Le Viol du Vampire
(★½)
This right off the bat has more of an artsy feel that the other Rollin’s I’ve watched (I mean, what?)… Black and white with 18th century styled fencers wearing masks… Oh, is that how it’s going to be?
Turns out that the narration is a “modern days” conversation about the legend of four vampire sisters who live nearby.
A lady leaves this talk and goes outside and just walks right to, and into, the house where the vampire sisters live. They begin to undress her (why? Well because it’s a Rollin film, of course) until a gentlemen intervenes.
But they then come and stay at the house? And the guy decides to mansplain their situation to them, though they clearly aren’t listening and it kind of becomes a back and forth between one of the interlopers who thinks that they aren’t vampires and is intent on proving it and others who are like “who cares?”. I agree with the latter.
Then it stays kind of annoying. One overly artsie and silly scene after another.
Then it seems to end and a more interesting movie starts from the remains and an intriguing character of the vampire queen shows up. But no, it’s a ruse. The second half is even more annoying than the first. So certainly the most annoying Rollin films I’ve seen, maybe not as boring as Night of the Hunted, but more annoying. The best thing about it is the poster art, which doesn’t seem to fit with the movie at all, sadly.
And now that I have completed watching the eight Rollin movies that I have, may as well make a list of my favorites of those:
1. The Shiver of the Vampires (★★★★½)
2. Fascination (★★★★)
3. The Demoniacs (★★★½)
4. Requiem for a Vampire (★★★)
5. Living Dead Girl (★★★)
6. The Nude Vampire (★★★)
7. The Night of the Hunted (★★½)
8. The Rape of the Vampire (★½)
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