Requiem for a Vampire (1971)

Two girls on the run get lost in the French countryside, and wind up in a haunted chateau occupied by an ailing vampire and his servants.

Director:

Jean Rollin

Writer:

Jean Rollin

Stars:

Marie-Pierre Castel, Mireille Dargent, Philippe Gasté

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Marie-Pierre Castel	...	Marie
Mireille Dargent	...	Michelle
Philippe Gasté	...	Frédéric
Dominique	...	Erika
Louise Dhour	...	Louise
Michel Delesalle	...	Le vieux vampire
Antoine Mosin	...	Le premier barbare
Olivier François	...	Le second barbare
Dominique Toussaint	...	Le troisième barbare
Agnes Jacquet	...	La première victime des vampires
Anne-Rose Kurra	...	La deuxième victime des vampires
Agnès Petit	...	La troisième victime des vampires
Paul Bisciglia	...	L'homme au vélo
Jean-Noël Delamarre	...	L'ami de Michèle et Marie

Storyline

Two girls on the run get lost in the French countryside, and wind up in a haunted chateau occupied by an ailing vampire and his servants.

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Plot Keywords:

castle | rape | rear entry sex | vampire | lesbian kiss | 

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Taglines:

Two young girls...trapped..with no escape! Forced to submit to the Horrors of the Pit!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

Distributor's official website for private individuals Distributor's official website for professionnals

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

August 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

Caged Virgins

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films ABC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 83 min (English dubbed)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

At the beginning, when the clowns are pouring the gas over the dead friend, you can see him move several times, including twitches and breathing.

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Alternate Versions

The film was rejected for UK cinema by the BBFC in 1972. It was finally released on video in 1993 by Redemption after extensive cuts of 6 minutes 55 secs to heavily edit shots of chained women in a cellar being stripped and raped by vampires, and a scene where Marie is whipped by Michelle.

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Connections

Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 5: The Alamo Drafthouse Edition (2009)

User Reviews

First disappointing Rollin movie I've watched.

'Requiem For A Vampire' is the first disappointing Jean Rollin movie I've watched. It starts off beautifully enough with two girls made up as clowns fleeing a scene which we are later told was a murder. Desperate and hungry they wander the countryside looking for food and shelter. Most of these early sequences feature very little dialogue, and are beautiful and haunting. Both the girls themselves and the landscape they inhabit are perfect and typically Rollinesque. Eventually the girls look for sanctuary in mysterious and apparently abandoned castle. This is where their troubles really begin, because it is inhabited by a vampire and his entourage who force the girls into luring men to their doom. It's around this point that the movie falls apart for me I'm afraid. I that the movie is listed as having a runtime of 95 minutes. The DVD version I watched clocked in at around 75. I can only assume that the footage I missed would have salvaged this one from mediocrity. There was very little nudity, which is unusual for Rollin, and I saw virtually no "Sadeian sex" that the back cover blurb mentioned. I can only comment on the cut I saw (released by Salvation, who are normally very good), and this version was weak and uninspiring. I hope one day to see the complete version and that it is up to the usual high standards of Rollin who has become a great favourite of mine.