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Starring:Sean Young, Soleil Moon Frye, Rob Stewart, Robert Vaughn, Spencer Rochfort, Barry Sattels, Malcolm Yates, James Michael Tyler, Seymour Cassel, Lou Rawls, John LaMotta, Jay Rasumny, Jeanette O'Conner, Sonya Eddy, Sal Landi, Robert Madrid, T.J. Castronovo, Jean St. James, Lisa London, Kimberly Wallis
Director: Sam Firstenberg
Studio: Mti Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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Gotta Love It
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Big Hype
Stylish and Artistic
Four Stars for the Movie...

Daughters of Darkness
Starring: John Karlen , Delphine Seyrig , Danielle Ouimet , Andrea Rau , and Paul Esser
Director: Harry Kümel
Manufacturer: Blue Underground
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ASIN: B000HDR8E6
Release Date: 2006-10-31

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Art-movie goddess Delphine Seyrig (Last Year at Marienbad) slinks through the plush Eurotrash settings as the deathless Elizabeth Bathory, Vampire Countess, in Harry Kümel's minor Dutch classic of lesbian erotic-gothic. Blood mingles with water during the languorous shower scenes. Set at an upper-crust seaside resort, the 1971 film recounts Bathory's plot to replace her current consort (Andrea Rau) with a fresher specimen, an abused newlywed whose brutal young husband is an inconvenience waiting to be eliminated. Although both the bi-sex and the neck-biting violence are tame by today's standards, the film has a graceful, gliding sense of pace that gets under your skin; something unspeakably kinky always seems to be just about to happen. It never quite does, but the mood lingers. See it with someone you love--or would like to. --David Chute

Description

International screen icon Delphine Seyrig (of LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD fame) stars as Elizabeth Bathory, an ageless Countess with a beautiful young 'companion' (Goth goddess Andrea Rau) and a legendary legacy of perversion. But when the two women seduce a troubled newlywed couple (French beauty Danielle Ouimet and John Karlen of DARK SHADOWS and CAGNEY & LACEY), they unleash a frenzy of sudden violence and depraved desire that shocked both art house audiences and grindhouse crowds worldwide.

Co-written and directed by Harry Kumel, DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS remains one of the most exquisitely mesmerizing adult horror films ever made. Blue Underground is proud to present the Director's Cut of this classic psychosexual shocker newly remastered in High Definition and packed with Extras, including brand new interviews with Harry Kumel, Danielle Ouimet, and Co-Writer/Co-Producer Pierre Drouot. Also included is a Bonus Disc featuring THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE, a haunting shocker of reincarnation, lesbianism and violent murder from Writer/Director Vicente Aranda (LOVERS).

Customer Reviews:

Gotta Love It.......2007-06-26

Okay, I am going to make this review short and sweet.
I never thought I would be a fan of movies like this
but after my curiosity drove me to watch Daughters of Darkness
I would not have it any other way. Delphine Seyrig is perfect
for the part of the Countess Elizabeth Bathory.
Her attitude is excellent and you feel yourself almost being
drawn to her. This is a must-see movie that will leave you
wanting more!

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......2007-06-13

this film is really really slow and boring. i cant tell you what happened becasue i kept falling asleep. i wasnt feeling much horror or eroticism or anything just weird borish people and slow boring dialogue. the only darkness i was feeling was the back of my eyelids.

Big Hype.......2007-05-16

I really wanted to like this film. I'm a big fan of Euro-trash, exploitation, low-budget horror, and "psychotronic" video in general, and all sources agreed that this was a "must see." So, I was understandably excited when this arrived -- I immediately popped it in the player, and sat wide-eyed, prepped for maximum enjoyment. Slowly (but not as slow as the plot of this film) it dawned on me: this movie is horrible. I don't want to just trash talk -- the technical aspects were good, the cinematography was nice, etc. But there is absolutely no action whatsoever. Everyone wants to talk about the great story, and true, the story is interesting in theory. But its portrayed in such a sluggish and boring style. The movie could have been about half as long and still developed the story fully. Also, I personally didn't find this film erotic at all. I understand there is a shorter version of this film -- that may help with the boredom, but it still isn't anywhere near as good as the hype. Obviously, a lot of people like this movie, but to be fair, its not really a horror movie, its not particularly erotic, and both the lesbianism and vampirism are almost completely implied; all of this is ok, except that the way most describe it, you would expect all of these things to be present. If you want an icredibly slow-paced, "moody" art film, this might be your thing; if you want an erotic horror movie, or a "lesbian vampire" movie, this probably isn't what you're looking for.

