Rape of the Vampire Blu-ray
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'The Rape of the Vampire' Director: Jean Rollin (1968) Indicator label Numbered Limited Edition – with 80-page book | New 4K restoration. French w/ English subtitles | Region free
After a psychoanalyst unsuccessfully tries to convince four sisters that they are not 200 year old vampires, the Queen of the Vampires promulgates the cause of the Undead. Jean Rollin’s startling debut feature introduces his unique take on vampirism, establishing the blend of surrealism, eroticism, and horror that would become his trademark. With surreal black-and-white images and a riveting free-jazz score by François Tusques.
Special features include:
- Audio commentary with writer-director Jean Rollin and film expert Tim Lucas
- Fragments of Pavement Under the Sand (2023, 32 mins): updated documentary on the making of the film
- Jean Rollin: L’Effervescence (2023, 40 mins): Jean-Denis Bonan, editor and assistant director, recalls his early collaborations with Rollin
- Archival interviews with actor Jacqueline Sieger, writer/actor/set-dresser Alain-Yves Beaujour and composer François Tusques
- The Far Countries (1965, 17 mins): brand-new 4K restoration of Rollin’s second fictional short film
- The Far Countries audio commentary with Rollin
- L’Itinéraire souvenir (2018, 30 mins): artistic reconstruction of Rollin’s lost and unfinished 1962 short film, L’Itinéraire marin, by filmmakers Victor Poucalow and Raja Tawil
