ma-cortes It deals with Linda Westinghouse (the German Ewa Strömberg) , a charming young American lawyer, working in a law office in Istanbul . In the night, she has erotic dreams in which appears a sexy vixen vampiress (the Spanish Soledad Miranda, her pseudonym, Susann Korda, was created by director Jesús Franco , and she was destined to become a legend) , and makes passionate love to her, from which she's unable to defend herself . A minor case about an inheritance forces her to travel to one of the small islands off the Turkish coast. Then, her nightmares come upon her in ghastly and lively ways . Later on , the beautiful Linda is is sent to a mental institution where Dr, Steiner (The Italian Paul Muller) , who is also a vampire expert, treats her but things go wrong . An erotic and eerie horror tale about a seducing blood-sucker who kidnaps and murders girls to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood. This is a passable yarn by the prolific writer/producer/director Jesús Franco , considered to be one of the best films in his second period . Unforgettable and attractive Soledad Miranda as a sex-pot brunette who harasses women and sucks their blood . This fragile beauty appeared in numerous comedies, dramas, B-movies, and horror films, mostly in Spain , over thirty films altogether from 1960 to 1970 . In 1970 Soledad was in a car accident on a highway in Portugal and she sadly died . Ironically, before this tragic accident, the powerful German film producer Artur Brauner had offered her a contract which would have made her a great star. Soledad was destined to become a legend .Her biggest break came from legendary director Jess Franco, who cast Soledad in such cult classics as Count Dracula , Eugenie De Sade , Sex Charade , The Devil Came from Akasava and Vampyros Lesbos. Soledad is generally regarded as Franco's greatest discovery and not until the years after her death has she become a cult starlet with fans all over the world now discovering the beautiful, doomed actress. This Vampyros Lesbos is a pure psychedelic movie , being well produced Artur Brauner and Arturo Marcos but in short budget . Shot in Istanbul , Turkey , posing as the fictitious city in which lives the Countess vampire Nadine Carody , gorgeous Soledad Miranda ,though she was was dubbed . This classic terror motion picture , a classic in some circles , was professionally directed by Jesús Franco who never considered the film to be a horror story, but instead felt it was tale of "anguish" . Franco is really influenced by ¨Bram Stoker's Drácula ¨, ¨Carmilla's Sheridan Le Fanu¨ , B-Horror movies , German expressionism , and the Universal Terror . The picture was really cut , and it has several versions both , soft and hard . Initial releases of the film were met with negative reactions from film critics , while the general critical reaction had been poor , however ,today is considered to be an acceptable fim. Furthermore , support cast is pretty good such as Dennis Price as Dr. Alwin Seward , Paul Muller as Dr. Steiner and Jess Frank or Jesús Franco himself as a sadist killer . Special mention for musical score composed by synthesizer , full of strange sounds , jazzy , shouts and psychedelic soundtrack from Manfred Hübler and Jesús Franco as David Khune . The film has a lot of titles the German version is Vampyros Lesbos: Die Erbin des Drácula, the French version titled "Vampiros lesbos" was used, while the original German release title was spelled "Vampyros Lesbos" and Spanish versión titled ¨Las vampiras¨ .The motion picture was strange and regularly directed by Jess Frank , here using continous zooms, surprising close-ups , including blood drops , scorpions , butterfly , other insects and and kites . Jesus Franco was a Stajanovist filmmaker who realized 203 movies . However , here uses his trademarks , as he pulls off a complex narration , extreme zooms , and lousy pace . As the picture belongs to Franco's second period in which he made so-so flicks . Jesus uses to sign under pseudonym , among the aliases he used, apart from the names Jess Franco or Franco Manera, were Jess Frank, Robert Zimmerman, Frank Hollman, Clifford Brown, David Khune , Toni Falt, James P. Johnson, Charlie Christian, David Tough , among others . Franco used to utilize usual marks such as zooms , nudism , foreground on objects , filmmaking in ¨do-it-yourself effort¨ style or DIY and managing to work extraordinarily quickly , realizing some fun diversions, and a lot of absolute crap . Many pictures had nice photography , full of lights and shades in Orson Welles style , in fact , Franco was direction-assistant in ¨Chimes at midnight¨ and edited ¨El Quijote¨ by Welles . He often used to introduce second , third or fourth versions , including Hardcore or Softcore inserts or sexual stocks many of them played by his muse Lina Romay . In many of the more than 200 films he's directed he has also worked as composer, writer, cinematographer and editor. His first was "We Are 18 Years Old" and the second picture was ¨Gritos en la Noche¨ (1962) , the best of all them , also titled "The Awful Dr. Orlof" , it's followed by various sequels such as El Secreto del Dr. Orloff (1964) aka "The Mistresses of Dr. Jekyll" , " Orloff y el hombre invisible (1970) aka "Dr. Orloff's Invisible Monster" and finally "Faceless" (1987) . He also directed to the great Christopher Lee in 4 films : "The Bloody Judge" , ¨Count Dracula¨, ¨The Blood of Fu Manchu¨ and ¨The castle of Fu Manchu¨ . Jesús's influence has been notable all over Europe . From his huge body of work we can deduce that Jesús Franco is one of the most restless directors of Spanish cinema and often releasing several titles at the same time. Many of his films have had problems in getting released, and others have been made directly for video. More than once his staunchest supporters have found his "new" films to contain much footage from one or more of his older films . Jesús Franco is a survivor in a time when most of his colleagues tried to please the government administration. He broke up with all that and got the independence he was seeking. He always went upstream in an ephemeral industry that fed opportunists and curbed the activity of many professionals . But time doesn't pass in vain, and Jesus' production has diminished since the 90s ; however he went on shooting until his recent death .