Stylish and Artistic.......2006-12-27

"Daughters of Darkness" crackles with repressed sexual energy and barely suppressed libidinous desire in a way uncommon for an early 1970's horror film. Eschewing the somewhat vulgar and obvious treatment of the same story by Hammer, made as "Countess Dracula", Belgian director Harry Kumel opts for an overly symbolic aesthetic that self consciously emulates European art cinema. The similarities to Alain Resnais' "Last Years in Marienbad" are notable in relation to casting, but also in the strangely isolated and ethereal hotel setting. Kumel also experiments with time and space in a non linear way. This is not to say that his film makes no narrative sense, in fact it easy to follow, but symbolic representations of time signified by the countess herself makes one question not only the films reality but also its temporality. Kumel also makes use of an intriguing colour scheme which privileges reds and greens as symbols of death, decay, but also regeneration. Perhaps the films most impressive aspect though is its almost total rejection of the iconography of the horror genre. For example we see no fangs, we so no drinking of blood, no familiars, in fact by the films conclusion we are not even 100% sure there has been any vampirism. This is a great film because Kumel takes exploitation material (lesbianism and vampirism) and places them in the background, preferring to privilege mood, ambience and an artistic formal strategy.

Blue Underground's DVD presents the film fully restored and uncut and in a sumptuous transfer. Also included in this edition is another treatment of the Countess Bathory story, the rather more exploitative "Blood Spattered Bride", this is a perfectly acceptable effort, but with a stronger emphasis on nudity and violence...But there is nothing wrong with that.

Four Stars for the Movie..........2006-11-01

Two stars for the version. I was heartened to see that this was a two-disc edition, as I figured it meant both the original version and the less-effective director's cut would be available. Alas, there is just a completely different movie on the second disc, and the headlining film is the lesser version. If you want to see this movie properly, with Delphine Seyrig's sung theme song, and tighter, more effective editing (why do we always suppose that meddling is an improvement?), you're going to have to get on EBay and find the original VHS, with the big, oversized box (not to be confused with the VHS of the original release of the director's cut). [NOTE: according to the comment below, the longer version came first, not second, as I had thought, so make of that what you will, although that hardly changes my opinion of the two versions.] It won't be DVD, and it won't be widescreen, but it will be worth it. When I first saw the director's cut, I was surprised by how saggy it made the film (and the dropping of that theme song is criminal). What a disappointment that the second DVD release of this film has not remedied the error, or at least given us both versions.

By the way--what is with giving an "unhelpful" review to reviews that don't recommend something, regardless of whether they have been helpful or not? It's kind of weird. I don't care if my review is tagged as unhelpful, esp if you actually think it is, but if you read a review and it doesn't say what you wanted it to say, that is not "unhelpful," it is "something you disagree with," and there is no rating system for that.

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Not bad at all
I want to knock up Virginie Ledoyen
Young and proud and fearless.
Excellent commentary on relationships
An outstanding film, but probably not for all tastes.

A Single Girl
Starring: Virginie Ledoyen , Benoît Magimel , Dominique Valadié , Véra Briole , and Virginie Emane
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
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ASIN: B00004TBFS
Release Date: 2000-07-05

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Next to the blandly flawless feminist heroines played by Demi Moore and Meg Ryan in American movies, Valerie (Virginie Ledoyen), the protagonist in Benoît Jacquot's excellent French film A Single Girl, boasts a whole catalog of shortcomings. Yes, she is young and beautiful (movies are movies, even in the French realist tradition), but she is also selfish, uncertain, irresponsible, and occasionally cruel. Moore's example to the contrary, it's hard to be a saint when you're about to become a single mom, when your boyfriend has been languishing on unemployment, when your own mother behaves more like a dependent child, and when the first job you've been able to find in a year is as a room-service waiter in a luxury hotel.

