Good concept, poorly executed.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The young and idealistic Dr Johnson (Fred Williams) proudly presents his work with human embryos, but has his expectations crushed by 4 experts (Howard Vernon, Paul Muller, Ewa Strömberg and Jess Franco himself) who ridicule the work of his lifetime and destroy his experiments. Dr Johnson commits suicide, and his widow (Soledad Miranda) decides she will kill the 4 enemies of her husband - in interesting ways. Meanwhile she keeps the body of the doctor and continues to talk to him as if he were still alive...A thriller with a remarkable straightforward story for a Jess Franco movie. Soledad Miranda is scorching the screen, the director gives her plenty of opportunity to stare with her dark eyes at her future victims. Not even a silly blond wig can damage her maniacal presence. The jazzy lounge music contributes a lot to the freaky atmosphere, but also the locations near Alicante/Spain are beautifully chosen. The only weak point to me is the role of the police inspector (Horst Tappert), because he seems to do a really lazy and sloppy investigation, considering there are several murder cases. Oh, and maybe it's the only time in cinema history that a car falls down a cliff and just breaks apart, it doesn't explode like it's full of dynamite - movie cliché avoided. Most likely it were only the costs which mattered, though.

"Sie tötete in Ekstase" or "She Killed In Ecstasy" is a pretty short West German / Spanish horror movie about a woman who goes insane after her husband commits suicide. The husband was a renowned doctor, but one of his studies was performed in a way that other important doctors could not accept and that is why they publicly humiliated him and forbid him to keep working in his profession. As a consequence, the man commits suicide and his wife takes revenge on the people who caused this to her husband. The director is the famous Jesús Franco and the lead actress is played by his muse Soledad Miranda. Miranda was already dead when this was released here and there is certainly some irony to the last scene of the movie and her tragic death. The most known 8at least to me) actor in here is Horst Tappert, who plays a police detective who does apparently not have 1% of Derrick's wit and intelligence.You can watch this film for a couple reasons. Taking it seriously in terms of story, however, is not one of them. It was obvious who the killer was after the first murder and yet nobody came to stop her. Instead the police still wonders almost at the end of the film who did this. Pretty ridiculous. The murder scenes are also not too scare actually, more like funny how weird they are and there are several more scenes for which this applies. The best reason to watch this is either because of Miranda's stunning beauty (some nudity in here too) or simply as a guilty pleasure. Yes sexuality certainly was different in the 1970s and I am not only talking about the protagonist's bush down there. At one point, the film almost sounded like an installment of the popular "Schulmädchen" franchise. Solid watch all in all, but by today's standards really more funny than scary. I recommend it. Maybe my favorite from Franco.

The Spanish Exploitation cinema icon Jess Franco is doubtlessly one of the most eccentric, prolific and controversial European filmmakers. Whil his impressive repertoire of almost 200 directed films includes everything from brilliant to awful, his masterpieces are clearly those from the earlier decades in his career, especially the "Dr Orloff" films from the 60s and the psychedelic Erotic Horror gems from the early 70s. The films he made with the stunningly beautiful Soledad Miranda in the late 60s and early 70s are doubtlessly among his most memorable ones. One of the most mesmerizing beautiful women ever to bless the screen with their presence, Soledad Miranda tragically died in a car accident at the age of 27 in 1970. Her best-known films directed by Franco were released only after her death. The most widely known one is probably the Erotic Horror classic VAMPYROS LESBOS (1971). While that film is doubtlessly a must-see for my fellow Eurocine-lovers, this sexy, insane and incredibly groovy slice of classic Eurocult SIE TÖTETE IN EKSTASE aka. SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY (1971) is easily as memorable and entertaining.The sublime Soledad plays the beautiful young wife of a Doctor (Fred Williams) who makes dubious experiments with fetuses. When a science-committee (consisting of cult-actors/Franco-regulars Howard Vernon and Paul Muller, the blonde Ewa Strömberg who also co-starred in VAMPYROS LESBOS, and director Jess Franco himself) condemn the Doctor's work and cause his debarment, he attempts to kill himself. His sexy young wife is now out for revenge - sexy revenge.This is Jess Franco at his most prototypical greatest. A weird but exquisite combination of shameless sleaze and elegance, SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY epitomizes what Franco-admirers admire about Franco. Sleazy perversions and relatively perverse acts of violence, gorgeous naked women, incredible elegance and an insanely brilliant score (which is partly the same as in VAMPYROS LESBOS and THE DEVIL CAME FROM AKASAVA), fantastic settings and an overwhelming visual style are unified in an inimitable Jess Franco manner. The story is secondary, but still making more sense than in your typical Franco-flick. For my fellow Eurocult-fans, appearances by Franco's favorite macabre actor Howard Vernon or by Paul Muller are reason enough to watch a movie. Horst Tappert, who is best known as TV-detective "Derrick" in German-speaking countries once again has the minor role of a cop. The most convincing quality of this film (or any other that she starred in) is, of course, the divine Soledad Miranda. A true must for all fans of Jess Franco, Soledad Miranda and Cult-Cinema in general. My rating: 8.5/10

Soledad Miranda. Two words that should send any hot-blooded fan of classic exploitation cinema beating a tad faster. In "She Killed in Ecstasy", Miranda is spectacularly sexy as she sets about to avenge her deceased husband wearing a number of disguises.Jesus Franco himself appears as one of the doctors responsible for Miranda's husband's untimely end.This is one of Franco's best movies. It moves at a good pace, it's sexy and stylish and doesn't outstay its welcome. Although the ending is a little hurried, this is a satisfying revenge thriller.Accompanied by a wonderful '70s soundtrack from Manfred Hübler and Sigi Schwab, this is a genuine pleasure to watch.It's a genuine tragedy that Miranda died just as her biggest films were about to be released. She remains one of the silver screen's most beautiful stars.8 out of 10.