Vampyros Lesbos

Vampyros Lesbos is a product of its time, so attempting to view it through a 21st century lens can be difficult when sober. You will not gasp at how realistic the blood looks, so let's clear that up straight away. This motion picture was intended as an abstract presentation nearly a half-century ago, so as you can guess, it's even more true now.Vampyros Lesbos has been called many things, but minus the music I rather liked it.PROs✔ This Blu-ray provides a sharp, 1080p transfer in an aspect ratio of 1.66:1. Despite the encoding not being optimized, you don't want to see the alternative.✔ Soledad Miranda, of course. This movie was filmed in the summer of 1970 directly prior to her death by car at the age of 27. As the story goes, she had just been offered a multi-year contract and would have become an international star had it not been for the untimely accident (honestly, is there ever a good time to die horribly from a car crash?) She was extremely photogenic, which is plain for anyone to see in Vampyros Lesbos... stunning is an appropriate word. Before working with Jesús Franco, Soledad was more or less typecast in Spanish films as someone you wouldn't expect to see star in Franco's dark films, although from an early age she did show diversity in her talent.✔ Can't quite put my finger on it, but I felt compelled to keep watching... no, not because of Soledad's apparent distaste for wearing garments, although that surely wasn't a disincentive. The urge certainly wasn't due to a fondness for 1970 (yucky haircuts, yucky wardrobes, ad infinitum), so it must have been the cohesive weirdness?✔ Soledad's character (Condesa Oskudar, aka Countess Nadine Carody) was related to Dracula... now that's some legit credentials! If you watch the Stephen Thrower featurette that comes on the disc, you'll learn of parallels between Vampyros Lesbos and Bram Stoker's Dracula you never would have guessed otherwise.✔ Due mostly to the vintage nature of Vampyros Lesbos, there is now a chance to laugh where the director did not intend for us to find humor. Yet Jesús Franco was not without a sense of humor; for example, the early scene of Linda at her psychiatrist's. He also makes a cameo in the film as a slimy psychopath, which is both creepy and jocular if you know it's him.CONs✘ A soundtrack that has been described elsewhere as "excruciating" (I could not agree more), yet is revered by others. It's almost unfathomable that people at some point in time found this music acceptable for any purpose, but whatever floats your boat, I guess.✘ While Vampyros Lesbos intuitively feels likes a series of visions that should be ocularly consumed while intoxicated on some kind of psychedelic substance, it also seems like you might have a horrible time if you attempted that.✘ There's no shortage of aspects from the film that people seem to dislike. Just don't get the idea that because Soledad does most of her acting in this one without words that she is not a good actor. Soledad is solid, and you'll find this to be true simply by her screen presence.Extras, bonus/special features (all in 1080p, although the movie clips are of variable quality).💀 Interview with writer/director Franco.💀 Stephen Thrower (a Franco expert) on mostly Vampyros Lesbos; a bit academic but also entertaining.💀 Sublime Soledad: Amy Brown on Soledad (and a little on Franco, since the two worked together). This is a super-informative interview about how amazing Soledad Miranda was, very glad to have watched it despite the unhappy ending.💀 Jess Is Yoda: I won't spoil this for you!💀 Trailer(s)

This movie has alluring visuals and is very sexy and beautifully shot. The film included in the Blue Ray is the one that you want to see as it is truly the one called Vampyros Lesbos. The music, the blood, the nudity is all there. Don't bother watching the dvd included on this package because its of very bad quality. Its a highly edited version of the film called "Las Vampiras" and it has none of the blood, nudity and awesome music that you love about Vampyros Lesobs, the dvd looks like a bootleg, horrible quality. The Blue Ray on the other hand is as awesome as they come, Vampyros Lesbos looks better than ever. I also recommend watching Daughters of Darkness, and equaling artsy fartsy and alluring lesbian vampire film.

Would have been more fun if Hammer made it!

Being a fan of this movie for years I was excited for this release. I first saw the movie when I was super young about 13 or 14 years old. I owned a copy of the dvd which was amazing. I ordered this dvd expecting the same with some special features and I was taken by surprise when I got it. First the dvd part in this is crap they released what the bootlegged version looked like on a normal dvd with the blue ray version having the full HD movie on it. I never thought that this movie could get any better but I was wrong the transfer and remastering of this was phenomenal and the special features was so in depth I don't want to give much away but don't hesitate to add to your collection

This movie is okay but, when you read the description it says it's in English and German, but my copy was completely in German that's why I give it 4 stars instead of 5 so if you plan to buy this movie be aware if you want the English version you might get German instead.

"Vampyros Lesbos" Severin Special Limited 2-Disc Collectors EditionThe film exceeded all expectations and delivered the goods. It deserves it's cult status, and worthy of my 5 star rating.100% Weird and highly recommended, the soundtrack a plus!

Quite a good little film, a little gem of a tale.

Was in German with no subtitles. The lady's were good looking but not filmed well.

Arrived well protected and packaged.

Jesus Franco en su maxima expresión.Historia absurda que solo es un pretexto para entregarnos, escenas memorables llenas de erotismo, contando con la presencia de la desaparecida Soledad Miranda, dejándonos esta obra de arte del cine de culto para que la recordemos siempre.Gran edición, llena de extras y un DVD bonus con la película en su version altamente censurada en España.

Very good restoration done, boring story.

very cool flick. watch it for the art and sexiness, not the plot line.

Pas bien extraordinaire. On voit peu de nudité. Ce n'est pas un DVD XXX.