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Continuing his unique exploration of the vampire genre, Rollin's surreal and erotic fourth feature. Two enigmatic women stumble across a mysterious château, a sadistic vampire sect, and the offer of eternal life.

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Continuing his unique exploration of the vampire genre, Rollin's surreal and erotic fourth feature. Two enigmatic women stumble across a mysterious château, a sadistic vampire sect, and the offer of eternal life.

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Jean Rollin’s third feature film, 1971’s The Shiver of the Vampires (Le Frisson des vampires), established themes and visual motifs to which he would return throughout his career, blending horror, eroticism, fairy tale, and surrealism to create his unique cinema of the fantastique. Arriving at a decrepit chateau for their honeymoon, young newlyweds undergo a series of surreal and sinister encounters, and come to realise that they are the prey of the resident vampires... With performances from Sandra Julien (I Am Frigid... Why?) and Marie-Pierre Castel (Lips of Blood), ravishing cinematography from Rollin’s regular collaborator Jean-Jacques Renon, and a thrilling jazz-rock score by Acanthus, The Shiver of the Vampires is regarded as one of Rollin’s greatest films.