Product Details

• Actors: Nathalie Perrey, Mireille Dargent, Hugues Quester, Francoise Pascal
• Directors: Jean Rollin
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: French
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Redemption Films
• DVD Release Date: September 25, 2007
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000SSONQ6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,375 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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IRON ROSE - DVD Movie

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rare Rollin Jewel, May 22, 2010

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William Amazzini - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Iron Rose (DVD)

A tip of the hat to Redemption for releasing this rare Rollin film to his fans and to people who like their horrors simplistic and passionate. This is an interesting nightmare involving two lovers locked overnight in a cemetary and having their imaginations, senses, and friendships dissolving around them. Shadows reveal terror, gothic statuary reveals monsters, iron gates become invisible claws, I could go on and on but experience it for yourself preferably after midnight.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For the morbid at heart, January 26, 2012

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Timothy Ramzyk (Milwaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Iron Rose [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

While out riding bicycles in the country, a young couple on their first date stop to picnic in a vast cemetery. They soon find themselves in the throes of passion in one of the crypts below ground. When they emerge, the already uneasy lovers discover night has fallen, and they are now lost amongst the graves. As the night progresses, the seemingly endless cemetery takes on a more ominous tone as the lovers panic and turn on each other as they try in vain to find a way out. Before the break of dawn the girl becomes consumed by her surroundings, rejects the outside world, and wishes to remain with the dead, while in turn her companion becomes more hostile.

There's more to THE IRON ROSE than that, but not much more in terms of plot. It literally is a night in the cemetery. Director, Rollin does an admirable job of infusing the surroundings with a somber dread as we share what feels like a real-time descent into dusk and the overwhelming spell cast by the iron crosses, crumbling statues, and overgrown maze of tombs in which the lovers are trapped. Indeed, to enjoy this film you pretty much have to share Rollin's fascination for the morbid aesthetics of the authentic cemetery in which he filmed.

I'm not a huge Rollin fan but I liked THE IRON ROSE quite a bit. It would be more than fair to say it's not for everyone. It's certainly not "horror" in the conventional sense. Rather, it's an artsy, grim bit of romantic poetry that chooses death over love as its inspiration. Sound pretentious? Well, it is, but it also just kind of worked for me.

This new HD transfer is a great improvement over the previous DVD. The image is more nuanced than before, and gives the film a more natural looking nighttime appearance.