The Nude Vampire (1970)
A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she's being held captive by his father and colleagues who believe she's a vampire.
- Jean Rollin
- Jean Rollin
- Serge Moati
Rating: 4.8/10 by 51 users
Alternative Title:
La vampiresa desnuda - ES
La vampire nue - FR
Das Lustschloss der grausamen Vampire - DE
Alaston vampyyri - FI
La vampira nuda - IT
Die nackten Vampire - DE
The Nude Vampire - US
Desnuda entre las tumbas - ES
Country:
France
Language:
Français
Runtime: 01 hour 25 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: espionage, vampire, mutant, softcore, giallo
Just think of this as a bog standard Hammer film - only with loads of naked women who may, or may not, have pointy teeth. The nudity is all that gives this pretty tacky piece of cinema anything of distinction - and it is an objectified sort of nakedness that adds nothing at all to the seriously limited plot. Yep, there is a plot. A lad "Pierre" (Olivier Rollin) discovers a woman being chased by a dark figure in the middle of the night. Upon closer investigation, he discovers that she (a rarely seen and slightly enigmatic Caroline Cartier) is being held by his father. Can he find out why and save her? Is she worth saving? Is any of this? There is one especially hilarious scene where some gals fall down the stairs, but there are many others that test the patience and raise a grimace. I suppose it has perhaps acquired cult status because there is little point in slamming it - it is just a badly written, poorly directed piece of soft vampire porn that has dated as badly as many supposedly surreal or wacky films from the early 1970s. Maybe it can lay a claim to creative innovation or for trying to raise issues of sexpolitation and morality? I don't know - but don't take my word for it - watch it. Just don't blame me when you start to wonder why you bothered.