Product Details

• Actors: Paul Bisciglia, Jean-Lou Philippe
• Directors: Jean Rollin
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: French
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Redemption Films
• DVD Release Date: July 29, 2008
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0018BA726
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,896 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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LIPS OF BLOOD - DVD Movie

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More mystery than horror, December 17, 1999

By 

RodneyPaul "rpm" (Tampa, Fla) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lips of Blood (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.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Vampirism is a terrible affliction"!, November 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Lips of Blood (DVD)

-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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Rollin Masterpiece, May 22, 2010

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William Amazzini - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lips of Blood (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.