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Vampyres
The title may not be
one of the more surprising ones, but everything else, everything you
see afterwards, makes this film a (im)perfect little low-budget horror
film.
Two lesbian vampires have a lot of fun, but to tell the truth, they are
not exactly orthodox vampires, because they prefer wounds to necks and
throw themselves on their victims like ferocious animals, becoming, by
the director's own admission, vampire-cannibals.
Behind this little gem we find José Ramón Larraz, a
Catalan director who emigrated to Belgium, France and finally England,
where he has worked more and achieved greater success.
Here we find him with one of his most criticised films at the time of
its release, which has, however, over time become a cult for fans.
Larraz places this story at Oakley Court in Bray, the Victorian country
house famous (as far as we are concerned) for Hammer films. And,
indeed, you expect a Peter Cushing or a Christopher Lee to pop up at
any moment, but it doesn't happen, thankfully because the two leading
ladies know their stuff and give us a lot to like.
As mentioned at the beginning, we have two lesbian vampires played by
English model and actress Anulka Dziubinska, who in 1973 became May's
playmate before embarking on an acting career and making her debut with
this film. Alongside her is Marianne Morris, a London actress with a
short career. Finally, Sally Faulkner, the most famous female name acts
as a supporting character to the two.
In addition to being involved in sex scenes that are quite strong for
the genre and English society, the vampires show us scenes of violence
that are equally disconcerting and bordering on splatter.
Two aspects that make 'Vampyres' a peculiar and I would even say
original film. Fortunately for us, there are also some flaws that make
it all the more 'beautiful'. Many things, for example, are not told to
us and are never explained. There are some glaring errors, not to
mention that, yes, the two leading ladies are a pretty sight and in the
most important scenes they are effective, but when they have to act
normally, they have some problems.
We find ourselves inside this Victorian manor house, where a killer
breaks into the bedroom and shoots, killing two lovers, Fran and Miriam
(Anulka Dziubinska and Fran Morris).
A couple of campers, John and Harriet (Brian Deacon and Sally Faulkner)
with caravans in tow stop right near the sinister manor, noticing two
strange girls on the road asking for a lift.
Finally Ted (Murray Brown) a businessman arrives in the village, stays
at the hotel and at one point gives a lift to one of the girls, who are
none other than Fran and Miriam, the two vampires who haunt the manor
and are hungry for blood and sex.
They, in fact, attract the unfortunates on the road, seduce them and then feed on them before killing them.
Larraz shortly before his death collaborated on the remake of this film
of his, directed by Víctor Matellano, which was released in 2015
and which I will discuss shortly.