'Un Silencio de Tumba' (1976) - Jesús Franco.

While not exactly the consensus of popular opinion, but I actually consider, 'Un Silencio de Tumba' to be a rather magnificent, consistently enjoyable and surprisingly chaste, Jesús Franco thriller. The low-key, Agatha Christie-style pot-boiler concerns the delightfully fervid and soon to be murderous goings-on during a not-so swinging soiree held on a isolated island retreat. Maestro, Franco really delivers on the escalating tension and creepy atmospherics here; while many erroneously regard, Jess Franco as merely a hyper-psychedelic, hyperbolically-zooming, furiously febrile T & A man (and, to be fair, he might well be the best of the beast!) but he was also a highly skilled, visually savvy filmmaker, and I still genuinely feel that 'Un Silencio De Tumba' is ample proof of his refined artistic sensibilities. 'Un Silencio de Tumba' is a cracking yarn, and would most certainly be of interest to all obsessive Euro-cultists and uber-biased Franco assessors alike! Top (glory) Hole!!!! And like many other laudable, Franco efforts, this sterling mystery also boasts a tremendously effective, sweetly sexy score by, Jesús Franco and Fernando García Morcillo!

 

 

 

'Pensive!??? Is this 'pensive' enough, director man!'

'I've got a bit of a lazy lob on!