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The Rape of the Vampire

1968 · 95 min

A dreamlike, disjointed descent into delusion and desire, more mood than logic, drifting between château and shore like a fever.

Directed by
Jean Rollin
Genres
Horror
Starring
Solange Pradel, Bernard Letrou, Jacqueline Sieger
Overview
After a psychoanalyst unsuccessfully tries to convince four sisters that they are not 200 year old vampires, the Queen of the Vampires promulgates the cause of the Undead.

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Directed by
Jean Rollin
Genres
Horror
Starring
Solange Pradel, Bernard Letrou, Jacqueline Sieger
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • identity
  • obsession
  • death
  • betrayal
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour2
Realism3
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Country
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Languages
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