- Actors: Lina Romay, Jack Taylor, Alice Arno, Monica Swinn, Jesus Franco
- Directors: Jesus Franco
- Writers: Jesus Franco, Gérard Brisseau
- Producers: Marius Lesoeur, Pierre Quérut
- Format: Widescreen, NTSC
- Number of tapes: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Paradox
- VHS Release Date: May 26 2003
- Run Time: 72 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 6305943818
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Countess Irina of Karlstein resides quietly in a hotel on the island of Madeira, where she sustains her immortality by feeding on the life essence of men and women. When new victims are found fatally drained of potency, forensic scientist Dr. Roberts consults his colleague, Dr. Orloff, who confirms that a vampire is responsible. Meanwhile, Irina is confronted by a poet who believes he is destined to become her lover and join her among the immortals! Jess Franco's influential erotic horror film is presented here in its full-strength version, and for the first time in a widescreen format. The uninhibited Lina Romay makes her starring debut as Countess Irina in a role that established her as a sex and horror film icon. Submit yourself to the life-consuming thirsts of EuroHorror's most famous Female Vampire!
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Not a horror version but a sex version
Jan 14 2001
Format:DVD
When you look at the coverart of this DVD, you would expect a horror movie. But instead of that, you get tons of boring nudity, no atmosphere and no real vampires. Yes, it's cut, nearly all the horror of the original version "Erotikill / Black Countess" has been removed. The female vampire in this movie doesn't kill with her fangs... Jess Franco directed some nice movies in the past : I can recommend "Awfull dr. Orloff" and "Bloody Judge", but he has made a lot of worthless trash too. Avoid if you are a horror fan. The additional footage (ten minutes) of the horror only version is definitely not enough... They should have made a DVD with the complete horror version!
Dated and Tired ...
Jun 6 2009
Format:DVD
There are some films that hide their age well and are well worth watching many times after the first screening. Most of the Hammer films fall into this category. This film is not one of them.
Technically, there are 3 versions to the primary film on the DVD. However in reality it is one film with select scenes from each of the Horror and Extra versions available as trailers.
The story revolves around a Vampire that doesn't speak, likes to walk around naked and basically does nothing but stare at her victims. As for the content, the scenes try for the dramatic but end up flat and left me saying, more times than I can remember: is that it? The scenes themselves started off well enough with the beautiful (and naked as previously mentioned) seducing her victims with the hypnotic stare, but ended up not being very satisfying. Each scene in the end was a softcore display, which didn't really appeal to me. I would have prefered a more 'hordcore' edge to the scenes but you have to remember the time the film was made and realize that it was probably deemed to have that 'hardcore' edge then ... but now it simply appears: Dated and Tired ...
Hope this helps.
Technically, there are 3 versions to the primary film on the DVD. However in reality it is one film with select scenes from each of the Horror and Extra versions available as trailers.
The story revolves around a Vampire that doesn't speak, likes to walk around naked and basically does nothing but stare at her victims. As for the content, the scenes try for the dramatic but end up flat and left me saying, more times than I can remember: is that it? The scenes themselves started off well enough with the beautiful (and naked as previously mentioned) seducing her victims with the hypnotic stare, but ended up not being very satisfying. Each scene in the end was a softcore display, which didn't really appeal to me. I would have prefered a more 'hordcore' edge to the scenes but you have to remember the time the film was made and realize that it was probably deemed to have that 'hardcore' edge then ... but now it simply appears: Dated and Tired ...
Hope this helps.
Wow
May 23 2004
Format:DVD
That Jess Franco sure was wacky. This ultra-sexy 70's vamp flick probably arouses me more than any modern softcore film, but it's still not as good as Vampire Femmes or Vampyres. The woman here isn't really a vampire in the monster sense of the word. She's more of an energy sucker, kills by sucking sexual energy from her victims. The bad acting will get on some's nerves, and the plot is ludicrous, but if you buy this film to begin with, you can't expect Citizen Kane. A good b-movie sexfest.
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