Jean Rollin's first full length movie, "The Rape of the Vampire", doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but it is visually interesting.
It's shot in black and white, and has some interesting images:
An old man is surrounded by female vampires in hooded cloaks. He tries to fight them off weakly with his walking stick, but fails.
The queen of the vampires (I assume), a young black lady, has a string of blood run down her mouth in extreme close up travel in different directions, probably through running the footage backwards and forwards in alternate takes and then layering them.
A guy who looks like one of the Oasis brothers driving his Triumph pick up truck up to another car, climbing out mid-drive and climbing onto the roof of the other car, gaining entrance for a little blood suckage.
Not sure why it was called "The Rape of the Vampire". Couldn't remember any rape or even any sex. There are quite a few women walking around with breasts hanging out and wearing see through clothing, however.
All up I would've preferred this movie to make sense. I like visually arresting images, but find it more powerful when these images are in service of a plot.
It's shot in black and white, and has some interesting images:
An old man is surrounded by female vampires in hooded cloaks. He tries to fight them off weakly with his walking stick, but fails.
The queen of the vampires (I assume), a young black lady, has a string of blood run down her mouth in extreme close up travel in different directions, probably through running the footage backwards and forwards in alternate takes and then layering them.
A guy who looks like one of the Oasis brothers driving his Triumph pick up truck up to another car, climbing out mid-drive and climbing onto the roof of the other car, gaining entrance for a little blood suckage.
Not sure why it was called "The Rape of the Vampire". Couldn't remember any rape or even any sex. There are quite a few women walking around with breasts hanging out and wearing see through clothing, however.
All up I would've preferred this movie to make sense. I like visually arresting images, but find it more powerful when these images are in service of a plot.