Vampyros Lesbos and De Sade 70 are two milestones in the erotic oeuvre of the prolific Spanish director Jess Franco: sapphic vampires and the Marquis de Sade are sublimated through his muse, Miranda Soledad. 

Vampyros Lesbos is undoubtedly one of his most visually ingenious films, and the ultra-cult psychedelic music by Siegfried Schwab and Manfred Hübler made soundtrack history (Tarantino would later use it in Jackie Brown). The eroticism à la Marquis de Sade and the relationship between dominance and addiction in a love relationship are sublimated here by vampirism, a metaphorical figure that Franco would often use (as in Female Vampire with his other muse, Lina Romay). 

De Sade 70 also surpasses itself, despite the extremely low budget Franco had to make do with. It is without a doubt one of the director's most disturbing films. This contemporary approach to the work of the Marquis de Sade with a realistic slant, shows us the toxic relationship between a young girl and her stepfather, who drives her to the worst cruelties. The music is once again enchanting, this time composed by the Italian Bruno Nicolai, a disciple of Morricone who became one of the greatest composers of soundtracks for Italian genre films (The Case of the Scorpion's Tail, The Red Queen Kills Seven Times...).