Soft porn meets lesbian erotica.
Added 6/23/2009
Beauty, excitement and seduction. Elizabeth Kane can give you all that, but all she asks for return, is just your blood.
When Montreal Detective Raymond Pope discovers his wife's involvement with this mysterious and wealthy woman, he is both repulsed and drawn into her personae and her strange world. As his investigation delves deeper and closer to her secret, threatening her quiet existence, Elizabeth begins a psychological killing dance. Her obsession spills over to Pope, who's growing frustration and fascination with Kane nearly drives him over the edge. But Pope is not deterred, despite his instincts that Kane is not only dangerous, but a killer and even as those he loves are either killed or turn against him. It becomes, ironically, Elizabeth that becomes his focus, pushing him to go to extremes to keep his sanity and clear his name of crimes he has not committed, but also holding onto a life he knows will never be the same.
Kinky. Blood and death. Sex. Beautiful cinematography, great costuming and set decoration (especially for the last scene in Venice), stellar soundtrack--even good acting with an interesting twist to the Erzebet Bathory lore, it had all the makings of an above average, never-heard-of, pseudo-vampire movie. If only the story line had more depth, more character driven scenes and a little more background details of the history and the characters, Eternal could have really broken the usual mold.
As such, the fixation of the classic male fantasy (girl-on-girl action), S&M bondage, and ego (Pope is quite the player), it was actually done with some flair and taste, rather than cheesy or seedy. The story is about Pope and Kane, and everything and everyone else fades away, which is why the story itself can seem chaotic and meandering. It's about two worlds clashing, about two people fighting for survival, and at the end of it, you're not quite sure who won, or if it's even possible.
Conrad Pla as Raymond Pope, who's entry into Kane's world, is both maddening yet inescapable. His character is aggressive, gritty and unapologetic and well played. It's an interesting juxtaposition with Caroline Néron as Elizabeth Kane, a la Countess Erzebet Bathory, who was mesmerizing to watch and listen to, always sensual and never crude. Power is not just about the sex or in the sex but through blood, and the binding power of attracting prey and getting them to want what they can't possibly understand they are giving up. Under the fear of growing old and no longer beautiful, is also a woman tired of running, a woman who knows that what she is and what she does, will never change, and nothing will ever change her. She is who and what she is, good or bad, or brutally ugly. It is through Néron's take on a centuries old real life woman, that makes this movie stand out.
There are no extras and no soundtrack available, which is a shame. The music set the mood and tone, both adding to the tension and the action, but never getting in the way.
Hit or miss, it'll at least make you raise your brows, or make you blush. Either way, you'll be watching, eyes wide open.
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The movie wasn't bad, it was actually pretty good. The only problem for me was that for some reason the way the disk was formated made the movie very un-enjoyable to watch. The resolution was bad, and it frequently would pause during a scene, which happend through-out the whole movie.
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Vampiric Lesbians, soft Pron, Kink, and...a story line
Added 3/23/2008
Unlike some Vampire films, especially those focused upon Vampiric Lesbians, this movie actually has a story line. Everyone in the film has ulterior motives and their own psychological issues (worked out sexually).
Originally, I rented this movie, because it looked "iffy," but I decided to purchase the film after viewing it once. This is a dark movie, and the characters play out dark fantasies. Definitely not a Vampire flick for the kids to watch. In fact, I bought it mostly because of the lesbian erotica scenes and "adult" scenes.
I cannot give the movie five stars, but I had to own this movie rather than only renting it.
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Lustful, yet artistic with clever use of mistery.
Added 12/11/2007
I was searching some video about the actual countess Bathory. This was the closest I could find in Amazon. I may say it was not what I expected, but putting aside my search, this is what I found: A very lustful story, about a modern countess Bathory. Please don't relate the original with the movie, it won't work. Still, the movie is quite good. The story is very straightforward, though very clever points of mistery add some good ingredients for the movie. Lustful without becoming porn. Very artistic scenes on lesbianism, sado-masoquist relations, etc. The actress performing countess Bathory is a good excuse for the whole movie. Worth to see it.
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Countess Blood is alive...
Added 4/9/2007
and living in Montreal, Canada. Poor thing. She's over 400 years old but still looks good for an old broad. She drinks and bathes in the blood of hot, young chicks to keep herself beautiful. Weird, but fun movie.
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