Female Vampire (1973)

Original title

La Comtesse noire

Directed by

Jesús Franco

Genre

horror film, erotic film, vampire film, sexploitation film

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 68 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A female vampire named Irina von Karlstein preys on men and women on the island of Madeira. She drains her victims by performing oral sex on them until they die.

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What happens

Female Vampire (a.k.a. The Bare-Breasted Countess) is a horror film written, directed, and co-edited by Jesús Franco. It was produced in 1973, but was only theatrically distributed in 1975. The film is set in Madeira and stars actress Lina Romay as Irina von Karlstein, a vampire who has sex with both male and female victims. In an unusual variation of the vampire myth, Karlstein performs oral sex on her victims until they die, draining them of their sexual fluids. Three versions of the film were shot: straight horror, horror mixed with sex, and a hardcore pornography version. Franco's original title for the film was The Bare Breasted Countess, but it was released under many different titles over the years. To assuage Franco, the film was screened as The Bare Breasted Countess at the 2009 Fantastic Fest in the United States, which Franco attended as guest of honor. The film's title was inexplicably changed to Female Vampire for its DVD release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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