Bernard Launois

Bernard Launois is a French exploitation film director screenwriter and actor As an actor he sometimes used the pseudonym Bob Gary He was born in Mézières France Having studied pharmacology for two years in the university he sought a career in the film industry instead He worked as a trainee editor and then as an assistant director In 1953 he was employed by Paramount s programming department in Paris 2 During the 1960s he worked for several film distribution and production companies such as Parafrance fr and Les Films Copernic fr In 1979 he founded his own company Lancaster Film to finance the films he wrote and directed He also edited film trailers and played minor roles as an actor His debut film as director Unleash the Bitches lit Unleash the Bitches released in 1972 was an improvised work that he wrote in three days He founded Delta Films and bought a fourtheater multiplex in 1987 He retired from the filmmaking business at the end of the 1980s Devil Story his seventh and last feature film has gained a cult following because of its reputation as one of the worst films in history It was restored in 4K resolution from its 35mm original camera negative and released on Bluray by Vinegar Syndrome an American home video distribution company in 2021