French cult director Jean Rollin once again revisits his favorite subject, sexy vampires, in this 1971 film recently released on DVD by Redemption Video. As is the case with many of Rollin’s films, the protagonists are two innocent young girls who must confront all manner of horrors and erotic weirdness. The movie makes no logical sense, but rather plays out like a dream, full of Freudian symbolism like winding staircases descending deeper and deeper into the subconscious. Although the budget was apparently so low they couldn’t even get decent vampire teeth, there’s still a certain compelling quality to the visuals. And if that all sounds too artsy for you, you can still enjoy the copious amounts of sin and skin Rollin serves up. The bonus features are a mixed bag. The interview with actress Louise Dhour is interesting, but who really wants to watch the alternate clothed versions of scenes. If you aren’t a fan of surreal low budget seventies sexploitation movies you’ll probably hate this.
This article appears in Jun 24-30, 2009.
Love this movie. The teeth remind me of putting candy corns in my upper lip when I was young except they are white.
I don’t even know if I am “a fan of surreal low budget seventies sexploitation” or not. 34 years years old and so much left to discover about myself.