaud stars as a nightclub stripper who free-floats through a spectral 60's landscape littered with dream-figures, dancing midgets in dog masks, dream-like castles staffed by mannequins, weird jazz soundtracks, and bizarre S&M games.
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 * The film was originally titled ''Succubus'', and film-goers were given telephone numbers to call for more information about what the word "succubus" means.
 * Other titles for the film have included ''Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden'' and ''The Green Eyes of the Devil''; different versions of the film include additional nudity, extra song-and-dance routines, and alternate beginnings and endings depicting the main character's birth and death followed by disintegration into a skeleton.
-* Jess Franco claims that the film's German title was inspired by a sixteenth century book he had come across on a bookshelf entitled ''[[Necronomicon]]'' that had belonged to a wealthy actor and film producer Pier A. Caminnecci, who had invited Jess over to his house to indulge in his extensive jazz collection, as the two were mutual jazz fans. Jess read a short story from this particular book that was so extraordinary he had to make it into a movie....
+* Jess Franco claims that the film's German title was inspired by a sixteenth century book he had come across on a bookshelf entitled ''[[Necronomicon]]'' that had belonged to a wealthy actor and film producer Pier A. Caminnecci, who had invited Jess over to his house to indulge in his extensive jazz collection, as the two were mutual jazz fans. Jess supposedly read a short story from this particular book that was so extraordinary he had to make it into a movie....
 ==Background and Legacy==

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 * Starring:  Janine Reynaud
 * Director:  Jess Franco
-* Producer:
+* Producer:  Jess Franco
 * Writer:  Pierre Cammoneci
 * Production Co:  Trans-American Films, Aquila Film Enterprises
 * View at:  ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NorIKfiriMs link])