★ 10 / 10
It's not possible. you're alive. i touched your
Parker
"it's not possible. you're alive. i touched your body and felt the life in you. tell me it's not true. tell me." truly five stars in my head, but ultimately…
"it's not possible. you're alive. i touched your body and felt the life in you. tell me it's not true. tell me."
truly five stars in my head, but ultimately has some glaring flaws i can't ignore (male direction, some bad acting). anyways GOD!!!
lesbians,,, campy gore,,, a romance trying to hold on despite all odds,,, god, and it's beautiful! when helene washes the blood off catherine,,, when catherine is finally able to speak again and she initially can only speak of helene and her love for her,,, the way they hold each other,,, AND THEN THE DESPERATION!!! the way helene kills and destroys herself for catherine,,, catherine begging to die while helene fights to bring her back to life,,, desperate to bring back someone who's right in front of her, but not there,,, the inherent romanticism in cannibalism,,, the ending, which is inevitable but devastating,,,
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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★ 7 / 10
Living Dead Girl
Scarecrow-88
Grisly, potent shocker from Jean Rollin regarding how a dead young lady of two years, the body surprisingly fresh without rot during that time(?), is revived…
Grisly, potent shocker from Jean Rollin regarding how a dead young lady of two years, the body surprisingly fresh without rot during that time(?), is revived from a spilled can of toxic waste, put there by some corpse looters, after a minor earthquake. She has vampire mentalities(..not to mention terrifying fingernails which can tear into flesh with ease) meaning this uncontrollable thirst for flesh and blood from human beings..the girl, Catherine(Françoise Blanchard), calls the evil inside. A "blood sister", Helene(Marina Pierro)did not know her best friend from childhood had been dead and after a phone call leading to Catherine's discovery(hearing the sound box playing music both listened to as children)she races to the villa to see about her. What Helene sees is a bloody mess, several unfortunates who became blood donors to Catherine's unhinged feeding time. Helene will slowly grow obsessed with keeping her beloved "sister" alive doing whatever it takes, meaning luring those unaware of what awaits them, to become victims for Catherine. A photographer, Barbara(Carina Barone)sees Catherine walking in a daze upon leaving her crypt and takes a snapshot. That snapshot fascinates her..the image that compels her to seek out the identity of Catherine might seal her fate. Perhaps, Barbara's husband(Mike Marshall)will be able to keep her from harm before it's too late. Or, will Barbara's obsession with learning more about Catherine, and taking more pictures of her, lead to a gruesome demise. What the people around this villa need to worry about is Helene's mad desire to find fresh bodies for her Catherine.
The most important story element, and what I feel is the most haunting aspect, is that as days go by Catherine is realizing the monster she becomes when the evil hunger returns. She wishes to be put away and begs for Helene to see this through. The idea of losing her friend a second time, and not being able to come to terms with the fact that Catherine is dead, I think Helene is the tragic character of the film. Friendship and love seem to be very powerful emotional drives within this plot while Rollin often cuts into this with a furious rage when he shows Catherine's eating habits. She just doesn't suck blood with any form of sophistication, but tears into her meal like a crazed, starving animal. And, believe me, the feasting is extremely unsettling as we watch the flesh of throats, arms, and stomachs ripped with vengeance by Catherine who seems out of control with her senses with the primal urge to munch operating in overdrive. The direction is rather straight-forward, I felt, and followed a projected path. It ended about the way I imagined it would. The ending leaves only despair for the victim who just wishes for the blood lust and torment to leave her.
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