Daughters of Darkness
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
Sombre, measured, measured vampire / erotic, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →Ostend, Belgium. In a decadent seaside hotel, Stefan and Valerie, a newlywed couple, meet the mysterious Countess Báthory and Ilona, her secretary.
Our read · Daughters of Darkness (1971) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive vampire · erotic · atmospheric entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Daughters of Darkness
What watching it is actually like.
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The reading.
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