Valerie's indoctrination at the hotel is her indoctrination into a new system of power and intimidation, some of it economic (the female boss who takes the opportunity to humiliate her), some of it sexual (an abusive coworker who tries to blackmail her), and some of it unpredictably, messily human (the unwanted intimacies she is forced to share with the strangers whose bedrooms and lives she briefly enters). As Valerie, Virginie Ledoyen is a revelation, an intense and serious young performer with the kind of open face that the camera loves. Onscreen every instant, she carries the film with ease and assurance. --Dave Kehr

Description

A day in the life of a young Parisian woman, Valerie, shot in real time. Follow Valerie around as she meditates on the paths of human nature she crosses, sometimes comic, sometimes hostile, which lead her to make important decisions about her future.

Customer Reviews:

Not bad at all .......2007-05-06

A pleasant surprise and not without some thought provoking action. Many scenes are very easy on the eyes too .

I want to knock up Virginie Ledoyen.......2006-10-14

What a fine-lookin' baby this hot white white-hot French gal would give me! Dayum! That's some kinda booty!

Young and proud and fearless........2005-07-02

The heroine, Valerie, played by Virginie Ledoyen, is young, proud, and fearless. In a culture, where individualism and rationalism have reached their logical extreme, the only force that is left to work free is the physical beauty that has not been tamed or tainted by the insatiable desires of the old and aged ones. Valerie is too young to know that her beauty will fade one day, and her power will be gone. She enjoys others attentions, and she disdains their lack of spirit.
If you find the above introduction confusing, you should watch the film. The film portrays a young woman, who courageously makes tough choices, despite all the external forces that attempt to pull her life apart into pieces. Many forces are at work here, but Valerie decides not to succomb to "others", but to make her life beautiful. It's a story of triumph.

Excellent commentary on relationships.......2002-12-06

Although this movie seems to center on the scintillatingly beautiful Virginie Ledoyen, it actually provides an in-depth portrait of the nature of relationships. While trying to make a decision about her life, Ledoyen encounters a number of characters, each engaged in a negative relationship. She witnesses the joys and pitfalls of the people she meets, and the sight of each hurtful relationship seems to make her withdraw. The triumph of the movie is watching Ledoyen grow more remote and distant with each encounter, leading to her own seemingly baffling decision at the end of the movie.

I would encourage anyone to watch this movie and understand that it is more than a story about Ledoyen's character-it is a commentary piece, with Ledoyen representing the audience. Five stars.

An outstanding film, but probably not for all tastes........2002-01-08

Like Godard's VIVRE SA VIE, A SINGLE GIRL is ultimately an affectionate character study of its leading lady, Virginie Ledoyen. Thus, how you respond to this film will depend on how captivated you are by Ledoyen's performance. Prior to viewing A SINGLE GIRL, I was somewhat baffled by her rise to something of cult status in French cinema. Yes, as one reviewer mentioned, she has a cute face, but there is no shortage of cute faces in cinema these days. What is most striking about Ledoyen's performance in A SINGLE GIRL, and what really convinced me of her talent, is the depth and range of feeling she is able to convey just by her movements and expressions. Although she is on screen for the whole picture, she has relatively few lines, and what her character does say, is usually evasive. And yet in order to sell her character, Ledoyen must make her viewer feel the anxiety of a young woman confronting an uncertain situation. One of the more remarkable passages of this film is when Ledoyen calls her mother, and in that phone conversation attempts to tell her mother everything without saying much of anything. It is a riveting scene which has her character searching for maternal affection, while trying to mask her vulnerability.

