Andrea Rau, Danielle Ouimet, Delphine Seyrig
Directed by: Andrea Rau, Danielle Ouimet, Delphine Seyrig, Fons Rademakers, Harry Kümel, John Karlen
Release Date: January 1, 1971
DVD Release Date: August 25, 1998
Stats: 84 reviews
Another memorable performance by Delphine Seyrig. This is probably her best role along with Jeanne Dielmann. Like Fascination, I liked the attempt to tone down the vampire aspects and focus more on the eroticism. The ending felt rushed.
Newlyweds, comprised of an ingénue bride and a groom with a mysteriously troubled past, find their honeymoon wrecked when the Countess Bathory and her enticing "secretary" occupy the suite next door in a deserted Flanders hotel. Slow-moving, visually sumptuous arthouse vampire f...( read more)
Although it is a bit slow, this adds to the considerable sexual tension which is unrelenting throughout the film.
Fascinating from beginning to end. Beautiful cast. Delphine Seyrig was brilliant and may I say that, fabulous outfits!
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There were some things left unsaid though, such as an explanation for the male character behavior and his background.
"She believed human blood was the elixir of youth."
Daughters of Darkness has that rich elegance to it. Rather beautiful and somewhat erotic in it's storytelling. Delphine Seyrig is amazing here. She moves with such grace. I do love the way she carries herself an...( read more)
Elizabeth Bathory is alive and well and vacationing in modern-day (well at the time it was filmed) Belgium. The only other guests of the hotel she is staying at with her girlfriend are newlyweds. Countess Bathory is a predatory lesbian vampire who uses her charm, wit and guile in...( read more)
Gorgeous European lesbian vampires swan into an almost-deserted hotel and proceed to seduce and mindf*ck the only two guests, who've got some serious issues of their own. Despite one or two baffling digressions (what was with the lead male character's whole "Mother" subplot? What...( read more)
Retitled for the kids: Sexually perverse vampire hotel romp with bomb ass cinematography.
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