Daughters of Darkness
by Harry Kümel
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Actor: Andrea Rau, Daniele Ouimet, Delphine Seyrig, John KarlenDirector: Harry Kümel
Brand: WEA DES Moines Video
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-30
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: 1140
Studio: Blue Underground
Product features:
- International screen icon Delphine Seyrig (of Last Year At Marienbad fame) stars as Elizabeth Bathory, an ageless Countess with a beautiful young 'companion' (Goth goddess Andrea Rau) and a legendary legacy of perversion. But when the two women seduce a troubled newlywed couple (French beauty Danielle Ouimet and John Karlen of Dark Shadows and Cagney & Lacey), they unleash a frenzy of sudd
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DVD Review: "Love is stronger than death... even than life..."
Summary: 4 Stars
It's still very hard to categorize Harry Kümel's 1971 Euro-horror masterpiece DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (Les lèvres rouges). A Belgian co-production primarily geared for English speaking audiences, it tapped into the "lesbian vampire" trend that was popular in the period ("Vampyros Lesbos", "The Vampire Lovers", etc.), yet it's more psychological thriller than titillating lesbian vampire-fest. Meshing a striking 1930's Art Deco design with a contemporary Seventies setting, DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS is one of the best examples of Euro-horror aspiring to high art.
Young honeymooners Valerie (Danielle Ouimet) and Stefan (John Karlen) check into an exclusive, yet almost completely empty hotel on the Belgian coastline. Their quickie marriage begins to unravel when the exotic Countess Elisabeth Bathory (Delphine Seyrig, channeling a latter-day Dietrich) and her young associate Ilona (Andrea Rau) arrive soon after, and move into an adjoining suite. Elisabeth becomes transfixed by the beautiful pair, Valerie especially, and wastes no time in driving a barrier between them--not exactly a hard thing to do, given that Stefan seems to be carrying his own hefty catalogue of emotional hang-ups and sadistic moodswings.
The hotel manager recalls the Countess checking into the hotel over forty years before, looking exactly the same as she does now. Surely he's mistaking her for somebody else? Or is she in fact the notorious "Countess Dracula", who bathed in the blood of virgins to satisfy her hunger to remain young for eternity?
DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS is a stunning horror masterpiece. Next to "Last Year at Marienbad" and perhaps "Donkey Skin", it's the film for which Delphine Seyrig is best-remembered. Much has been written about Seyrig's Countess being loosely based on the Marlene Dietrich persona of the 1930's, but I also feel that co-star Andrea Rau is similarly channeling Louise Brooks, with her bobbed hair and potent mixture of innocent sexuality. The young lovers Ouimet and Karlen fill their roles beautifully. Filmed on location at several high-end Belgian hotels (including the Palais des Thermes at Ostend, the Grand Hotel des Thermes; and the Hotel Astoria) DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS is a moody, delicious horror tale you'll want to revisit again and again.
Description of Daughters of Darkness
International screen icon Delphine Seyrig (of LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD fame) stars as Elizabeth Bathory, an ageless Countess with a beautiful young 'companion' (Goth goddess Andrea Rau) and a legendary legacy of perversion. But when the two women seduce a troubled newlywed couple (French beauty Danielle Ouimet and John Karlen of DARK SHADOWS and CAGNEY & LACEY), they unleash a frenzy of sudden violence and depraved desire that shocked both art house audiences and grindhouse crowds worldwide.Co-written and directed by Harry Kumel, DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS remains one of the most exquisitely mesmerizing adult horror films ever made. Blue Underground is proud to present the Director's Cut of this classic psychosexual shocker newly remastered in High Definition and packed with Extras, including brand new interviews with Harry Kumel, Danielle Ouimet, and Co-Writer/Co-Producer Pierre Drouot.
EXTRAS:
Audio Commentary #1 with Co-Writer/Director Harry Kumel
Audio Commentary #2 with Star John Karlen and Journalist David Del Valle
"Locations of Darkness" - Interviews with Co-Writer/Director Harry Kumel and Co-Writer/Producer Pierre Drouot
"Playing the Victim" - Interview with Star Danielle Ouimet
"Daughter of Darkness" - Interview with Star Andrea Rau
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Art-movie goddess Delphine Seyrig (Last Year at Marienbad) slinks through the plush Eurotrash settings as the deathless Elizabeth Bathory, Vampire Countess, in Harry Kümel's minor Dutch classic of lesbian erotic-gothic. Blood mingles with water during the languorous shower scenes. Set at an upper-crust seaside resort, the 1971 film recounts Bathory's plot to replace her current consort (Andrea Rau) with a fresher specimen, an abused newlywed whose brutal young husband is an inconvenience waiting to be eliminated. Although both the bi-sex and the neck-biting violence are tame by today's standards, the film has a graceful, gliding sense of pace that gets under your skin; something unspeakably kinky always seems to be just about to happen. It never quite does, but the mood lingers. See it with someone you love--or would like to. --David Chute
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