☆ ☆ ☆
Daughters of Darkness (1971) – H. Kümel
Euro-horror that is less trash and more arthouse
than most, with a dream-like visual sense and eerie soundtrack. A recently
married couple visits a Belgian resort in the winter, finding themselves the
only ones in the hotel until Countess Elizabeth Bathory (Delphine Seyrig) and
her lesbian lover/assistant/slave turn up.
Of course, the Countess seems likely to be a vampire and a series of
unexplained murders are currently in the news.
But the film is all cat-and-mouse with the Countess stalking the couple
and the new wife discovering that her husband may be harbouring secrets (I’m
not sure what to make about his strange call to his “mother” who appears to be
a man in drag) including violent tendencies of his own. The movie moves slowly
to its conclusion which seems inevitable until a sudden twist and
epilogue. Some haunting visuals adorn
this finale.
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