Lips of Blood
Lips of Blood is a 1975 film from France, directed by Jean Rollin, running 88 minutes. reelscum files it under euro-gothic.
- Year
- 1975 · 1970s films
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Director
- Jean Rollin
- Updated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Obscurity
- cult (47/100)
- Also known as
- Suck Me, Vampire
Defined in the glossary: Euro-gothic
Rollin's most coherent, which is not saying a great deal. Gorgeous.
The most coherent of Rollin's vampire films, which for him means it almost has a story. A man haunted by a childhood memory of a ruined castle and a mysterious woman follows the images across a nocturnal Paris toward their source. The mood is elegiac, romantic, slightly sad.
It has the empty Parisian nightscapes, the diaphanous vampire women and the fragile melancholy that define his best work, with just enough plot to follow. Rollin considered it among his personal favourites.
A good entry point for anyone curious about Rollin's peculiar spell.
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