Vampiros lesbos (1971)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Jesus Franco

Writers:

Jaime Chávarri (screenplay)
Jaime Chávarri (story)

Release Date:

15 July 1971 (West Germany)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

A Psycho-Sexadelic Horror Freakout!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Striptease | Female Vampire | Beautiful Woman | Nudity

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)
Paul Muller	...	Dr. Steiner
Michael Berling	...	Dr. Seward's Assistant
Jesus Franco	...	Memmet

Also Known As:

Das Mal des Vampirs (West Germany) (working title)
El signo del vampiro
Im Zeichen der Vampire (West Germany) (working title)
Las vampiras (Spain) (cut version)
Lesbian Vampires
Lesbian Vampires: The Heiress of Dracula
Schlechte Zeiten für Vampire (West Germany) (working title)
The Heiress of Dracula
The Heritage of Dracula
The Sign of the Vampire
The Strange Adventure of Jonathan Harker
The Vampire Women
Vampyros Lesbos: Die Erbin des Dracula (West Germany)

Runtime:

89 min | Argentina:91 min

Country:

West Germany | Spain

Language:

German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14 (DVD) | Argentina:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | Australia:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company:

CCC Telecine

Trivia:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Mise-en-abyme (2006)

Nice one by Jesus.

Vampyros Lesbos is actually my first Jes(u)s Franco film. And I was stunned, very surprised. I was like expecting a cheesy European sex-horror film, and o'boy was I wrong, and thanks for that! For Vampyros Lesbos is actually a weird little art-house film, whit a lot of surrealism. And that's maybe why this film has such a bad rating on IMDb, people (like me) thought that it was a horror vampire flick, but get a art-house film instead. For this film probably won't appeal to most hardcore horror fanatics. It's all about soul and atmosphere, like the Hammer films, so if you like them, than Vampyros Lesbos is gold. The stars of Vampyros Lesbos Soledad Miranda and Ewa Strömberg are both great, and plays theirs roles with big credibility. And it's really not hard to see why Soledad became such cult star either, she is phenomenal. I also have to mention the ultra cool soundtrack made by the groovy German duo Manfred Hubler and Sigfried Schwab. Really great soundtrack, one of the music segments in the film were actually used by Tarantino in Jackie Brown.

I liked this film, and I will give it a 8 out of 10. I also looking forward to see more from Franco in the nearest future.