Les avaleuses (1973)

Director:

Jesus Franco

Writers:

Gérard Brisseau (writer)
Jesus Franco (writer)

Release Date:

14 April 1978 (West Germany)

Genre:

Adult | Horror

Tagline:

Maailman Kuulu Shokki!

Plot:

A beautiful female vampire lures men to their doom. |

Plot Keywords:

Female Vampire | Vampire | Doctor | Male Nudity | Vulva

Cast

Lina Romay	...	Countess Irina Karlstein
Jack Taylor	...	Baron Von Rathony
Alice Arno	...	Irina´s servant
Monica Swinn	...	Princess de Rochefort
Jesus Franco	...	Dr. Roberts
Luis Barboo	...	Irina's Manservant
Jean-Pierre Bouyxou	...	Dr. Orloff
Raymond Hardy	...	Hotel Masseur
Anna Watican	...	Anna, a journalist

Also Known As:

Bare Breasted Countess (cut version)
Erotic Kill (USA)
Female Vampire
Insatiable Lust (France) (X-rated version)
Jacula
La comtesse aux seins nus
La comtesse noire (cut version)
Sicarius - the Midnight Party
The Black Countess
The Last Thrill
The Loves of Irina (racier version)
Yacula

Runtime:

82 min | Argentina:80 min | Germany:105 min | USA:72 min

Country:

France | Belgium

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Spain:18 | Netherlands:16 | USA:X | Argentina:18 | Australia:Refused Classification | Italy:VM18 | UK:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium

Company:

Eurociné

Trivia:

This film exists in many different versions, with different titles, additional and/or deleted footage and even with different credits, although the latter is largely due to variations of Jesus Franco's pseudonyms. The versions range from hardcore porn with little horror on the one extreme to plain horror with little sex on the other.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the opening shot, Lina Romay literally walks into the camera, bumping her face on the lens.

Quotes:

Countess Irina Karlstein: [voiceover] I earnestly wish an end would come to this bloody race I am forced to run.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Le sexe qui parle (1975)

The art of horror and sexploitation

The story of "Les Avaleuses" is about a beautiful vampire lady who lives for centuries on a Spanish island and needs blood as well as male sperm to survive... Even though the film sometimes has got some lengths and real dialogues are quite rare, "The Female Vampires" can be truly enjoyable as long as you are a serious fan of early 1970s Euro sleaze! Director Jess Franco deserves my whole respect for creating a wonderful gothic atmosphere. The acting skills of main actress Lina Romay are quite well, but her physically performances are even better! This film was released under dozens of titles like "La Comtess Noire", "Lady Dracula 2", "Erotic Kill"..., but I think the number of all different cut versions is not much lower..! The version that I watched took about 90 minutes and contains a blow job scene, a short S&M sequence and some vagina action. But I know there is a film with even more than 100 minutes existing, including some real hardcore pornography. But no matter which version you watch, "Les Avaleuses" is a unique sexploitation experience and definitely one of Franco´s best movies ever!