Fascination (1979)
Directed by Jean Rollin
Genres - Horror |
Sub-Genres - Sex Horror |
Run Time - 78 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Robert Firsching
This erotic horror film from controversial cult director Jean Rollin is among his best. Set in 1916, it tells the story of a thief who seeks refuge in a castle owned by two women, Eva (Brigitte Lahaie) and Elizabeth (Franca Mai). The women are seductive and teasing, but turn out to be part of a vampiric cult of blood-drinking aristocrats. The film's most striking sequence has Eva slashing her way through a group of armed peasants with a large scythe. Filled with Rollin's typically heady mix of sex, violence, and hallucinatory visuals, Fascination may be the most accessible introduction to his unique body of work.
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aristocracy, refuge, robbery, seduction, vampire