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Jess Franco’s otherworldly tale of desire, depravity, and interdimensional possession.

SHINING SEX

1976 · 1h 45m · NR · Drama / Science Fiction / Thriller · TMDB

Shining Sex features five poetic visions of sexual ecstasy by filmmakers Hadzihalilovic, Sion Sono, directorial duo Cattet and Forzani, Mandico and Mendonça Filho. The storylines range from a young man who falls in love with a mermaid to lovers who abandon themselves to sensual pleasure in a dance hall in Brazil.

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When Jess Franco says desire is out of this world, he means it literally.

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Jess Franco goes full cosmic kink in this seaside fever dream, letting Lina Romay’s dancer become a vessel for extraterrestrial lust. Franco himself pops up as a psychic with a taste for the paranormal, and the whole affair unfolds in the sun-bleached oddity of La Grande Motte. It’s Eurocult at its most unbuttoned, and certainly not for the faint of heart.

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Quick Answer
What is Shining Sex about?

Shining Sex is a 1976 drama, science fiction, and thriller film directed by Jess Franco about an exotic dancer whose body is inhabited by a being from another dimension to explore desire, depravity, and death.

Details & Specs
Release
1976
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

Synopsis

One of the most provocative films of writer/director Jess Franco's career has been virtually impossible to experience in its complete and uncut form… until now. Lina Romay is at her most explicitly seductive as an exotic dancer whose body is inhabited by a being from another dimension to explore desire, depravity and death, while Uncle Jess himself portrays a wheelchair-bound psychic obsessed with the paranormal.

Shot on location in the seaside resort of La Grande Motte, Evelyne Scott (DEVIL'S KISS), Monica Swinn (BARBED WIRE DOLLS) and Olivier Mathot (THE SADIST OF NOTRE DAME) co-star in this 1975 Eurociné production. Previously available only in a shortened French version or as a censor-fogged Japanese bootleg. Now scanned from the original negative for the first time ever anywhere.

Why Cult

Jess Franco Extravaganza

Writer/director Jess Franco not only helms the film but also appears on-screen as a wheelchair-bound psychic obsessed with the paranormal.

Lina Romay Seduction

Lina Romay delivers a performance at her most explicitly seductive, anchoring the film’s exploration of desire and depravity.

Seaside Eurocult Atmosphere

Shot on location in the seaside resort of La Grande Motte, the film exudes a unique, sun-drenched strangeness.

Interdimensional Invasion

An exotic dancer’s body is overtaken by a being from another dimension, blending science fiction oddity with erotic thriller.

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Questions from the Vault

What is Shining Sex about? +

Shining Sex is about an exotic dancer whose body is inhabited by a being from another dimension to explore desire, depravity, and death.

When was Shining Sex released? +

Shining Sex was released in 1976.

How long is Shining Sex? +

Shining Sex has a runtime of 105 minutes.

What genre is Shining Sex? +

Shining Sex is a drama, science fiction, and thriller film.

Where can I watch Shining Sex? +

You can watch Shining Sex on SassyFlix.

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