Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Lee, Maria Schell, Leo Genn, Hans Hass Jr., Maria Rohm
• Directors: Jesus Franco
• Writers: Jesus Franco, Harry Alan Towers, Anthony Scott Veitch, Enrico Colombo, Michael Haller
• Producers: Arturo Marcos, Harry Alan Towers
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Blue Underground, Inc.
• DVD Release Date: October 26, 2004
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000096I9U
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,452 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Bloody Judge" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

The Fully Restored Never-Before-Seen European Version!

Christopher Lee gives one of his most unforgettable performances as Judge George Jeffreys, the infamous 17th Century witchfinder whose unholy obsession with a luscious wench (Maria Rohm of THE BLOOD OF FU MANCHU) fuels a jaw-dropping spree of torture, brutality and flesh-ripping perversion. Howard Vernon (SUCCUBUS), Margaret Lee (EUGENIE), Maria Schell (99 WOMEN) and Oscar® nominee Leo Genn (QUO VADIS) co-star in this landmark epic of sexual violence and sadism, complete with a superb score by Bruno Nicolai (JUSTINE) and directed with spectacularly deviant glee by the one and only Jess Franco.

Blue Underground is proud to present the most complete and uncensored version of THE BLOODY JUDGE ever released, painstakingly restored from various European vault elements and now including such never-before-seen sequences as Maria Rohm’s forced-lesbian jailhouse encounter as well as additional nudity, bloodshed and what Christopher Lee himself calls "scenes of extraordinary depravity!"

EXTRAS INCLUDE:
* Bloody Jess – Interviews with Director Jess Franco and Star Christopher Lee
* Deleted Scenes
* Alternative Scenes
* Theatrical Trailers
* TV Spot
* Poster & Still Galleries
* Talent Bios

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My favourite Franco film... so far, February 23, 2005

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Joey Narcotic "throatsprockets" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bloody Judge (DVD)

This is an amazing movie. It's basically an exploitation movie with the production values of an historical drama. The acting is outstanding, particularly Christopher Lee and Maria Rohm. Blue Underground have scraped together a magnificent print, taking elements from the various released and unreleased versions of the movie to produced an excellent film that's never existed in this form before. Given the patchwork history it seems like the movie should be a mess, but it all hangs together very well. The inclusion of alternate versions of some scenes in the extras department is very educational. The interview segments from this and the other Blue Underground released of Jess Franco/Harry Alan Towers collaborations could probably be edited into a great feature-length documentary.

Speaking of which, Blue Underground have now released all the Franco/Towers movies except for Count Dracula. I hope that's on the drawing board for the not-too-distant future!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars judgment on the judge, July 8, 2005

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This review is from: The Bloody Judge (DVD)

A great improvement on the earlier 94 minute video.Blue underground have produced a version of this film that is both of excellent quality and quantity,approximately 10 minutes extra.As for the film itself Franco fans should not be disappointed.The battle scenes are somewhat tedious but Maria Rohm's exploits more than make up for that slight criticism.Anyone who has Witchfinder General or Mark of the Devil in their collection should certainly buy this.

5.0 out of 5 stars one of francos best., December 27, 2011

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Michael P. Dobey (colorado springs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bloody Judge (DVD)

By this time franco was making movies with plots , gone are the lsd inspired early 70's plotless type of flicks, this one instead is a straight story from the past that is similiar to 'witchfinder general'. Blue Underground which always does things right put together this fine film from several existing edits and came out with the best looking and edited version of the film possible. This one is about a sadistic judge who wreaks havoc on the people of his time. the 1600's or some such era. Christopher lee is of course excellent and this one is a must for horror fans. ALthough the horror is from the actions of the judge and not some nonhuman monster.