1981, which had a plot very similar to Zombie Lake (also involving revived Nazi zombies). It was released in France as The Abyss of the Living Dead. Franco simultaneously shot a variant Spanish language version of Oasis of the Zombies at the producers' expense, starring Lina Romay and his "regulars", which was apparently released only in Spain in 1982 as La Tumba de los Muertos Vivientes, which now appears to be a lost film. Death Franco suffered a severe stroke on 27 March 2013, and was taken to a hospital in Málaga, Spain, where he died six days later, on the morning of 2 April. He was 82. Filmography (in order of production) (All of these films were directed by Franco, unless noted otherwise) References Further reading [French] Daniel Bastié, Jess Franco : L’homme aux 200 films, Ed. Grand Angle, 2014 Stephen Thrower, Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco (2015) Jess Franco, Memorias del tío Jess (2004) (autobiography, in Spanish) Stéphane du Mesnilot, Jess Franco - Énergies du fantasme (2004, in French) Alain Petit, Manacoa Files (1994–1999, in French) Lucas Balbo, Peter Blumenstock, Christian Kessler, Tim Lucas, Obsession - The Films of Jess Franco (1993) Stephen Thrower, Flowers of Perversion: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco. Strange Attractor Press. (2018) Tim Lucas, "How to Read a Franco Film", in Video Watchdog No. 1 (1990) The book Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956–1984 (1994), by Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs, dedicates a chapter to Franco. Xavier Mendik. "Perverse Bodies, Profane Texts: Processes of Sadeian 'Mixture' in the Films of Jesús Franco" in Andy Black (ed.), Necronomicon: The Journal of Horror and Erotic Cinema Book Two London: Creation Books, 1998, pp. 6–29. Benedikt Eppenberger, Daniel Stapfer. Mädchen, Machos und Moneten: Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Schweizer Kinounternehmers Erwin C. Dietrich. Mit einem Vorwort von Jess Franco. Verlag Scharfe Stiefel, Zurich, 2006, Robert Monell, "Il codice segreto di Jesús Franco", in Nocturno Dossier n. 60, luglio 2007 Robert Monell, essays on Devil Hunter/Il Cacciatore di Uomini and The Cannibals/White Cannibal Queen in Eaten Alive: Italian Cannibal and Zombie Movies pp. 145–148 Edited by Jay Slater, Plexus Publishing Limited, London (2002) Robert Monell, Foreword: "Jess Franco—Cinema Degree Zero" in Il Caso Jesús Franco, edited by Francesco Cesari, (2010, in English, Italian and Spanish) Granviale Editore, Venezia, Italy, pp. 11–12. External links Santo and Friends (Hispanic horror film index) 1930 births 2013