Boba_Fett1138 And so Jesus Franco's quest to turn every women into a lesbian continues. But in all seriousness, for all of the bad things I have said about Jesus Franco and his movies, I have to say that this was quite a good one and a real pleasant surprise, also within its genre.It's amazing really how much different this movie is from other Jesus Franco movies. It's not like it has a better story in it really but it's more so that it got made with way more style, taste and obvious devotion to the project.Normally I really can't understand that there are people who enjoy watching soft-core porn and get their kicks out of it. It does absolutely nothing for me but all I can say if more movies would handle it in the way such as this movie did, I can totally understand that there are people who love watching soft-core porn. It can be absolutely something beautiful and also sensual to watch.And that's the most surprising aspect about this movie perhaps. All of the sex in the movie got handled quite nicely and the movie really wasn't a sleazy one at all, unlike about every other Jesus Franco movie. Especially all of the lesbian moments were really beautifully done and were really sensual to watch, even though you never see any real 'action'.Yes, this movie definitely has artistic value to it, which is the foremost reason why it's such a perfectly watchable and fascinating one. The movie is set in both the real world and a dream kind of world, which at times also gives the movie a sort of surrealistic feeling to it. This also actually helps to make the story work out better as well, fore it isn't the type of story that is terribly clever written or one that is being strong with its horror/vampire aspects. At least this time around the story was easy and pleasant to follow, which again, is something I can't say about every Jesus Franco movie. Normally he really manages to mess up the storytelling, no matter how simple the actual story is. Luckily that isn't the case for this movie at all.It sounds amazing but here is a Jesus Franco movie I wouldn't mind seeing again.7/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

Witchfinder General 666 "Vampiros Lesbos" (aka. "Vampyros Lesbos"/"Lesbian Vampires") of 1971 is probably the most famous film by Spanish exploitation-mastermind Jess Franco. Franco's amazing repertoire of over 180 films includes masterpieces ("The Diabolical Dr. Z", "The Awful Dr. Orloff", "Venus In Furs"...) as well as crap ("Sadomania",...). I personally am a great fan of the man, especially of his early work. While "Vampiros Lesbos" is not one of his greatest films, it is certainly up there among his memorable ones, both for its cult-value as one of the essential Lesbian Vampire flicks of the 70s and for its surreal atmosphere. And, most memorably, for the stunningly beautiful Soledad Miranda, in one of her last roles before she tragically died in a car-accident at only 27. This is not only Jess Franco's most widely known film, but also the most famous specimen of the Lesbian Vampire sub-genre. It is not nearly the greatest Lesbian Vampire flick - this title doubtlessly goes to Harry Kümel's "Les Lèvres Rouges" ("Daughters Of Darkness") from the same year, followed by José Ramon Larraz' "Vampyres" of 1974. These two titles, however, moved slightly outside the routine of this sub-genre of European Exploitation cinema, however, since they did not merely focus on sleaze, lesbianism and female nudity, but also on suspense and style. In the case of "Vampiros Lesbos", the LESBOS is definitely the capitalized part of the title as this film focuses almost only on the sleaze, leaving hardly any room for storyline and suspense. It does so with a lot of style, however. "Vampiros Lesbos" bears many resemblances to Franco's own (and vastly superior) "Venus In Furs" of 1969 (The Turkish setting, the lesbianism, the surrealism and artistic elements,...). While it does not reach the greatness of the aforementioned film, this is also delightfully bizarre, as it should be appreciated by cult-cinema fans.The plot is, of course, secondary. Linda Westinghouse (Ewa Strömberg), a foxy blonde female lawyer, has recurring dreams of lesbian experiences with a mysterious beauty (Soledad Miranda)... As said, Miss Miranda is doubtlessly the greatest quality of the film. The other female cast members are also beautiful and (as usual for Franco films) extremely exhibitionist, but Soledad Miranda is simply too beautiful to be true. Sexy, seductive and dangerous, Miranda fits perfectly in the role of the lesbian Vampire countess. It is tragic how this beautiful actress died so early. She would have certainly continued to be one of the most memorable (and most beautiful) faces in European cult-cinema. The cast also includes Horror/Exploitation regulars Paul Mueller ("Nightmare Castle") and Dennis Price ("Theater of Blood", "Twins Of Evil") as well as a typically demented cameo by Director Franco himself. The film maintains a bizarre and very elegant style, and delivers all the sleaze one could desire. The memorable psychedelic score increases the stylish atmosphere, and tons of female nudity and lesbianism make a quite a convincing excuse for a confused and very flat plot. I don't suppose that anyone is going to watch a film called "Lesbian Vampires" expecting a compelling storyline or incomparable suspense, however. Therefore, I recommend to expect what is to be expected - watch this film for stylish sleaze and, especially, for Soledad Miranda and have a blast!

lastliberal I am attracted to vampire movies. They are my favorite type of horror. Adding lesbian to the title is a sure attraction, but there was very little of either lesbian action or vampirism in this Franco film.Now, Jesus Franco may not be familiar to everyone. Possibly because he had over 50 aliases. He directed over 180 films, wrote just about the same amount, acted in almost 100, and composed and edited many. You would think someone so prolific would be better known. With all that work, he only won one award, and that was for a short.This is considered by aficionados to be one of his more famous works. It is pure B sexploitation and of interest only to those who want to watch every vampire film, or every lesbian film, or every Euro trash film; in other words, a completion fanatic.Sure, Ewa Strömberg, Soledad Miranda, and Heidrun Kussin were worth looking at. Miranda is considered the Queen of the European Vampire Flicks, and displays full frontal in just about all her films. Her untimely death before the release of her most famous films certainly adds to the legend.