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Release Date:
3 December 1971 (West Germany)
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Tagline:
An erotic nightmare of vampire lust [DVD]
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Plot:
A newlywed couple are passing through a vacation resort. Their paths cross with a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.
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Also Known As:
Blood on the Lips
Blut an den Lippen
Children of the Night (video title)
Daughters of Darkness (USA)
Erzebeth
Le rouge aux Lèvres (Belgium: French title)
The Promise of Red Lips
The Red Lips
The Redness of the Lips
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Runtime:
USA:100 min (uncut version) | USA:87 min
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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The dining room of Palais des Thermes (Ostend) with the coloured glass wall representing the sea with seagulls, where Valerie and Stefan are eating the first evening and where countess Bathory sees them for the first time, still exists but the trinkhall (300 meters from the hotel) with the seduction scene between countess Bathory and Valerie ("little Edelweis") is no longer there. The entrance hall is at Hotel Astoria (with the conversation with Pierre and where countess Bathory is knitting), but the rooms and windows are shot at the Grand Hotel des Thermes. If countess Bathory has been there 40 years ago, this is not probable because the hotel is build only in 1932 and the action takes place in 1970...
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Daughters of Darkness
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Technically not a vampire movie, DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS is really a blood drinkers' movie. But the acting is superb, the cinematography is so careful and precious, and the whole movie is so beautiful that the deceiving "vampire" theme won't stop you from loving it. Many people believe that Hammer's female vampires are the most beautiful in the business. Delphine Seyrig and her supporting actresses prove those people wrong.
This film reminds me of the equally classic MARY, MARY BLOODY MARY, another movie about vampires that aren't really vampires. The legendary Elisabeth Bathory was not a vampire, she simply drank and bathed in blood to remain eternally young. Vampires drink blood (and don't bath in it) to survive, so the women in this movie aren't vampires.
The sensuality of this film drips off the screen, it so strong and thick. While not full of sex scenes, the erotic overtones of lesbianism and sexual tension between the competing Elisabeth and Stefan feels so real. Even the presence of blood is done so tastefully it seems perversely sexy. No matter how you hate the sight of blood, in this movie, it doesn't turn you off, it turns you on...literally! Highly recommended, do not miss this movie!