Alice Gordon (Ewa Stromberg) used in a real estate agency, is prey every night of surreal dreams that oppress el'affascinano: a kite, a butterfly, a scorpion and a trickle of blood on a window seem to recall irresistibly to a desolate place, and a sensual voice whispering his name. So he decides to move into the beautiful, uninhabited island of Uskudar, near Istanbul, taking the opportunity to strike a deal with the executor of the Countess Nadia Uskudar (Soledad Miranda). Just at this place forgotten by God will find the answer to his disturbing dreams. The two seem to know the dawn of time, and during a conversation the Countess will unveil the mystery, it is none other than a vampire centuries ago all'inedia ordered by her husband and saved by the Prince of all Vampires: Nosferatu. Now, the sweet Creature of the Night want blood, vast expanses of blood ... Beautiful, psychedelic gem directed by master of horror English Jesus Franco, Las Vampiras is a journey of no return in beautiful and sunny places, characterized by a strong melancholic beauty that contrasts with the well-emphasized by the remote landscapes. The film is considered a feminine reinterpretation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, supported by numerous ideas extrapolated from the novel "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu . If there is one thing likely to embody the melancholy that is the Iberian landscape that the director can shoot simplicity and clarity: views of secluded islands, majestic villas outside world blood-red sunsets, abandoned houses in ruins. Effective because the idea is to set the film entirely in the daytime, an unconventional choice for a vampire movie. Then forget the classic gothic atmospheres, here give way to dreamy, enchanted beaches. And then the finale ...
The finish is one of the saddest and most moving ever printed on film because the director behind simple elements (a scorpion, a kite, a butterfly, a trickle of blood) a series of messages with strong poetic meaning . The original voice actors (in particular those of the two protagonists) is something sensual and seductive at the same time. Simply Unique. The good Soledad Miranda (who died tragically a few weeks after the shooting) is identified with body and soul into the part so taken by the character that the suspect is actually a vampire. Actors are also excellent outline of the story including the director himself (much above rows) and Dennis Price in the role of Van Helsing of the situation. Regarding the use of colors, Franco loves the color contrasts fossilize. Strong and sharp contrasts. Fair-haired Alice than blacks, long and winding Nadia, red and black, like good and evil, shall enter into symbiosis in a deep single tone. The psychedelic jazz music and lively photography increase the sense of beauty that is inexorably withering, evolve since the first frames. Las Vampiras so it's one of those movies that should be savored more than once, for better appreciate the many nuances scattered throughout the film. Discover will live in a bizarre and fascinating journey, after seeing nothing there will be clear or even indefinitely.
Finally, clarification required: Las Vampiras is the English version (butchered by the censors) the film " Vampyros Lesbos ", which instead circulates in German and covers the basic plot. The differences between the two versions are many, in fact, shot in question is only suggested for Sapphic component, much more explicit in German version. More. In the "soft" English are totally absent in the German scene, dialogue, history and different names. Essentially then, the final product of the censors us two films for most heterogeneous, but both the magnetic charm of visual and emotional. But these are only useless findings. Las Vampiras (or Lesbos Vampyros ) eternally fascinate us with the unforgettable memory of the Queen of all vampires, the Countess of Uskudar Nadia: The Countess Soledad Miranda.
Trivia: The film boasts a remake ( Snakewoman) 2005, also directed by Jesus Franco
and Citations: Not far from Istanbul, in the tiny, uninhabited island of Uskudar, there are still ruins of a old palace. Ancient legends not yet stifled ... by the sirens of ships, said that in that house lived a foreign princess all'inedia ordered by her husband, a great sultan. Locked in his cell of gold, the beautiful captive, surrounded by slaves, would have died slowly. Instead, they were the slaves who grew pale, became ill and died in a strange way, while the Princess kept her color pink and gloss of the eye. The doctors asserted that the bodies of dead slaves were withered and all their blood was consumed. One day the princess Nadia Uskudar disappeared without a trace. In its alcove, written in blood, was found a strange inscription: "Koveh trekash NIHE. The older of the region say that the Princess is still alive and continues to be nourished by the blood of his victims ...
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