Le frisson des vampires

1971 [FRENCH]

Action / Horror / Mystery

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IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 2731 2.7K

vampire eroticism castle human sacrifice gothic animal killing

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Plot summary

A newlywed couple travels to a small town to visit the bride's cousins—her last two surviving relatives—at the castle where they live, only to discover that the cousins have just died and the castle is now inhabited by vampires.

Director

Jean Rollin Photo
Jean Rollin

Top cast

Dominique Photo
Dominique as Isolde
Kuelan Herce Photo
Kuelan Herce as Maid
Jean-Marie Durand Photo
Jean-Marie Durand as Antoine
Sandra Julien Photo
Sandra Julien as Isa
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666.78 MB
1172*720
French 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 3
1.27 GB
1744*1072
French 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 5 / 10

Isa" (Sandra Julien) and her new husband "Antoine

"Isa" (Sandra Julien) and her new husband "Antoine" (Jean-Marie Durand) make that terrible mistake of spending a night of their honeymoon in an old castle. Welcomed with open arms, they soon become aware that they, themselves, may be on the menu for supper as their hosts turn out to be pretty hungry, if somewhat pseudo-intellectual, vampires! Yep, we have seen the plot played out dozens of times before - the only extra thing this brings is a few less clothes on the vampires. Otherwise, it is pretty much devoid of story though it does have a certain production style about it. The use of the light and colour is quite effective - especially in the graveyard, but there is no getting away from the fact that this is very, very slow - with precious little actually going on. The acting is pretty shocking and it is not remotely scary; for that matter not remotely sexy either - it's sort of seedy with plenty of ketchup. Don't hang on the dialogue - in French or subtitled, it brings nothing to it either. This hammy effort is either a feast or famine for your visual senses, depending on your point of view. I probably erred on the latter. That said, I didn't hate it, it does have a certain eeriness to it, but I think perhaps it was just a bit too much of it's time for me - and that certainly isn't 2022.
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Reviewed by Milk_Tray_Guy 5 / 10

Style, but no substance

Another Jean Rollin vampire flick. The formula for these seems to be; paper-thin plot, beautiful cinematography, and lots of gratuitous, female nudity. The cast are pretty poor (one of the girls does bear a resemblance to Sharon Tate, whilst one of the guys is a dead ringer for Tate's husband Roman Polanski, who appeared with her in his Dance of the Vampires (aka The Fearless Vampire Killers) four years earlier). The music, by French group Acanthus (who also recorded under the name Unity (22); other than that I can't find anything on them) has a prog rock feel; it's okay, but it jars with the heavily gothic imagery. On top of that, this was pretty poorly dubbed into English; I'd sooner have had subtitles. There are some spectacular visuals - especially in and around a chateau and a graveyard - but that's it. Nice to look at, but not a lot else. 5/10.

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