Review of Succubus

"Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden", also known as "Succubus", is a West German production from 1968, so this one will soon have its 50th anniversary already. It is a color movie directed by the notorious Jesús Franco and written by Pier A. Caminnecci. According to IMDb, it is a German-language movie, but I am pretty sure that with the exception of Adrian Hoven probably nobody was speaking German in here and almost all of them got dubbed when production was about to be finished I'm sure. The lead actress here is Janine Reynaud (one of Franco's muses) and she plays a young woman named Lorna, who apparently has pretty dark desires. So yeah, I personally did not enjoy the watch here at all. I have seen some of Franco's stuff and this film here is certainly a contender for being among his 5 or even 3 worst "achievements". It looks so pretentious with the dream sequences, the music, the deep and dark story etc., but it is all a mess and pretty much everybody who worked on this one really needed more talent to make this one worth checking out. This refers to the director, the writer, the actors, but also the people working in less significant positions. It looks like a really bad student film in my opinion. I know that Franco's appeal comes from his lack of perfection for many, but honestly, here I would say it even lacks mediocrity. Plus the story is complete garbage and so stupid that it's even impossible to understand most of the time what is going on. We only witness the many failed attempts of a filmmaker in coming up with a creative overall outcome. But it's far from that. It's a complete mess and I suggest you stay far far away, even if you like some of Franco's other stuff. Possibly the worst1968 film I have seen so far. And I have seen many.