Vampiros 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 (as Franco Manera)

Writers:

Jaime Chávarri (screenplay), Jaime Chávarri (story)

Stars:

Soledad Miranda, Dennis Price, Paul Muller

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Soledad Miranda	...	Countess Nadine Carody (as Susann Korda)
Dennis Price	...	Dr. Alwin Seward
Paul Muller	...	Dr. Steiner
Ewa Strömberg	...	Linda Westinghouse (as Ewa Stroemberg)
Heidrun Kussin	...	Agra
José Martínez Blanco	...	Morpho (as J. Martinez Blanco)
Michael Berling	...	Dr. Seward's Assistant
Andrea Montchal	...	Omar (as Viktor Feldmann)
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:

lesbian vampire | lesbian | human vampire sex | erotic vampire | scantily clad female | 

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Taglines:

A Psycho-Sexadelic Horror Freakout!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

West Germany Spain

Language:

German

Release Date:

26 September 1973 (France)

Also Known As:

Vampyros Lesbos

Filming Locations:

Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, 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

Soledad Miranda, the actress who played Countess Nadine Carody, was dubbed by Beate Hasenau.

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Connections

Featured in Vampyros Lesbos: Interlude in Lesbos (2015)

User Reviews

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.