Vampyres

I'm giving the movie four stars because it's quite well made and interesting. But be warned. Although it has a wonderful gothic mood and haunting atmosphere, it devolves into what, sadly, many horror movies did in the 1970s: an explicitly violent slasher flick. This is why I prefer the horror movies of the 1960s. The violence then was either more theatrical or more implied. And the movies, especially vampire movies, relied more on the atmosphere and eroticism. I would recommend much, much more highly The Vampire Lovers with Ingrid Pitt.I was also disappointed with the end. I thought they could have done something much different that would have been more consistent with the implied theme. I loved the eroticism and the mood. I hated the graphic violence and brutality.

Well, after literally decades of hearing tales of the notoriety of this film and seeing the most highly titillating stills from it prominently featured in my vampire movie books, I finally took the "daring" plunge and actually sought it out and watched it. -- And my opinion of it? Well I dunno, maybe I've been letting my naughty imagination get the best of me all these years or maybe my moral standards are especially low, but my reaction was kind of "oh, is that all there was to it?"For all the hubbub, I was actually expecting there to be much more sex, violence and gore than there turned out to be. By today's standards, I actually found it quite tame. Yes, there is a lot of nudity in it, but none of it is of the full-frontal variety showing the genital area. What simulated coitus there is, is neither particularly graphic nor convincing. And the worst of the film's violence all occurs off-screen. Granted, if you find lots and lots of fake blood scary, you MAY get a chill or two. But heck, these vamps don't even have FANGS fer cryin' out loud!Anulka doesn't really have to act much, just stand/lie there and look pretty. Marianne Morris does do a bit more and does make an adequate female vamp. And the much-hyped lesbian scenes are also quite limited and nothing particularly special by today's standards.What I did like very much was the ambience that the wonderful locations of the manor house and the English countryside in autumn give to the film. I would say that it was this, and also the tasteful direction which shows a nice appreciation for the value of quiet and silence, which combine with the actors to create a film a bit better than adequate.Overall I'd rate this movie a bit better than 3.5 stars, and thanks to the outstanding job they have done on this DVD I have no problems with bumping it up to a full 4 stars. Not only does the film look fabulously and immaculately restored, but the extras are also good. The best part was the 15-minute interview segment with the actresses today. I would say that Anulka Dziubinska looks even hotter today, some 30 years later. -- No small feat, and certainly a very rare occurrence!You also get a commentary from the director and the producer of the film, as well as a still gallery of a missing scene, an Anulka modelling career still gallery, plus the usual trailer, and even a computer file version of the classic but out of print book on this film. All in all, a wonderful package. Blue Underground deserve to be very proud of the excellent job they have done on this DVD. It's great to see a classic B-movie like this given the proper respect it deserves.As for me, well I guess I'm still in the market for a lesbian vampire flick which lives up to the expectations I've created in my head all these years. (Attention, filmmakers....!) What I'm looking for is something more extreme and graphic than this, but still without the yucky tackiness of porn and with the polished production values and great atmosphere of this film. (--Yeah I know about the Donald Glut videos, but I said WITH production values.) So the market is out here, folks. Now let's see what you can do.Meanwhile, I'm gonna go run off my fave lesbian vampire film of all time, "The Vampire Lovers". Yeah nowhere near even as graphic as this one, but just brimming with delicious atmosphere, and ahhhh, Ingrid Pitt... (*swoons*)

It's a different take on the vampire legends, and the ending of the film is a "now that's something".

Campers pulling down the long lane to see a huge castle and decided to stay for days until finally be victims of the two mysterious lady's living in the castle, behaving strangely. The setting was great and the vampire ladies were hot and sometimes naked. Easy to see how men were seduced by them

"Vampyres" is a 1975 film starring Marianne Morris (born in London); Anulka Dziubinska (Playboy Playmate May 1973); Sally Faulkner ("Confessions of a Driving Instructor" and 48 other movies and TV appearances); Murray Brown (had the role of Jonathan Harker in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" opposite Jack Palance); and Brian Deacon (born in Oxford, UK). The premise is lonely men picking up a beautiful woman hitchhiker (sometimes 2 beautiful women hitchhikers), who has them take her back to her home, where she gets them drunk and then slowly kills them and drinks their blood. There are two lovely vampire women, Marrianne and Anulka. You get to see them both in the buff enough that you know Anulka doesn't have matching carpet and drapes. Although Marianne is who most frequently shares her birthday suit with the camera, the spotlight stealing star of this film is Sally Faulkner, who makes me want to see much, much more of her. The second most interesting thing about this film (other than Sally Faulkner) is the Oakley Court Hotel mansion located on Windsor Road, in Berkshire, United Kingdom. That hotel still books guests today, and if I had the money and time, it would be wonderful to visit. Seeing this film reminded me of the old guy I used to work with who had a subscription to Playboy, and another to National Geographic, because he said both magazines had wonderful pictures of beautiful places he'd never get to visit. In "Vampyres" (1975), the acting is sub-poor, the dialogue seems to have been written by a monkey at a typewriter, and the volume is low to help make the sudden screaming by the victims, really stand out. That probably doesn't matter to most guys though, since generally guys watch films like this with the sound off anyway (homina, homina, homina). Worth owning; could have lived up to the hype a little better, but for 1975 vintage, this was a few tasty goblets of merlot and zinfandel.

Not bad, considering it was made with a budget in the region of bugger all.It starts with a bang and holds the attention throughout. Think Hammer but with less kitsch and some extra oomph! It's also a bit enigmatic (which i'm all for) in that it doesn't feel the need to spell out all the whos and whys (such as, why were P.38's so thick on the ground in the 1970's?).The directors commentary is priceless, the man is like a spanish Sid James ("Ahh, Anulka's poosee!!"), completely in contrast to the urbane diction of the producer.The music is a diverting bonus too. Imagine the Jimi Hendrix Experience blind drunk, accompanied by the wolfman (also bladdered) on piano. Or something.I liked the film and if you're into 70's euro horror, you'll probably like it too. Laters.

Guilty pleasure? I don't think so, there's enough quality here to justify this as a genuine (minor) horror classic. Plot is minimal, this is all about stylish sleaze and lashings of moist green atmosphere as our two titular heroines plough through lotharios, boozers, caravanners with lusty abandon. I can understand why some would dismiss this as sexist, leering trash but perversely that's its very attraction, and it's beautifully done - nobody could claim this was a hack work - it looks too good.Blu ray picture is OK - heavy on the grain, so stick with the DVD if thats a problem, but brighter and more detailed. In a perfect world we would be able to have both, but shelving, sadly, isn't infinite.

For what it is from when it was made its a Good film I found it to be slow and repetitive but I think that's the style from back then. What I liked more than the film was the extras where the to vamps (now older) were talking about what it was like. It also has photos from the sets it doesn't have a commentary which is a shame. Ya would think with a premise like this and the cast who are both fit that they could have made it super engaging but I found it tame.

A classic of the genre which was delivered promptly. Many thanks.

For a b grade horror film this is beautifully shot and well directed and very entertaining. If this is your scene then I highly recommend this one.