Daughters of Darkness Streaming
Martedì, Febbraio 9th, 2010 |
Daughters of Darkness Streaming.
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There are a number of reviews of the 2-DVD twofer version of “Daughters of Darkness” that call this movie a 5-star masterpiece. If you watch this movie for the first time with that level of expectation, you will likely be left feeling hugely underwhelmed by the movie’s conclusion.
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True, this movie does exhibit a higher degree of “art film” production values than your typical horror/vampire film (in particular, I notice that Kumel has some sort of fetish for artistic shots that highlight hands), And it does feature a pretty compelling performance by Delphine Seyrig, a sort of French Marlena Dietrich, whose charisma is undeniable. But those positive attributes are not enough to outweigh several impossible-to-believe script details (in particular, the various character deaths), and the plodding editing.
The director’s (Harry Kumel) commentary explains that he was instructed to create a “commercial” film, which according to him meant “sex and blood.” The movie opens with a sex scene, and also features full frontal female nudity, pretty close to full frontal male nudity, and according to Kumel, the first mainstream film depiction of a male achieving an orgasm. In addition, both female and male homosexuality is implied. However, Kumel’s explanation made clear to me why I was left with the feeling that these “commercial” elements are contrived and not integral to the story. I suspect that this film would never have been more than a blip on anyone’s radar except for the scandalous reputation that was intentionally created by attempting to shock 70s era audiences (note: by today’s standards, this is easily an R-rated film).
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This is not to say that I hated this film, hence my 3-star rating. It is definitely a solid horror film, and it does have an unconventional charm that you do not find in modern day, gore-filled horror/slasher films. My closest analogy would be to call it “a poor man’s ‘The Fourth Man’”, a film that I consider to be as close to a “masterpiece” as you can get in the horror genre. Given its popularity/infamy, you should definitely see “Daughters of Darkness” once just to understand what all the hullabaloo is about. Just don’t expect a 5-star gem.
Much was made of this film when it appeared, and it did break some ground in terms of style and eroticism in vampire movies. But in 2009 it seems very slow, with not enough material to justify its length. Andrea Rau is lovely to look at (although a vampire with a tan line is something that might have been given more thought). In all, this is very much a film of its time, rather than one for the ages.
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