2/5 Low expectations...
  by NoWireHangers (Sweden)
I'm getting increasingly low expectations with every new Franco movie. "Snakewoman" turned out to be better than most of his post-1998 films, but that doesn't make it a good movie. The sound quality is bad as usual.

The DVD includes a bonus feature length film, "Dr Wong's Virtual Hell". Like the last time there was a bonus feature on a Franco DVD ("Helter Skelter" on the "Broken Dolls" DVD), the film is more or less unwatchable. Half of the running time is a long sex scene, and the rest of the story is told by means of speech bubbles and narration. They have even exploited the late Howard Vernon by editing in footage from "The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein", for no apparent reason. When the characters don't communicate by speech bubbles you can't hear what they say because of the accents and the bad sound quality.

"Snakewoman" is better than "Vampire Junction", "Lust for Frankenstein" and some of his other recent films, but it's not very good. If you're a Jess Franco addict and have already seen all of his old movies, and if you know what you're getting into, you may want to add this DVD to your collection. If you're not a fanatic, there are lots of better Franco films to see before you need to buy this one.