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There's no director like Jean Rollin, the French horror fantasist who mixes the poetry of Jean Cocteau with the emotionless performances of Robert Bresson in his erotic vampire films. Lips of Blood is one of his best, an Oedipal tale of a young man haunted by visions of a forgotten childhood when he spies a poster of a coastal castle at a party. Jean-Louis Philippe, a hopelessly bland and flat performer, wanders through the deserted piazzas and fountains of his suddenly odd and alien hometown, eerily lit up in the dead of night. He's a man lost in a world where a woman in white silently materializes like a supernatural muse, gunmen appear from the inky-black night, and four naked vampire girls prowl the streets for blood and watch over him like dark angels. It's a tale of blood, sex, and haunting desire full of nudity and death and told in an austere, surreal style born of forced budgetary austerity. Rollin is slipshod with his action scenes and stiff with performers, but once he leaves the confines of the "real" world (where he's oddly uncomfortable) his style creates a trancelike mood to complement the beauty of his poetically macabre vision. The film our hero watches early in the picture is Rollin's own Shiver of the Vampires. --Sean Axmaker
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In the most personal of Jean Rollin's moody, erotic horror films, a man tries to solve the riddle of a vague childhood memory, which leads him in pursuit of a beautiful vampire, and the revelation of a horrible family curse.
BONUS FEATURES: Introduction by Jean Rollin (5 min), French Theatrical Trailer, Trailers for The Nude Vampire, Fascination, Shiver of the Vampires & The Iron Rose, Interview with Natalie Perrey (10 min) and more!
BONUS FEATURES: Introduction by Jean Rollin (5 min), French Theatrical Trailer, Trailers for The Nude Vampire, Fascination, Shiver of the Vampires & The Iron Rose, Interview with Natalie Perrey (10 min) and more!
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By RodneyPaul
Format:DVD
I've just begun to explore the Euro-horror genre, with Lips of Blood being one of the best so far. Interesting visuals (including attractive semi-nude female vampires), effectively somber mood and pacing, and a strong element of mystery, all serve to make this Rollin film worth seeing. However, if you are really into lots of gore and sex in horror films, this is one to skip.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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-The quote is from the film...
LIPS OF BLOOD (1974) is Jean Rollin's best film.
Like Jess Franco, Rollin is a flawed genius. In the films of these two unusual directors, we see infrequent flashes of brilliance mixed with mediocrity. In this particular film, the flashes of brilliance win out over the lesser powers.
The cinematography is very good. The haunting Paris night scenes (both in cemeteries and in dilapidated urban areas) are particularly effective.
Rollin's screenplay is also good: a strange admixture of a psychoanalytic probing into the lost memories of a rather pathetic and emotionally numb man (who lives with his mother) with the bizarre element of the secret of vampirism as it has impacted upon his early life.
There is an excellent segment of the film (reminiscent of NIGHT OF THE HUNTED) in which the rather disturbed mother has her son abducted and taken to a private mental hosptial for electroshock "therapy" rather than uncover his family's true history.
Interesting original score.
The DVD does not offer any extras (apart from a gallery of stills and a filmography of Rollin); this shortcoming is offset by the excellent transfer of the original print of the film. Very fine detail and rich colour.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Redemption has released the definitive version of Rollin's most haunting film of his repetoire. The Image Entertainment release of many years back had scratches and soundtrack noise. Not this one. Never has there been a more haunting vampire tale filmed than this gem. If you are looking for a fast moving gore fest, look elsewhere. Watch this artistic genius wave his 1970's brush across your high def monitor and make you yearn for surrealistic filmmaking such as this. Nobody does it better.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Jean Rollin's Lips of Blood
This is one of Jean Rollin's soft-porn vampire films -- which I found enjoyable. The plot doesn't make a lot of sense, but Rollin isn't big on coherent plots. Read more
Published 13 months ago by R. Larson
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lips of Blood
This run-of-the-mill slice of 70's exploitation declares its style early on when one of the female leads comes down the stairs stark naked saying "Now where did I leave my skirt? Read more
Published on August 4, 2008 by Bartok Kinski
5.0 out of 5 stars
very good
one of the best of it's kind. if you know rollin's work and appreciate it but haven't experienced this one then do yourself a favor and definitely give this one a look. Read more
Published on December 2, 2004 by d. logan
1.0 out of 5 stars
worest movie ever
do not buy this movie it sucked really bad made no sense at all
Published on October 26, 2004 by E. creedon
1.0 out of 5 stars
SHould be Taken off The Shelfs
My Boyfriend Bought me this Movie because I Love Horror Movies and Erotic Movies.. So I Watched it. And Let me Tell you.. It Is Nothing But a Piece of Crap. Read more
Published on October 26, 2004 by Darlene Baluta
3.0 out of 5 stars
Cheap 'n cheesy!
Jean Rollin is a name instantly recognizable to hardcore horror fans, yet meaningless to nearly everyone else. Read more
Published on June 15, 2004 by Jeffrey Leach
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very Little Vampirism
If it's fangs and lots of blood-drinking, this is not your film. Most of the vampirism is very understated... Read more
Published on January 23, 2003 by lecudedag
4.0 out of 5 stars
the best yet
of the jean rollins dvds i've seen this is the best , the picture quality is fine. I've got no problem with Jean Lou Philippe, I watched it in French and couldn't understand a... Read more
Published on July 29, 2001
4.0 out of 5 stars
Surreal tale of fantasy and obsession.
Lips of Blood is the story of one ugly (I'm talking Masculine Medusa) man searching a suddenly nightmarish world (inhabited by vampires and their sadistic hunters) for the... Read more
Published on April 16, 2001 by Chadwick H. Saxelid
