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Channeling his deepest libidinal desires and darkest fears into films, with no apparent concern for narrative convention or the boundaries of mainstream taste, Jess Franco is a cinematic iconoclast. And Franco was never better than when working with his wife, Lina Romay (1954-2012), a haunted waif who would go to any extreme to assure that the director's wildest imaginings were brought to the screen without compromise. Their most highly regarded collaboration, FEMALE VAMPIRE stars Romay as the mysterious Countess Irina Karlstein, a beautiful vampiress who feeds on victims at their moments of sexual climax. Because she destroys those whose essence she consumes, Irina is doomed to a life of solitude, wandering through the Western Coast of Europe in a dreamlike state, shrouded in a lush musical score by Daniel White. This Redemption edition includes the extended erotic version (FEMALE VAMPIRE), as well as the shorter horror version (EROTIKILL), in which Irina draws her liquid sustenance from more conventional parts of the human anatomy.
Original Release
04/10/1973
US Release
10/16/2012
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lina Romay | Countess Irina Karlstein |
Jack Taylor | Baron Von Rathony |
Alice Arno | Princess de Rochefort's Servant / Irina's Servant |
Monica Swinn | Princess de Rochefort |
Luis Barboo | Irina's Manservant |
Jean-Pierre Bouyxou | Dr. Orloff |
Raymond Hardy | Hotel Masseur |
Anna Watican | Anna, a journalist / Anna |
Gilda Arancio | Wall Victim / Victim in the Wall |
Richard Bigotini | Vice Cop |
Directors
Writers
Jesus Franco, Gérard Brisseau, Jerry Lee
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lina Romay | Countess Irina Karlstein |
Jack Taylor | Baron Von Rathony |
Alice Arno | Princess de Rochefort's Servant / Irina's Servant |
Monica Swinn | Princess de Rochefort |
Luis Barboo | Irina's Manservant |
Jean-Pierre Bouyxou | Dr. Orloff |
Raymond Hardy | Hotel Masseur |
Anna Watican | Anna, a journalist / Anna |
Gilda Arancio | Wall Victim / Victim in the Wall |
Richard Bigotini | Vice Cop |
Roger Germanes | Irina's First Victim |
Pierre Quérut | Inspector |
Jesus Franco | Dr. Roberts |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Marius Lesoeur | Producer |
Pierre Quérut | Producer |