Vampyros Lesbos (1971)

An erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood.

Director:

Jesús Franco

Writers:

Jaime Chávarri (screenplay), Jaime Chávarri (story),

Stars:

Soledad Miranda, Ewa Strömberg, Dennis Price

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Soledad Miranda	...	Condesa Oskudar
Ewa Strömberg	...	Linda Westinghouse (as Ewa Stromberg)
Dennis Price	...	Dr. Alwin Seward (as Denis Price)
Heidrun Kussin	...	Agra
José Martínez Blanco	...	Morpho (as J. Martinez Blanco)
Andrés Monales	...	Omar (as Victor Feliman)
Paul Muller	...	Dr. Steiner
Michael Berling	...	Dr. Seward's Assistant (as Michael Berlin)
Jesús Franco	...	Memmet

Storyline

In Istanbul, the lawyer of Simpson & Simpson Linda Westinghouse has erotic dreams with a strange woman every night and her analyst Dr. Alwin Seward suggests her to find another lover. Linda is assigned to resolve an inheritance issue with the Hungarian Countess Nadine Oskudar that has inherited a real estate from Count Dracula. Linda leaves her boyfriend Omar in the Istanbul Hilton and travels to the Kadidados Island. While waiting for transportation in the continent, Linda is advised by a local that the island would be a place of death and insanity and she should not travel to there. However, she does not pay attention to the man and meets Countess Oskudar that is a lesbian vampire fascinated by Linda. The Countess drinks the blood of Linda and she has amnesia and is sent to a mental institution where Dr, Steiner, who is also a vampire expert, treats her and puts an advertisement in the newspapers. Omar finds Linda and Dr. Steiner teaches her how to kill a vampire. Linda has to be ...

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | blood | lesbian | dracula | lesbian vampire | 

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Taglines:

A Psycho-Sexadelic Horror Freakout!

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

West Germany Spain

Language:

German

Release Date:

1973 (Spain)

Also Known As:

El signo del vampiro

Filming Locations:

Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 9,167,259 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CCC Telecine, Central Cinema Company Film (CCC), Fénix Cooperativa Cinematográfica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although he is credited as co-writer, Jaime Chávarri claims that he had no participation in the writing of the film's script.

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Connections

Featured in Call Him Jess (2000)

User Reviews

A psychedelic exploitation.

Linda Westinghouse(Ewa Stromberg)travels to a small island in Turkey to help Countess Nadine Carody(beautiful Soledad Miranda)complete an inheritance from Dracula's.The Countess turns out to be someone appearing in her dreams.But the Countess is a vampire and seduces Linda and drinks her blood."Las Vampiras"/"Vampyros Lesbos" is really a soft-core lesbian take on "Dracula".The film is filled with hallucinatory atmosphere and sensuality,so fans of violent exploitation may be disappointed.Jesus Franco plays a creepy hotel worker who likes to take women down into the basement.The soundtrack is pretty groovy-I liked it a lot.Overall,"Vampyros Lesbos" is a masterpiece and a must-see for fans of sleazy horror.