Product Details

• Actors: Bernabe Barta Barri, Ana Casares, Dorit Dom, Adrian Hoven, Chris Howland
• Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: German
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: August 18, 1998
• Run Time: 81 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630508081X
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #74,202 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

It's hard to tell whether Spanish exploitation legend Jess Franco actually planned to make a surreal spy movie, but Kiss Me Monster (originally titled Besame Monstrou) plays like a psychedelic parody of secret-agent thrillers and Hitchcock mysteries. A pair of stripteasing artist roommates, who bunk in a groovy little bungalow practically lost in deep shag carpets, turn freelance detectives when they stumble upon a secret message hidden in the strains of a song. Before you know it they've tracked the source to a Caribbean island where an ancient castle hides a mad scientist experimenting on (usually naked female) captives in his bid to create a strain of supermen. It's almost impossible to follow this incoherent mix of horror, sexploitation, and science fiction-a-go-go, but the absurdist dialogue (seemingly translated by someone who speaks English as a third or fourth language) and simply ridiculous situations are only enhanced by the overripe acting and clumsy dubbing. Flashy editing, garish sets, a terrific score that runs the gamut from lounge to big band to Latin to rock instrumentals, and enthusiastically awful performances by Janine Reynaud and Rossana Yanni help raise this entertaining mess to the level of guilty pleasure. Also stars German romance idol Adrian Hoven, who coproduced the film. Reynaud also appears in Franco's equally surreal but altogether more serious Succubus. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Weather dancing, singing, or killing, these women look good., August 9, 1999

By A Customer

Kiss me monster starts out fast. There are two sexy nightclub-singing detectives. They seduce and kill. Sometimes they just cripple. Jess Franco directed. He's made some strange and very sleasy films over a long career: Sadisterotica (with the same cast), Faceless, The Awful Dr. Orloff, The Diabolical Dr. Z, Night of the Blood Monster, And other films under false names. There is a mystery to be solved and lots of fast paced dialogue. It's confusing from the start, super stylish, and the girls are smart and sexy. The first time I saw it I was very confused, the second time I got it. It's like a European Russ Meyer movie without the pnumatic aspect.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Franco a go-go, February 12, 2000

By	Francoesque (Manacoa) - See all my reviews

More from Franco's Red Lips duo (see also "Sadisterotica") this a fast, furious and ridiculous romp through comic book colours, eccentric stock characters and a plot so simple it becomes almost incomprehensible. Franco himself cameos as a seedy contact who meets an untimely end in service of the plot. Not one of Jesus's more profound efforts to be sure but from the opening car chase (which runs under the credits and has nothing to do with the plot) to the finale, by way of badly dubbed songs to act as clues and show stopping night club scenes this is a joy. Franco obviously had a lot of fun with this one and it seeps out of the film and infects the viewer. A good introduction to the world of Jesus Franco for the uninitiated this is well worth the purchase price. Check out the opening credits and the (unmotivated) use of the "Blow Up" logo, which dances along in time with the jazzy score to see why franco is such a one-off.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great B Flick, August 29, 2000

By	Marc Marcuzzi (Budd Lake, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Kiss Me Monster (DVD)

I recently became a big fan of Jess (Jesus) Franco. This has to be his funniest movie. I have to admit though, I not sure what was meant to funny and what wasn't. The cheap production, the bad dubbing, and the over the top story, make this one very enjoyable movie. If Mike and the bots ever do another MST3K film, this is the movie they should be forced to watch. I would highly recommend this to any fan of B movies.