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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305943617
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305943613
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: August 08, 2000
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 71526
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1973
Editorial Review:
Description:
Countess Irina of Karlstein resides quietly in a hotel on the island of Madeira, where she sustains her immortality by feeding on the life essence of men and women. When new victims are found fatally drained of potency, forensic scientist Dr. Roberts consults his colleague, Dr. Orloff, who confirms that a vampire is responsible. Meanwhile, Irina is confronted by a poet who believes he is destined to become her lover and join her among the immortals! Jess Franco's influential erotic horror film is presented here in its full-strength version, and for the first time in a widescreen format. The uninhibited Lina Romay makes her starring debut as Countess Irina in a role that established her as a sex and horror film icon. Submit yourself to the life-consuming thirsts of EuroHorror's most famous Female Vampire!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Just because it is foreign doesn't mean it isn't trash
OK ... I know a lot of folks are going to think I am just an uneducated and uncultured American, but this movie was HORRIBLE. I am a HUGE fan of 60s and 70s horror movies and vampire movies in particular and this was neither.
Our heroine(?) seemed to be able to transform herself into a bat and fed on the life force and sexual fluids of her victims (both male and female) but that is where the vampire theme ended. The last member of the Karnstein family, she believes herself ... Read More
Rating:  - The best of Franco
Jess Franco is either the most incompetent director ever or the most avant garde. What to make of his often incomprehenisble edits, is confusion of time (one of his films takes place in the 19th century, but features a car), and his free use of the zoom? But this film is possibly his best, along with the the Awful Dr. Orloff, his first. Like many of Franco's works from this period, the film has a great soundtrack. Lina Romay is no Soledad Miranda, but she is okay as a fluid draining vampire who satiates ... Read More
Rating:  - Get this movie for Lena Lomay ONLY !!
For those of you who are fans of Lena Lomay (you might have seen her in another Jess Franco flick "Ilsa, the Wicked Warden"), then you'll want to get this one if you enjoy seeing her charms. (And by "charms" I don't mean acting talent. Her body does all the work for her.) First of all, this is not really a vampire flick. If you are looking for a good vampire movie, search elsewhere; but if you are looking to see a constantly naked and writhing Lena Lomay, then get this Euro-flick. She'll make you forget ... Read More
Rating:  - BAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF!
It never fails that every time I experience this film, and I've seen it now about three times in the past year, it produces a vastly different reaction each time I view it. I bounce from absolute admiration for Franco's directorial style, dreamy camerawork and musical score, and committed performances from the cast, to thinking that this is nothing but a cheap, porno-wanna-be-flick with absolutely nothing to do with "vampires", and no artistic integrity whatsoever. Fortunately, the positive vibes win out ... Read More
Rating: - Wow
That Jess Franco sure was wacky. This ultra-sexy 70's vamp flick probably arouses me more than any modern softcore film, but it's still not as good as Vampire Femmes or Vampyres. The woman here isn't really a vampire in the monster sense of the word. She's more of an energy sucker, kills by sucking sexual energy from her victims. The bad acting will get on some's nerves, and the plot is ludicrous, but if you buy this film to begin with, you can't expect Citizen Kane. A good b-movie sexfest.
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