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Female Vampire

Original title: La comtesse noire
  • 1973
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 12m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
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Female Vampire (1973)
Horror

A beautiful female vampire lures men to their doom.A beautiful female vampire lures men to their doom.A beautiful female vampire lures men to their doom.

  • Director
    • Jesús Franco
  • Writers
    • Gérard Brisseau
    • Jesús Franco
    • Josyane Gibert
  • Stars
    • Lina Romay
    • Jack Taylor
    • Alice Arno
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    • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jesús Franco
    • Writers
      • Gérard Brisseau
      • Jesús Franco
      • Josyane Gibert
    • Stars
      • Lina Romay
      • Jack Taylor
      • Alice Arno
    • 49User reviews
    • 60Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Lina Romay in Female Vampire (1973)
    Lina Romay in Female Vampire (1973)
    Lina Romay in Female Vampire (1973)
    Lina Romay in Female Vampire (1973)
    Lina Romay in Female Vampire (1973)
    Alice Arno in Female Vampire (1973)
    Monica Swinn in Female Vampire (1973)
    Roger Germanes in Female Vampire (1973)
    Anna Watican in Female Vampire (1973)
    Jesús Franco in Female Vampire (1973)
    Jean-Pierre Bouyxou in Female Vampire (1973)
    Lina Romay and Anna Watican in Female Vampire (1973)

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    Lina Romay
    Lina Romay
    • Countess Irina Karlstein
    Jack Taylor
    Jack Taylor
    • Baron Von Rathony
    Alice Arno
    Alice Arno
    • Princess de Rochefort's Servant
    Monica Swinn
    Monica Swinn
    • Princess de Rochefort
    • (as Monica Swin)
    Jesús Franco
    Jesús Franco
    • Dr. Roberts
    • (as Jess Franck)
    Luis Barboo
    Luis Barboo
    • Irina's Manservant
    Jean-Pierre Bouyxou
    • Dr. Orloff
    Raymond Hardy
    • Hotel Masseur
    Anna Watican
    • Anna, a journalist
    Gilda Arancio
    • Victim in the Wall
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Bigotini
    • Vice Cop
    • (uncredited)
    Roger Germanes
    • Irina's First Victim
    • (uncredited)
    Pierre Quérut
    • Inspector
    • (uncredited)
    Ricardo Vázquez
      • Director
        • Jesús Franco
      • Writers
        • Gérard Brisseau(uncredited)
        • Jesús Franco
        • Josyane Gibert
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      • Trivia
        Jesus Franco originally made three different versions of the film.... a straight vampire film called La comtesse noire (The Black Countess), a horror-oriented erotic film entitled La Comtesse aux seins nus (The Bare Breasted Countess), and the hardcore pornography version Les avaleuses (The Swallowers). These 3 versions ran at 72 minutes, 82 minutes, and 96 minutes respectively.
      • Goofs
        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.

      • Alternate versions
        In the UK the film was originally passed for cinema in 1975 as "The Bare Breasted Countess" in a heavily edited version running less than an hour long. The 1994 UK Redemption video release was cut by over 6 minutes by the BBFC to heavily edit the lesbian/bondage scene and to remove shots of female masturbation and sexual closeups. Some cuts were restored in the 2002 Arrow DVD though 1 min 51 secs were removed from a scene of a woman being forced to strip and engage in lesbian sex.
      • Connections
        Featured in Eurotika!: The Diabolical Mr. Franco (1999)

      User reviews49

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      5/10
      Horror or Gratuitous Sex?
      A beautiful female vampire (Lina Romay) lures men to their doom.

      Depending on which version you watch, you might get a more or less pornographic film with horror themes or a horror film with some sexual themes. I watched the Netflix version, which seems to be somewhere in the middle, or perhaps leaning towards porn (there were naked men and women within the first ten minutes, and a simulated sexual encounter). Not at all what I expected, and frankly it disappoints me that this version is not more horror.

      Concerning the sexual scenes, Franco has said, "There was a need to show it, like you must show how Dracula sucks his blood, you need to show how this Countess sucks the semen." I am not sure if I buy that.
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      • Apr 9, 2013

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      • Release date
        • June 5, 1973 (Belgium)
      • Countries of origin
        • France
        • Belgium
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Erotikill
      • Filming locations
        • Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
      • Production companies
        • Eurociné
        • Général Films
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 12 minutes
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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