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Description

International screen icon Delphine Seyrig (of LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD fame) stars as Elizabeth Bathory, an ageless Countess with a beautiful young `companion' (Goth goddess Andrea Rau) and a legendary legacy of perversion. But when the two women seduce a troubled newlywed couple (French beauty Danielle Ouimet and John Karlen of DARK SHADOWS and CAGNEY & LACEY), they unleash a frenzy of sudden violence and depraved desire that shocked both art house audiences and grindhouse crowds worldwide.

Co-written and directed by Harry Kümel, DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS remains one of the most exquisitely mesmerizing adult horror films ever made. Blue Underground is now proud to present the Director's Cut of this classic psychosexual shocker in stunning widescreen and featuring new Extras produced exclusively for this definitive edition.

Customer Reviews:

Gotta Love It.......2007-06-26

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......2007-06-13

Big Hype.......2007-05-16

Stylish and Artistic.......2006-12-27

Four Stars for the Movie..........2006-11-01

Average customer rating:

Warning - product description is incorrect.
A sexy B-thriller
soleil all grown up

Motel Blue
Starring: Sean Young , Soleil Moon Frye , Rob Stewart , Robert Vaughn , and Spencer Rochfort
Director: Sam Firstenberg
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Release Date: 2000-02-08

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Warning - product description is incorrect........2006-07-30

This is an ok movie, but the DVD is not letterbox 1.85:1 as described, it is fullscreen 1.33:1, so don't buy this if you require widescreen. I submitted a product description correction to Amazon some time ago, but it has not been posted. Why do I think the product description is incorrect? I ordered a used copy from an Amazon seller and obtained a refund when it turned out to be fullscreen. Then I ordered a new copy from Amazon. Same problem. Both copies had package graphics identical to the Amazon product image.

A sexy B-thriller.......2003-03-16

Soleil Moon Frye (who's famous for both her young age "Punky Brewster" role and the breast reduction surgery when she grows up), stars in this movie as government agent Kyle Rivers who while trying to nail the mysterious Lana Hawking (played by Sean Young) got trapped in a devious plot instead. All in all, the story line doesn't have much to deliver, but the girls are beautiful, the cinematography is okay, and it's always fun to see a petite cutie Soleil Moon Frye (5'01) face-to-face with a slender and sexy Sean Young (5'10). So if you're settled to spend some popcorn time with a B-thriller, there's nothing to complain about, except that the DVD only offers chapter selections and a theatrical trailer, no language options or special features as advertised.

soleil all grown up.......2002-01-16

This is a provactive thriller which has a detective kyle(soleil moon frye) undercover,trying to get info on sean youngs character.It is a confused film,but has soleil moon frye in a adult role in which her acting is good and has her in scenes in which she looks vulnerable and beautiful. The films worth to buy if your a Soleil Moon Frye,if your not ,its still worth watching.

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The Blue Hotel
Starring: Tom Aldredge , John Bottoms , Rex Everhart , Henry Fonda , and Lisa Pelikan
Director: Ján Kadár
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Release Date: 2005-05-03

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Seen on PBS

Written by: Teleplay writer Henry M. Patrakis, adapted from the Stephen Crane classic

Stars: David Warner, James Keach

Director: Jan Kadar (Academy Award - "The Shop on Main Street")

Description: Nebraska in the 1880's…bleak, lonely, and far from what you'd expect The Wild West to be. But for a naïve Swedish immigrant, the frontier parlor of "THE BLUE HOTEL" represents the quintessential western fantasy.

No one can convince The Swede that his dime-store notions about The West are foolish. He sees murderous intentions all around him…and in his terror he turns everybody against him.

Inevitably the Swede attracts tragedy. However, who is responsible? The negative Swede? Or the cliquish hotel guests? Academy Award-winner Jan Kadar ("The Shop on Main Street") directs this timely story of how society punishes outsiders for being different.

Customer Reviews:

Warning - product description is incorrect........2006-07-30

A sexy B-thriller.......2003-03-16

soleil all grown up.......2002-01-16

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