A Sexy & Schizophrenic Romp
Added 10/26/2009
To the point: If the presence of bi-sexual blood-lusting vampires, amorous cigarette-smoking Englishmen, cheesy movie soundtracks, and casual soft porn horror makes your heart skip a beat in joy, you will find lots to like about Vampyres.
The women in the title roles are easy on the eye, and their antics on scren may give male viewers pause the next time they see lady hitchhikers on the road. While the plights of Fran (Marianne Morris) and Miriam (Anulka) are never clearly explained, their onscreen seductions and violence perpetrated on male victims are such that it is hard to imagine anyone sleeping well after upon watching this movie.
Not the best of its kind, but certainly worthy of the occasional rewatching with pals on a movie night.
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WOW!! EVEN SEXIER BLOOD SUCKERS!!!
Added 6/8/2009
It was the 1970s and the world was filled with movies that featured lesbian vampires. Jess Franco had one called "Vampyros Lesbos"; Rank Hammer Studios had their "Vampire Lovers"; the art-house scene had "Daughters of Darkness"; and the euro-trash scene had "The Blood-Spattered Bride". However, there was one movie of this genre that outdid them all: "Vampyres" This Anglo-Spanish production was interesting in that the vampires in the film, performed by the bewitchingly dark Marianne Morris, and the ethereally beautiful Anulka Dziubinska, are not presented as vampires. If anything, there is some question as to who or what these women are as they move like ghostly apparitions around their estate. As the story develops, a man (Murray Brown) encounters Morris' character by the roadside and it taken to her manor house. He is easily smitten by the women who eventually take him to their bed. Once they have him in a state of euphoria, they slowly feast on him. The scene is loaded with campy bloody gore and hot lesbian action. Later, a young married couple come into the manor, and they, too, fall prey to the vampyres. However, the women's lust and unquenchable thirst for blood leads them down the path of personal destruction. Sexploitation at its best, not to mention two of the hottest lesbian vampires to ever grace trash cinema, make this movie a cult delight.
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"What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?"
Added 3/9/2009
"Vampyres" is a cult classic and a landmark of erotic horror cinema. It holds this status because it is a rarity: a sexploitation film whose quality actually rises well above "barely watchable". In fact, it is quite marvelous in it's display of titillation, genuine terror, creepiness, and tension. I could easily count on the fingers on one hand the vampire films that warrant a 5 star rating. The only thing keeping this film from that hallowed pantheon is the complete and utter lack of a plot. This is more of a journey into sex and violence then it is a complete story, but it is presented in such a way that there are few vampire films that surpass it for sheer enjoyment.
The title characters are two lesbian lovers who are gunned down in a mansion while in bed together in the opening scene. We are then introduced to a couple traveling the countryside who pass by a pair of lovely hitchhikers on their way to set up camp in a trailer outside of the apparently abandoned mansion. It also seems there is quite a rash of unusually brutal single-car accidents on the road. As the film unfolds, we will see how each of the events we've seen are connected to that violent opening sequence. In the meantime, the audience is treated to some of the most outstanding displays of sex and violence ever filmed. The pace is surprisingly slow for a movie with so little meat to the story, but the tension, dread, and mystery more than make up for it. I suppose the moral of the story is the cliched "don't pick up hitchhikers", but no matter how many times I watch this and other horror tales with the same premise, I'm still picking up any who look like these girls. Men are just dumb that way, I suppose. But to be fair, among the limitless ways to meet thy maker, bitten to death by nude vampire girls has got to be at the top of my preferences.
Marriane Morris and Anulka Dziubinska (say that 5 times fast!) are without a doubt the most mesmerizing duo of onscreen vamps in cinema history. And it's not just because they're nekkid a lot of the time. Anulka's classic petite blonde beauty with her beaming smiles and Morris's dark sultry sexuality as she haughtily regards the victims with thinly-veiled contempt are an irresistible contrast. The starlets along with Spanish director Jose Ramon Larraz's brash and uncompromising vision really help make a movie that should be average at best shine. Nudity or no nudity, there is something truly unforgettable about the image of the two undead succubi wrapped in their capes hurrying through the woods and cemeteries in the early morning hours, rushing to their daytime resting place. I can't put my finger on it, but it just strikes me as the definitive picture of female vampires. "Vampyres" just has a mysterious and truly iconic distilled purity to it that makes it stand out among all of the other vampire films that have been made over the decades.
