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Daughters of Darkness is a belge film of genre Drama directed by Harry Kümel released in USA on 2 october 1971 with Delphine Seyrig
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 october 1971
Length 1h38
Directed by Harry Kümel
OriginBelgique
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Vampires in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Rating64%
Daughters of Darkness (in France, Les Lèvres rouges, and in Belgium, Le Rouge aux lèvres, both literally translated as The Red Lips; in Dutch, Dorst Naar Bloed, meaning "Blood Thirst") is a 1971 Belgian horror film (with dialogue in English), directed by Harry Kümel. It is an erotic vampire film.
Synopsis
A recently married young couple, Stefan (John Karlen) and Valerie (Danielle Ouimet), are on their honeymoon. They check into a grand hotel on the Ostend seafront in Belgium, intending to catch the cross-channel ferry to England, though Stefan seems oddly unenthused at the prospect of introducing his new bride to his mother. It is off-season, so the couple are alone in the hotel. Alone, that is, until the sun sets and a mysterious Hungarian countess, Elizabeth Báthory (Delphine Seyrig) arrives in a vintage Bristol driven by her "secretary" Ilona (Andrea Rau). The middle-aged concierge at the hotel swears that he saw the Countess at the same hotel when he was a little boy. The pair may have a connection to three separate gruesome murders of young girls that occurred in Bruges the previous week. On a day trip, Stefan and Valerie witness the aftermath of a fourth. At the hotel, the countess quickly becomes obsessed with the newlyweds, and the resulting interaction of the four people leads to sadism and murder. Ilona, Stefan, then the Countess all die, leaving Valerie, now transformed into a creature similar to the Countess, stalking new victims.Actors
Delphine Seyrig
(Countess Elizabeth Báthory)
John Karlen
(Stefan Chilton)
Danielle Ouimet
(Valerie Chilton)
Fons Rademakers
(Mother)
Georges Jamin
(Man)
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