Lips of Blood (1975) Dir. Jean Rollin

Lips of Blood (Levres de Sang) is one of Jean Rollin's ostensible vampire films, but as with many of them, while it does contain vampires, it's really not a Vampire movie in any conventional sense. Rollin was hobbled by budget and production issues, but manages to make an evocative and atmospheric film within these constraints.

I've also featured Rollin's Grapes of Death (Les Raisins de la Mort) here, and The Iron Rose (La Rose de Fer) here

All captures from the Redemption Blu-Ray, part of their Jean Rollin series.


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The Iron Rose (1973), dir. Jean Rollin

The Iron Rose is director Jean Rollin's fifth feature, and unlike the previous four, does not feature vampires in the title, or in the film . Instead, we get the story of a short-lived (literally) romance between a young couple who meet at a wedding, and end up spending the night at an eerie and labyrinthine cemetery. Rollin makes the most of his limited resources, as usual, and it's beautifully photographed by cinematographer Jean-Jacques Renon. 

All captures are from the Kino/ Redemption Blu-Ray.

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This beach features in a number of Rollin films.

A very Rollin-eque sequence (4)

Very dark, but I like the atmosphere in this shot.