Requiem for a Vampire
Requiem for a Vampire is a 1971 film from France, directed by Jean Rollin, running 95 minutes. reelscum files it under euro-gothic.
- Year
- 1971 · 1970s films
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Director
- Jean Rollin
- Updated
- 29 Oct 2026
- Obscurity
- cult (51/100)
- Also known as
- Caged Vampires · Crazed Virgins · Dungeon of Terror · Virgins and the Vampires · Sex Vampires · Requiem For a Vampire
Defined in the glossary: Euro-gothic
Rollin at his purest. Two women in clown costume, a castle, almost no dialogue.
Jean Rollin at his purest, which means narrative is almost entirely optional. Two young women in clown costume flee some unexplained trouble, wander into a crumbling chateau, and are drawn into the last gasp of a dying vampire line. Dialogue is minimal; mood is everything.
It plays less like a horror film than a dream half-remembered, all empty landscapes, ruined stone and eroticism, scored by fragile organ music. Rollin's films fail as plots and succeed as reverie.
For viewers on Rollin's wavelength it is hypnotic. For everyone else it is impossible.
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