Daughters of Darkness
1971 · Movie · R · 100 min · ★ 6.2 · 77% critics
A newly married couple stop at a grand, nearly empty seaside hotel in Belgium, where they encounter an elegant countess and her secretary. As the strange pair draw closer, the honeymoon takes on an increasingly eerie, sensual, and uneasy mood.
Also known as The Promise of Red Lips · Blood on the Lips · The Redness of the Lips
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Details
- Original title
- Les Lèvres rouges
- Years
- 1971
- Release date
- 1971-05-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (216 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like moody, sensual vampire stories and uneasy relationship drama in the vein of The Hunger or Martin; Not for you if you want fast pacing, clear-cut scares, or lots of action.
Pros: eerie hotel atmosphere; seductive lead presence; intriguing vampire angle | Cons: slow pacing; muddled story beats; uneven payoff
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- vampire
- sadomasochism
- bruges, belgium
- lesbian relationship
- newlywed
- human vampire relationship
- vampiress (female vampire)
- ostend, belgium
Cast & crew
Delphine Seyrig
as Countess Elizabeth Báthory
John Karlen
as Stefan Chilton
Danielle Ouimet
as Valerie Chilton
Andrea Rau
as Ilona Harczy
Paul Esser
as Hotel Concierge Pierre
Georges Jamin
as Man
- JC
Joris Collet
as Butler
Fons Rademakers
as Mother
Directed by Harry Kümel