You know a film is going to be erotic when the opening credit for a studio is a vampire chick sucking the blood out of a naked girl just to reveal that the film company is called Redemption USA. So instead of a lion that roars or a unicorn flying, you get a naked chick with a freaky vampire chick. It’s Cheeseball Cinema after all!!! So the film starts with some guys that hide toxic waste in a crypt and at the same time they moonlight as grave robbers. They mistakenly open one of the coffins of a young woman named Catherine Valmont (Françoise Blanchard) and in the process they experience a mini earthquake which causes the toxic waste to awaken the dead girl who know needs human blood in order to stay alive. The rest of the film’s premise is that an American photgrapher (Carina Barone) notices Catherine walking through the field ans she takes her picture. She asks everyone in the town who she is and everyone says that it’s Catherine and that she died two years before. Barbara is baffled at the answer and she wants to investigate it. An old friend named Hélène(Marina Pierro) , calls the estate that Catherine and her family used to own to most likely buy it when she discovers Catherine is still alive. She thinks Catherine never died until she realizes that she is dead and needs blood in order to live. So, Hélène decides to help her with the feeding. The film also stars Mike Marshall (Moonraker) as Greg, Fanny Magier (East Of Berlin) as a victim, and the French film is directed by acclaimed French Director Jean Rollin.
What can I say about the film other than the fact that there is some eroticism in it like Catherine getting washed by her friend Hélène , who by the way is one of the most attractive woman I have ever seen. That is the one thing I love about European cinema is that you see some of the most beautiful and talented women on the big screen. There’s plenty of boobs and bush in this film, but the film is more than just that as Catherine realizes that she is just pure evil and that she wants to die. Hélène will not allow it because of her love for Catherine. The ending is pure poetic justice as Catherine murders Hélène, but before she does it she asks her if she remembers the oath. If one of them is to die, the other is to follow. As Hélène repeats that part, Catherine tells her that I am your death. Some of the death scenes are a little cheesy when you can tell that they are either not using a real human head like the first kill or the person is clearly wearing something on their head like the second kill. Other than that, Jean Rollin was an amazing director and I look forward to watching more of his films in the future. On a scale of 1 being an A-list Hollywood film and 5 being the cheesiest film of all time I am going to give it a 2.3 because I believe this was an amazing film besides the eroticism.
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