▁manner ▁for ▁business ▁reasons , ▁although ▁she ▁never ▁actually ▁co - direct ed ▁any ▁of ▁their ▁films ▁together . ▁ ▁Although ▁he ▁produced ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁relatively ▁successful ▁horror ▁films ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁( D rac ula ▁vs . ▁Fran ken stein , ▁The ▁B are - Bre asted ▁Count ess , ▁A ▁Virgin ▁Among ▁the ▁Living ▁Dead ), ▁many ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁industry ▁considered ▁him ▁a ▁por n ▁director ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁huge ▁number ▁of ▁X - r ated ▁adult ▁films ▁he ▁began ▁turning ▁out ▁( even ▁his ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁horror ▁films ▁featured ▁abund ant ▁n ud ity ). ▁Franco ▁returned ▁to ▁low - bud get ▁horror ▁in ▁a ▁brief ▁com eb ack ▁period ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 0 – 1 9 8 3 ▁( M ondo ▁C ann ib ale , ▁Blo ody ▁Moon , ▁O asis ▁of ▁the ▁Z omb ies , ▁Re ven ge ▁in ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁U sh er ), ▁but ▁after ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁his ▁career ▁took ▁a ▁second ▁dow nt urn ▁as ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁making ▁mostly ▁por n ographic ▁films , ▁most ▁of ▁which ▁left ▁nothing ▁to ▁the ▁imagination . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁later ▁years , ▁he ▁did , ▁however , ▁get ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁turn ▁out ▁two ▁rather ▁big - bud get ▁horror ▁films ▁– ▁Fac eless ▁( 1 9 8 8 ) ▁and ▁K iller ▁Barb ys ▁( 1 9 9 6 ) ▁– ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁showed