- Actors: Franca Mai, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Marie Lemaire, Fanny Magier, Muriel Montossé
- Directors: Jean Rollin
- Writers: Jean Rollin
- Producers: Joe de Palmer
- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Language French
- Subtitles: English
- Region: All Regions
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.66:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Image Entertainment
- DVD Release Date: 21 Sep 1999
- Run Time: 80 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00000JWW6
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 183,584 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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A pair of society women dressed in all their finery stand in the middle of an abattoir, animal carcasses hanging behind them and blood splashed across the floor. Giggling and fidgeting, they drink their prescribed glass of ox blood. The startling, unreal image of high-society manners in the midst of gore and death pitches Jean Rollin's 1979 feature Fascination into a turn-of-the-century culture come unhinged. When a well-dressed rogue, fleeing from angry partners he double-crossed, takes refuge in a lavish, moat-protected mansion, servant girls Franca Mai and Brigitte Lahaie cajole, tease and seduce him into staying for their night-time soiree. "You have stumbled into Elizabeth and Eva's life, the universe of madness and death", mutters one of them as they await the cabal where he is the guest of honour. Shot on a starvation budget and populated with stiff performers, Rollin's direction is arch and at times sloppy and his story never more than an outline. It's the mix of dreamy and nightmarish imagery that gives Fascination its fascination: blonde Lahaie stalking victims with a scythe, the bourgeois blood cult swarming over a fresh victim like wild animals, alabaster faces streaked in blood. While it lacks the delirious spontaneity of his earlier vampire films Shiver of the Vampires and Requiem for a Vampire, the languid pace and austere beauty creates an often-mesmerising fantasy. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fascination [DVD] (DVD)
Once again Salvation(Redemption)prove themselves to be one of the few UK horror labels who actually care about the quality of their films, bringing Jean Rollin's excellent Fascination onto region 2 DVD in a beautiful widescreen print. Great film. Great DVD. Uncut.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Like A Rollin Stone.,
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This review is from: Fascination [DVD] (DVD)
This is one of those films where the synopsis on the back cover makes it sound way better than it actually is-blood drinking bourgeois women, a scythe wielding avenger,a cannibalistic vampire feast and sensual lesbian lovemaking.
It sounds great but it kind of shuffles along without anything being particularly well executed, don't get me wrong, it's not the worst film ever, there's a splash of quality nudity, it doesn't take all night to watch (78 mins) but it's not going to go on your 'Top 10 films of all time' list.
3 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Jean Rollin makes a normal film?More than just sexy vampires unclothed,
By Ahmed (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fascination [DVD] (DVD)
I think so.For him anyway.Good for viewing as a comedown film before going to work on a monday morning.I had this on vhs and a friend borrowed it.On its return the film seemed to be stuck and worn down on a lesbian action scene.That about sums up the film.
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