Episode 2: Lisa and the Devil (Bava) / The Other Side of the Mirror (Franco)

Our first proper episode! We take a look at two films about haunted women failing to keep their past lives at bay. First up is Mario Bava's Lisa and the Devil, the only film he ever made with total creative freedom. Next up is Jess Franco's The Other Side of the Mirror, a less sleazy affair than what you'd expect from the exploitative legend, featuring an astonishing lead performance by Emma Cohen. Sources & Clips:Telly...Who Loves Ya, Baby? (TV Special, 1976)Emma Cohen as La Gallina Caponata (a Big Bird equivalent) on Barrio Sésamo) (1979-1980)Barranco, Mario, and Sergi Sánchez Martí. "Oblique desires: Late-Francoist Spanish Fantaterror according to queer phenomenology1." Studies in Spanish & Latin American Cinemas 21.1 (2024): 99-123.Deleuze, Gilles. Cinema 1: The Movement-Image. Translated by Hugh Tomlinson and Barbara Habberjam, University of Minnesota Press, 1986.Lucas, Tim. Mario Bava : All the Colors of the Dark. Video Watchdog, 2007.Thrower, Stephen and Julian Grainger. Murderous Passions, Volume 1: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco. 2015