Delphine Seyrig plays the Countess Erzsebet Bathory(a real historical figure who murdered hundreds of young women in her quest for immortality).In the film,Bathory and her young female companion (Andrea Rau)cross paths with a young couple,Valerie and Stefan who are honeymooning during the off-season in Europe.At first the couple seem fairly normal, but things quickly sour,as the woman is shown to be emotionally unstable and the man is very violent and turned on by death.Their relationship is also undermined by homosexuality on both sides.There are intimations that Stefan is in thrall to an older man back in England and Valerie soon falls under the spell of the ageless and beautiful Countess Bathory."Daughters of Darkness" is a mesmerizing and hypnotic masterpiece of lesbian vampire film.The use of color is extremely stylish,the mood is fantastic and the atmosphere is chilling and sexually tense.The visual beauty of this film is simply phenomenal!
Review of Daughters of Darkness
