La fiancée de Dracula (2002)

A Van Helsing-like professor and his protegé are tracking Dracula's descendants through the world of "parallels", creatures who are human in form but live quite distinct psychic lives. A ... See full summary »

Director:

Jean Rollin

Writer:

Jean Rollin

Stars:

Jacques Orth, Thomas Smith, Sandrine Thoquet

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jacques Orth	...	Le professeur (as Jacques Régis)
Thomas Smith	...	Thibault
Sandrine Thoquet	...	La vampire
Magalie Madison	...	L'ogresse / La folle (as Magalie Aguado)
Céline Mauge	...	Soeur Toutière
Marie-Laurence	...	Mère supérieure Paris
Danièle Servais-Orth	...	Mère supérieure îles Chausey
Denis Tallaron	...	Eric
Sabine Lenoël	...	Soeur Marthe
Céline Clémentel	...	Soeur Simplicité
Mira Petri	...	Soeur Cigare
Marianna Palmieri	...	Soeur Bouffarde
Bernard Musson	...	Le sorcier
Natalie Perrey	...	La sorcière
Catherine Castel	...	Soeur à la corde à sauter (as Cathy Castel)

Storyline

A Van Helsing-like professor and his protegé are tracking Dracula's descendants through the world of "parallels", creatures who are human in form but live quite distinct psychic lives. A circus dwarf who is in love with one of these creatures leads them to a mansion filled with oddly behaving nuns, The Order of the White Virgins. The nuns are detaining a beautiful woman who is the betrothed of the still-extant Dracula. When she escapes, everyone follows her to Dracula's seaside castle, on the way dealing with a baby-eating ogress and a wolf-woman (Brigitte Lahaie in a cameo), witches and madwomen. The bizarre wedding ritual commences.

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Plot Keywords:

dracula | nun | castle | convent | somnambulism | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Official Sites:

Boomerang Productions [France]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

14 August 2002 (France)

Also Known As:

Fiancee of Dracula

Company Credits

Production Co:

Avia Films, Gold Film, Les Films ABC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References The Shiver of the Vampires (1971)

User Reviews

Above average Rollin

I've seen a handful of Jean Rollin films, and the only ones I liked were his zombie flicks The Living Dead Girl and The Grapes of Death; which is pretty ironic when you consider that ninety percent of his filmography is made up of lesbian vampire films. Well I must be a glutton for punishment having seen this film after seeing so many Rollin films that I didn't like; but to my surprise it would seem that four decades of lesbian vampires has actually taught Rollin something, and while The Fiancé of Dracula suffers from most of the same problems as Rollin's other films; it is actually surprisingly good! As you should expect, the plot is completely made up of nonsense and focuses on some Van Helsing wannabe and his dopey assistant as they go around hunting "parallels" (hot lesbian vampires, basically). Their investigation leads them to a strange convent (via a circus dwarf) and the pair soon discovers that the nuns are harbouring a young woman who just so happens to be the fiancé of the almighty Count Dracula...

Naturally, the film is completely incoherent and nothing after about the first fifteen minutes makes a lick of sense...but Rollin films generally aren't meant to, and he does at least get the ambiance right. Most of the actresses used are stunningly beautiful - even more so when given lesbian vampire roles and Rollin makes good use of them; in particular Rollin stalwart Brigitte Lahaie who has an interesting role as a 'wolf woman'. It soon becomes easier to just take the film scene by scene rather than trying to enjoy it as a whole and the film features plenty of interesting scenes - one that involves a young girl eating a baby is a highlight. Given that Rollin made most of his films between the late sixties and early eighties; it would be reasonable to assume that The Fiancé of Dracula is merely an imitation of his earlier works, but actually that's not the case and this film appears to be as 'true' to Rollin's style as anything he made earlier on in his career. There's not much point talking about the ending because it makes just as much sense as the rest of the film; but while this film isn't brilliant, it's better than most of Rollin's stuff and his fans should enjoy it.