Product Details

• Actors: Analía Ivars, Lina Romay (II), Rachel Sheppard, Peter Temboury
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Sub Rosa Studios
• DVD Release Date: February 18, 2003
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007L4LY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,398 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Vampire Blues" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Two Versions of a Kinky Vampire, February 13, 2004

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vampire Blues (DVD)

A young woman from the States is vacationing in Southern Spain. She takes advantage of the quiet, the sun and the clothing optional beaches. But she has become the target of a beautiful (to some) vampire.

As she continues to fall under the sway of the vampire, she meets and is championed by a gypsy wise woman. The two band together and defeat the countess with a different type of stake.

This is a strange film with almost no dialogue. As the girl is influenced by the vampire, the lighting is changed by washing color into the whites (first red and later blue) to add a dreamlike quality to the film. Some may feel it makes the film look cheap and amateurish but it works.

This is not a Dracula-style vampire film or anything Hammer would have put out. This is more like something Felini or Stoppard would have created.

The disk includes an extensive picture gallery as well as the uncut European version (definitely better than the cut version). A good film when you are looking for something more arty.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vampire Blues are gonna getcha! - A slight correction, April 16, 2003

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Derek Ho (Remsenberg, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vampire Blues (DVD)

After watching the new Sub Rosa DVD release, I have to add that this is a pretty neat DVD. Jess Franco, for all his kinkiness and flair for the psychedelic has never been presented in a more fitting format. And that's saying something! Having re-reviewed the film, I must add that Analia Ivars is the sexiest vampire I have ever seen in any movie. She ranks right up there with Ingrid Pitt in "Vampire Lovers". Rachel Sheppard is Franco's latest "find" and she ranks right up there with some of the wundergals he discovered in the '70s and the '80s. Lina Romay plays the role of a good girl in this film, a definite change of pace for her. She gets the honor of the plunging in the stake in the memorable final scene. It's one of her best performances ever. And what other film would have the audacity to include a magic t-shirt? Only Franco could think of that. The DVD is clean and crisp. The extras are ample and it's a bargain at any price. There's enough here to make it worth your buck even if you had already purchased the original collector's edition VHS release.

Franco should thank his lucky stars that he was able to hook up with America's One Shot Productions because they have definitely saved his career which had finally seemed to be coming to an end in the early '90s after nearly 35 years of exhilerating Euro Shock.

What I wanted to point out is that I failed to mention that this is a new DVD release of the film. Don't confuse it with the old Euro disc. This US Vampire Blues release through Sub Rosa Studios far surpasses in quality and quantity of material that of the hard-to-find Spanish release. Forget searching for that Euro disc. This is the one to buy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little horror film in a DVD with all the trimmings, April 15, 2003

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Derek Ho (Remsenberg, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vampire Blues (DVD)

Now this is pure and unadulterated Jess Franco! The director is perfectly teamed with his new One Shot Productions staff and together they have created one of the coolest and most unusual vampire films ever made. The cast consists of Euro diva Lina Romay, one of the most underrated actresses of the last quarter century, and relative unknowns Analia Ivars and Rachel Sheppard. Sheppard is terrific as the gal from New Joisey who encounters a ... active vampire during her vacation in Spain. The English dub is the best on any Franco film in the last 10 years and the music on the American version is perfectly chosen by One Shot Productions. It's moody and visually spectacular. Definitely one of Franco's best later efforts and not to be missed if you are a fan of occult films or vampire cinema. The DVD is stuffed with the stuff everyone likes and that makes it all the better for "extras"-starved Franco-philes the world over. You won't be "blue" if you watch "Vampire Blues"!!!

Very Highly Recommended!...