THE SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES

Listing for Thursday's Cine Salon:

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A weekly display of hidden or neglected facets of the magic lantern.
The finest wines and cheeses shall be served.
Don't miss!

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3 Springfield, Dundee.
Thursday 17th April, 9pm

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COMING SOON!

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THE SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES

(1970, Dir. Jean Rollin)

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Amazon.com review:

...A surreal and psychedelic vampire horror film. Full of vibrant colours and eccentric existential characters. A tastefully directed picture with deliberately cliched horror elements. Quick editing techniques with touches of Mario Bava type camera work, wherein the whole room in each scene is captured in one slow moving camera spin. '...Beautifully macabre, with eerie medieval castles'.

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IMDB.com comments:

Unforgettable Rollin extravaganza, daring to go for effects other directors would dismiss as cheesy, and pulling them off. On one level, it seems pure exploitation, with its somnolent virgins and lesbian vampires; but it is the prospective male viewer that the film targets - his representative on screen is reduced to an impotent observer, finally breaking down into helpless madness. Rollin's style is as delirious as ever, fantastic French Gothic sets, seeping red filter, dreamlike pace, bewilderingly inventive soundtrack, resonant set-pieces and unmissably pretentious dialogue.

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