Over the years, this film has seen hell. The older version I saw years ago was cut and surtitled "Daughters of Darkness", which is the name of a similarly-themed vampire film from around the same time. "Daughters of Dracula" is another surtitle that has been affixed to this film. God, do I hate it when American releases do that. They sure don't make tracking down classic foreign horror films easy. In fact, Daughters of Darkness was the film I thought I was buying when I purchased this DVD recently. But I'm happy now because seeing the uncut version of "Vampyres" for myself after all these years, I can safely say that it is easily the superior film of the two. It's small wonder that I wasn't all that impressed with "Vampyres" when most of the good stuff was left out of the cut I watched. For some reason, it was actually cheaper for me to import the British DVD of this film, but for all intents and purposes, it appears that the region 1 & 2 releases are identical (aside from the baffling cover art on the import) with some great bonus features. The commentary is outstanding and Larraz is a very entertaining guy to listen to. There are also fantastic interviews with the stars -who are still quite beautiful to this day- plus two trailers and a ton of stills, including a reproduction of a brief deleted scene.
"Vampyres" is arguably the most sexual quality vampire film that has ever been released. It also features some of the most genuinely frightening kills in cinema history. These qualities make this movie a must-own for fans of exploitation cinema. The lack of a plot keeps it from a perfect rating, but everything else is topshelf. Though the ending makes the film seem unfinished, it leaves you wanting much more and it does have a sardonic quality to it that makes it pleasing. But I wish there were a sequel.
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Not Good Enough
Added 1/11/2009
The movie is kind of the same formula over and over again hitchhike and bring them back to their home and eventually I think one might escape. I could not believe how stupid the cops must of been a car wreck surely caused all the puncture and stab wounds on the victim. I had this movie dead on from the start and nothing surprised me. Be at bisexual or the bloody hunger kills this movie was not a fun watch. That is basically it and I found myself unable to watch so I watched at 2x speed just to get through it. I could still understand the dialogue since there are no subtitles and I really don't think I missed anything. I know some people love this movie coming from the seventies and I understand but this movie from the reviews had me looking forward to watching it. Thank goodness I only rented it since I was so disappointed in pretty much everything. Its almost like they were trying to shock the audience with its content but I could be wrong about that. I could not recommend this to anyone not b/c of the sexual content or the blood but simply because it just isn't that good. Then again thats just my crazy review so you may love it.
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Death is cuming
Added 12/31/2008
Well, that's just not fair.
When you're driving down the road, the last thing on your mind is picking up a hitchhiker. But then you realize the person is of the female variety. So next, any red-blooded male instinctively checks to see how cute she is. Uh-oh, she's sizzlin-fajita hot. Plus, she's bearing some plump juicy cleavage? AND she has a friend that's a boiling over beaut?!?! Fahhhgettaboutit, that's game over.
Soooo, back to their place(30 seconds down the road). You wanna talk about some sexual pressure. The irresistable Fran practically begs you for the high hard one. She even has the decency to ride you reverse cowgirl style(one of my top 80 favorite positions). But you better hit that sweet spot, or she'll be munching (I'm not referring to carpet).
This is just an awesomely erotic and grotesque landmark cult classick. Only from the 70's. Watch these gorgeous bisexual vamps romp and suck during their nightly bloodlust orgies. Highly recommended for the fellas. 4.5 stars.
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A Sexy & Schizophrenic Romp
Added 10/26/2009
To the point: If the presence of bi-sexual blood-lusting vampires, amorous cigarette-smoking Englishmen, cheesy movie soundtracks, and casual soft porn horror makes your heart skip a beat in joy, you will find lots to like about Vampyres.
The women in the title roles are easy on the eye, and their antics on scren may give male viewers pause the next time they see lady hitchhikers on the road. While the plights of Fran (Marianne Morris) and Miriam (Anulka) are never clearly explained, their onscreen seductions and violence perpetrated on male victims are such that it is hard to imagine anyone sleeping well after upon watching this movie.
Not the best of its kind, but certainly worthy of the occasional rewatching with pals on a movie night.
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WOW!! EVEN SEXIER BLOOD SUCKERS!!!
