The Living Dead Girl (1982) La morte vivante (original title)

Director:

Jean Rollin

Writers:

Jean Rollin
Jacques Ralf

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her insatiable thirst for blood. |

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Spill | Erotica | Female Vampire | Lesbian

Cast

Marina Pierro	...	Hélène
Françoise Blanchard	...	Catherine Valmont
Mike Marshall	...	Greg
Carina Barone	...	Barbara Simon
Fanny Magier	...	6th Victim
Patricia Besnard-Rousseau
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean Berel
Jean-Pierre Bouyxou	...	Burglar
Véronique Carpentier
Jean Cherlian	...	Second burglar
Delphine Lapointe
Jacques Marbeuf
Sandrine Morel	...	Teenage Catherine Valmont
Lise Overman
Véronique Pinson
Laurence Royer
Sam Selsky	...	Old American Man In The House Of Catherine
Dominique Treillou	...	A Victim
Alain Petit	...	Third burglar (uncredited)
Jean Rollin	...	Salesman (uncredited)

Directed by
Jean Rollin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jacques Ralf
Jean Rollin

Produced by
Sam Selsky	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Philippe d' Aram

Cinematography by
Max Monteillet

Film Editing by
Janette Kronegger

Makeup Department
Eric Pierre	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Lionel Wallmann	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dominique Treillou	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Jacky Dufour	....	sound effects
Henri Graff	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Benoît Lestang	....	special effects

Stunts
François Bourdillon	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Gilles Falavigna	....	electrician
Pierre Leblond	....	still photographer
Daniel Mahé	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Christine Belbec	....	dresser

Other crew
Dominique Anglesi	....	production secretary
Helene Poulet	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Films A.B.C.
• Les Films Aleriaz
• Les Films du Yaka

Distributors

• Another World Entertainment (2007) (Denmark) (DVD)
• Astro Distribution (1998) (Germany) (VHS)
• Cinéthèque (????) (France) (VHS)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"La morte vivante" - France (original title)
"Zombie Queen" - Japan (English title) (video title)

Runtime:

Australia:86 min | Germany:85 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | UK:18 (cut) | West Germany:(Banned)

Company:

Films A.B.C.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Barbara and Greg are arguing in the field, Barbara throws one of her camera at Greg and walks away. A few seconds later when Barbara sees Catherine Valmont, she starts to take pictures of her with the other camera around her neck, not the one she threw at Greg.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Eurotika!: Vampires and Virgins: The Films of Jean Rollin (#1.1)" (1999)

Good vampire horror film...

I thought that this was a good vampire film. When they were children, Catherine and Hélène swore blood oaths that they would always love each other and, whomever died first, the other would follow. It was Catherine who was first to go. She was laid to rest in the Valmont crypt underneath the family castle. Two years later, however, some men reawaken Catherine while illegally dumping toxic waste in the Valmont vault. Catherine now needs the blood of the living to survive. Just returned from a trip, Hélène telephones the Valmont castle which, unknown to her, is up for sale. Catherine, who is a virtual zombie, picks up the receiver while playing a music box that she and Hélène shared. Not knowing who answered the phone, Hélène pays the castle a visit, and she finds find Catherine and the dead bodies. Concerned for Catherine, Hélène cleans up the mess, thinking that Catherine is sick and that her death was faked. When Hélène realises that Catherine needs human blood, she begins to bring young women to the castle to provide it, while trying harder and harder to bring Catherine out of her catatonia. I felt that this was a good vampire film.