This letteboxed version has been passed uncut by the UK censors. Starring horror icon Christopher Lee, The Bloody Judge (Franco's version of the classic Witchfinder General), was a much darker and exploitative look at the infamous witch-hunter Judge George Jeffreys, whose real life excesses allowed Franco to portray copious amounts of nudity and sadistic torture in its lurid dungeon scenes. viewer's comments: - One of Franco's best!! First of all, "Night Of The Blood Monster", is a stupid and misleading title. "Bloody Judge" is exactly what the excellent Christopher Lee portraits in this big budget (yeah, Jess Franco with money!?!) witch hunting flick. The plot is almost the same as "Mark Of The Devil" and "Witchfinder General", also from that period. It's beautifully shot and filled with impressive battle scenes and lots of politics (based on a true story!). If you see the uncut LBX version you'll get a sleaze-o-rama of torture, nudity, whipping etc. Franco regular Howard Vernon is over-the-top as the chief torturer (made me think of Marty Feldman in "Young Frankenstein"!). Franco and Lee should be proud of this film, think of that when you're watching Franco-bombs like "Golden Temple Amazons" and "Man Hunter". Vintage Euro-horror at it's best! cast: Christopher Lee .... Lord George Jeffreys Leo Genn .... Earl of Wessex Maria Schell .... Mother Rosa Maria Rohm .... Mary Gray Margaret Lee .... Alicia Gray Hans Hass Jr. .... Harry Selton Howard Vernon .... Jack Ketch Diana Lorys .... Sally Gaunt. Runtime: 89 minutes Country: Italy / UK / Spain / West Germany Language: English Colour