Added 6/8/2009
It was the 1970s and the world was filled with movies that featured lesbian vampires. Jess Franco had one called "Vampyros Lesbos"; Rank Hammer Studios had their "Vampire Lovers"; the art-house scene had "Daughters of Darkness"; and the euro-trash scene had "The Blood-Spattered Bride". However, there was one movie of this genre that outdid them all: "Vampyres" This Anglo-Spanish production was interesting in that the vampires in the film, performed by the bewitchingly dark Marianne Morris, and the ethereally beautiful Anulka Dziubinska, are not presented as vampires. If anything, there is some question as to who or what these women are as they move like ghostly apparitions around their estate. As the story develops, a man (Murray Brown) encounters Morris' character by the roadside and it taken to her manor house. He is easily smitten by the women who eventually take him to their bed. Once they have him in a state of euphoria, they slowly feast on him. The scene is loaded with campy bloody gore and hot lesbian action. Later, a young married couple come into the manor, and they, too, fall prey to the vampyres. However, the women's lust and unquenchable thirst for blood leads them down the path of personal destruction. Sexploitation at its best, not to mention two of the hottest lesbian vampires to ever grace trash cinema, make this movie a cult delight.
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"What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?"
Added 3/9/2009
"Vampyres" is a cult classic and a landmark of erotic horror cinema. It holds this status because it is a rarity: a sexploitation film whose quality actually rises well above "barely watchable". In fact, it is quite marvelous in it's display of titillation, genuine terror, creepiness, and tension. I could easily count on the fingers on one hand the vampire films that warrant a 5 star rating. The only thing keeping this film from that hallowed pantheon is the complete and utter lack of a plot. This is more of a journey into sex and violence then it is a complete story, but it is presented in such a way that there are few vampire films that surpass it for sheer enjoyment.
The title characters are two lesbian lovers who are gunned down in a mansion while in bed together in the opening scene. We are then introduced to a couple traveling the countryside who pass by a pair of lovely hitchhikers on their way to set up camp in a trailer outside of the apparently abandoned mansion. It also seems there is quite a rash of unusually brutal single-car accidents on the road. As the film unfolds, we will see how each of the events we've seen are connected to that violent opening sequence. In the meantime, the audience is treated to some of the most outstanding displays of sex and violence ever filmed. The pace is surprisingly slow for a movie with so little meat to the story, but the tension, dread, and mystery more than make up for it. I suppose the moral of the story is the cliched "don't pick up hitchhikers", but no matter how many times I watch this and other horror tales with the same premise, I'm still picking up any who look like these girls. Men are just dumb that way, I suppose. But to be fair, among the limitless ways to meet thy maker, bitten to death by nude vampire girls has got to be at the top of my preferences.
Marriane Morris and Anulka Dziubinska (say that 5 times fast!) are without a doubt the most mesmerizing duo of onscreen vamps in cinema history. And it's not just because they're nekkid a lot of the time. Anulka's classic petite blonde beauty with her beaming smiles and Morris's dark sultry sexuality as she haughtily regards the victims with thinly-veiled contempt are an irresistible contrast. The starlets along with Spanish director Jose Ramon Larraz's brash and uncompromising vision really help make a movie that should be average at best shine. Nudity or no nudity, there is something truly unforgettable about the image of the two undead succubi wrapped in their capes hurrying through the woods and cemeteries in the early morning hours, rushing to their daytime resting place. I can't put my finger on it, but it just strikes me as the definitive picture of female vampires. "Vampyres" just has a mysterious and truly iconic distilled purity to it that makes it stand out among all of the other vampire films that have been made over the decades.
Over the years, this film has seen hell. The older version I saw years ago was cut and surtitled "Daughters of Darkness", which is the name of a similarly-themed vampire film from around the same time. "Daughters of Dracula" is another surtitle that has been affixed to this film. God, do I hate it when American releases do that. They sure don't make tracking down classic foreign horror films easy. In fact, Daughters of Darkness was the film I thought I was buying when I purchased this DVD recently. But I'm happy now because seeing the uncut version of "Vampyres" for myself after all these years, I can safely say that it is easily the superior film of the two. It's small wonder that I wasn't all that impressed with "Vampyres" when most of the good stuff was left out of the cut I watched. For some reason, it was actually cheaper for me to import the British DVD of this film, but for all intents and purposes, it appears that the region 1 & 2 releases are identical (aside from the baffling cover art on the import) with some great bonus features. The commentary is outstanding and Larraz is a very entertaining guy to listen to. There are also fantastic interviews with the stars -who are still quite beautiful to this day- plus two trailers and a ton of stills, including a reproduction of a brief deleted scene.
"Vampyres" is arguably the most sexual quality vampire film that has ever been released. It also features some of the most genuinely frightening kills in cinema history. These qualities make this movie a must-own for fans of exploitation cinema. The lack of a plot keeps it from a perfect rating, but everything else is topshelf. Though the ending makes the film seem unfinished, it leaves you wanting much more and it does have a sardonic quality to it that makes it pleasing. But I wish there were a sequel.
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