Vampyros Lesbos (Lesbian Vampires: The Heiress of Dracula) (1970)
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50% of critics liked it
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Director Jesus Franco's surrealistic reworking of Bram Stoker's short story "Dracula's Guest" has acquired a substantial cult following due to its hallucinatory erotic imagery and a sexy performance by Soledad Miranda as vampiric Princess Nadine Korody. Ewa Stroemberg stars as… More Director Jesus Franco's surrealistic reworking of Bram Stoker's short story "Dracula's Guest" has acquired a substantial cult following due to its hallucinatory erotic imagery and a sexy performance by Soledad Miranda as vampiric Princess Nadine Korody. Ewa Stroemberg stars as Linda Westinghouse, an American working in a Turkish legal firm. Lucy is plagued and thrilled by a series of erotic dreams concerning a mysterious vampire woman who seduces her before feeding on her blood. When she travels to an island to settle Princess Korody's inheritance, Lucy recognizes the beautiful woman as the vampire from her dreams. A poetic, arty horror film which begs comparison to the work of French director Jean Rollin and Spaniard Jose Larraz, Vampyros Lesbos is an ode to indulgent, funereal excess and is among the most peculiar, gripping films of Franco's career. Dennis Price and Paul Muller co-star, while Franco appears as a hotel porter. Various versions run 89, 82, and 78 minutes. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jesus Franco
- Written By
- Jesus Franco, Jaime Chávarri
- Genres
- Horror, Art House & International, Cult Movies
- In Theaters
- Dec 31, 1970 Wide
- Studio
- Floralva Exclusivas
Critic Reviews
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Extremely prolific and generally untalented, Jess Franco is the Spanish Ed Wood, albeit without Wood's gift for humorously inane dialogue.
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Try to locate a narrative, and the whole thing dissolves; better to take the lead of Heidrum Kussin's buxom, straitjacketed Reinfeld, who emerges from the reverie bewildered and aroused.
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Essi Berelian, Total Film
Jess Franco's 1970 erotic horror has become a cult landmark in Eurotrash entertainment.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Never rising above an exploitation film.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
As filtered through the drug-bombed haze of Jesus Franco, this mixture of vampires and sun-drenched Riviera setting is nonsense from the get-go, but if you like a little soft gore with your soft core, this is the movie for you.
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Cast
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Ewa Strömberg
as Linda Westinghouse
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Soledad Miranda
as Countess Nadine Carody
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Dennis Price
as Dr. Alwin Seward
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Peter Paul Muller
as Dr. Steiner
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Jesus Franco
as Memmet
- José Martínez Blanco