Featuring startling performances from novice leads Alexandre Pic and Isabelle Teboul, alongside Tina Aumont ( Modesty Blaise) and Rollin regulars Nathalie Perrey ( The Shiver of the Vampires) and Brigitte Lahaie ( Fascination), Two Orphan Vampires is a beautiful and melancholy summation of Rollin’s unique and arresting style. Who Was Emily Roebling? All About 'The Gilded Age's Look at the Secret History of the Brooklyn Bridge Virginie Sélavy on ‘The Shiver of the Vampire’ (2023): appreciation by the author and film historian

It had been a bad Monday when I popped this one in to the 'ol DVD player. I just wanted to wind down and be entertained and this film delivered. Grindhouse veteran Jean-Jacques Renon was the cinematographer for this film (credited as Oscar Lapin) and gave the film the only hint of class it has. Honestly, great camera work and lighting here with some gutsy angles.

The tone is set from the opening credit cards, which each show two women engaged in some sort of lesbian act... after a dozen or so of those pictures, you might be surprised if the picture was completely clean and family friendly. And do not worry, ten minutes in the girls are undressing each other. Arriving at a decrepit chateau for their honeymoon, young newlyweds undergo a series of surreal and sinister encounters, and come to realise that they are the prey of the resident vampires... Chris Evans' Dog Adorably Interrupts His Interview With 'The View': "He Needs To Be The Center Of Attention" What a load of crap! Us Brits like to denigrate the 1970s run of awful Brit. Soft core movies that blushingly concentrated more on "comedy" than eroticism. We always rather admired the French for a certain stylishness, and-almost always-their soft core entries during that era were pretty damn erotic even if the acting was only so-so and, of course, the dubbing (in ghastly American) was laughable.

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The movie makes its Blu-ray debut with a less-than-stellar transfer to 1080p. A disclaimer of sorts on the box copy states “the film periodically suffers from an unstable image due to a camera malfunction during production”, and it certainly does do that from time to time. It's short-lived, plainly evident, and a bit of a distraction. Lots of print damage is also plainly evident in the form of dirt, scratches, and some lines, but is far less distracting than the shaking image. Colors are pretty flat, but there is some detail. The audio is offered here in the original French language with English subtitles and as a dubbed-in-English version. The dubbed version seems to have good levels, and the somewhat out of place music comes through well without being obnoxious. Some little pops and scratches are there if you listen for them, but no big deal really. Stream It Or Skip It: 'Christmas at the Chalet' on Lifetime, Where Divorcée Teri Hatcher Explores Love, Purpose, and Skiing in Aspen Stream It Or Skip It: 'Christmas in Notting Hill' on Hallmark, in Which Soccer, Love, and London Collide Others here have detailed all the horrors (no pun intended) so all I'll add is that I quite liked the brunette (in all her glory); her blonde pal didn't appeal, but..one man's meat is another's poison!

With a story as skimpy as that, one can only hope it delivers on the goods suggested on the cover. It does, if you enjoy naked women. Ladies may be disappointed to learn no men get naked (really, that's a good thing with the male cast that was assembled), but there's definitely no shortage of female flesh. Beatrice never reveals what she's hiding under her threads, but she seemingly relishes whipping supple young women, much like her mature disciplinarian counterparts such as Madame Olga and Ilsa of the SS. And that's a good thing, although it's pretty tame by comparison. Another good thing is Joí«lle Coeur, one of the sexiest women Jean Rollin ever filmed. A beautiful body, sexy bedroom eyes, and a smile that makes men drop to their knees. She appears to be having a good time rolling around with Gilda Arancio, and that makes her even more fantastic. Rollin is mostly known for his horror sexploitation films, mainly dealing with vampires(I secretly think Stephanie Meyer got some of her influence from him) and made a few non-horror films, which still involved plenty of breasts and sex. I'm not sure why this film is called 'Schoolgirl Hitchhikers' because it does not have schoolgirls or hitchhikers. Instead, the two girls in question seem to be well over 30 and do not hitchhike once. They do hitch and hike a few things up, so maybe that's where the title comes in. The film's original title is 'Jeunes filles impudiques', which translated into English is 'Shameless Girls', which would be more appropriate. I guess the title we all know today seems to have more of an impact. Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Leo’ on Netflix, in Which Adam Sandler Voices a Lizard Who's Also a Child Psychologist Disgraced 'Southern Charm' Alum Thomas Ravenel Fuming Over Craig Conover And Shep Rose's Kathryn Dennis Compliments at BravoCon 2023: "Total Losers"

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Extras-wise, behold a handful of trailers for other movies from Kino/Redemption featuring other Rollin works.

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The reel itself is full of scratches and the inserts of close-ups were shot with another color temperature. I may even say that it is so bad that, yes you can guess it, it even becomes good. It is up to now available everywhere as an ode to Jean Rollin who died in 2010 but I guess it will disappear soon as an OOP. The plot does develop when the girls are accused of stealing something valuable from Fred and his associates. But by then the film is half over. And it devolves into stripping and torturing... Extras are slim, limited to a static menu offering up chapter selection and trailers for a few other Jean Rollin titles available on DVD and Blu-ray from Kino/Redemption. Final Thoughts: