Le viol du vampire

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Le viol du vampire
Original poster
Directed by	Jean Rollin
Written by	Jean Rollin
Starring	Solange Pradel [fr] Bernard Letrou Catherine Deville Ursule Pauly Nicole Romain Marquis Polho Louise Horn Jacqueline Sieger
Edited by	Jean-Denis Bonan Mireille Abramovici
Music by	Yvon Garault
Distributed by	Les Films ABC
Release date	May 1968 (1968-05)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	₣500,000

Le viol du vampire (English: The Rape of the Vampire, also known as The Queen of the Vampires) is a 1968 film directed by Jean Rollin. It was his directorial debut. The film consists of two parts: The Rape of the Vampire and The Vampire Woman/Queen of the Vampires. Originally, the film was only supposed to be a short, but a second part was filmed and added later so that it could be released as a feature film.^[1]

Critical reaction to the film was very hostile. Its poetic spirit and strong inspiration from American serials did not seem to attract viewers or critics at the time of its release. The film was received negatively and provoked a scandal,^[2] but it remains an important film in the Rollin oeuvre. Themes developed in his subsequent feature films were already present: vampires, a fascination with old cemeteries, lesbianism and a pronounced taste for eroticism. Some scenes and characters were copied almost identically in his later films.