BLACK BOOTS, LEATHER WHIP

During one of the most productive periods of his career, writer/director Jess Franco resurrected the character of seedy private eye Al Pereira—portrayed here by key collaborator Antonio Mayans—for this hard-boiled erotic thriller. When down-on-his-luck Pereira is hired by a sultry client (Lina Romay, FEMALE VAMPIRE) for a fast job, he finds himself caught in a web of seduction, murder, blackmail, polyamorous mayhem, and a Sadomasochistic centerpiece that is jaw-droppingly extreme even by Franco standards. Asunción Calero (HOUSE OF LOST WOMEN) and Rocío Freixas (THE SINISTER DR. ORLOFF) co-star in this postmodern neo-noir, now fully uncut and restored from the original negative.