- Actors: Marina Pierro, Francoise Blanchard, Mike Marshall, Carina Barone
- Directors: Jean Rollin
- Format: PAL
- Language French
- Subtitles: English
- Region: All Regions
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Redemption Films
- DVD Release Date: 3 Sep 2007
- Run Time: 86 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000TQLJEQ
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 71,634 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Released uncut in the UK for the first time EVER! Gloomy and atmospheric, this is Rollin at his best and one of Redemption s bestsellers. Available uncut for the first time, with over 4 minutes restored from the original. Will appeal to hardcore fans and mainstream gore-fiends alike. A toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress (Francoise Blanchard as a zombified Paris Hilton lookalike) who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her overpowering bloodlust. An unholy mix of sex, zombies & vampires with a stunning & extremely gory finale. Also features cult movie star and Borowczyk s muse, Marina Pierro, who starred opposite Clockwork Orange star Patrick Magee in Bloodbath of Doctor Jekyll . Masters for the video transfers were created from Jean Rollin's own 35mm inter-negatives. French with English subtitles
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: French ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN, SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Short Film, Trailer(s), Uncut, SYNOPSIS: A toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress (Francoise Blanchard as a zombified Paris Hilton lookalike) who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her overpowering bloodlust. An unholy mix of sex, zombies & vampires with a stunning & extremely gory finale' ...The Living Dead Girl ( La morte vivante ) ( Lady Dracula )
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The story..A tremor in a crypt where 2 grave robbers have broken into knocks over a barrel containing a toxic waste, it then revives a beautiful dead heiress. Later, with the help of her childhood friend she must quench her thirst for fresh blood and that means killing. Meanwhile an American woman has captured the woman on camera and decides to investigate. But all those in the village who see the picture say the woman died some time ago...
After seeing "Zombie Lake" some years back i was understandably put off Jean Rollin as a serious director. Although the film was hilarious, its poorness and total ineptness was indefensible. However, after recently seeing and enjoying "Grapes of Death" and "The Iron Rose" i was eager to give the director another chance. I was correct to do so as "The Living Dead Girl" is a good film with nice photography and a genuine morbid atmosphere. Although all logic is thrown out of the window in terms of story it's well acted with a convincing relationship between the 2 lead woman. The direction is impressive with a constant gloomy and dreamy feel and look. Also the gore scenes it must be mentioned are very gory. This is definitely the most bloody film i've seen by Rollin, and although the fx aren't great at times the brutal and frenzied death moments are memorable. I personally don't find this film dull and in the quieter times i was still fascinated.
This release from Redemption is totally uncut and it's in French with English subtitles.
After seeing "Zombie Lake" some years back i was understandably put off Jean Rollin as a serious director. Although the film was hilarious, its poorness and total ineptness was indefensible. However, after recently seeing and enjoying "Grapes of Death" and "The Iron Rose" i was eager to give the director another chance. I was correct to do so as "The Living Dead Girl" is a good film with nice photography and a genuine morbid atmosphere. Although all logic is thrown out of the window in terms of story it's well acted with a convincing relationship between the 2 lead woman. The direction is impressive with a constant gloomy and dreamy feel and look. Also the gore scenes it must be mentioned are very gory. This is definitely the most bloody film i've seen by Rollin, and although the fx aren't great at times the brutal and frenzied death moments are memorable. I personally don't find this film dull and in the quieter times i was still fascinated.
This release from Redemption is totally uncut and it's in French with English subtitles.
Format:DVD
This is a good film by Jean Rollin, first relesed in 1982. Catherine has been dead for two years, but when an Earth tremor causes some toxic waste to spill, the gases bring her back to life. First killing the people who had dumped the waste and were looting her coffin, Catherine makes her way back home. Catherine's home is a chateau, in which she was buried in the vaults, but finding herself alone she has to wait for someone to arrive so that she can feed on their blood.
When Catherine's blood sister, Helene arrives she at first thinks that Catherine is alive, and that she had been lied to about her death. As realisation dawns on Helene that Catherine can only be kept alive by fresh human blood, she sets about enticing people to the chateau. There is something haunting about this movie, as you see before your eyes how ultimately people change. At the beginning you can see that Catherine is the bad one, always needing blood, but by the end your perceptions change, as you see what Helene does. Of course there is some nudity here of attractive women.
This film is in colour and there are subtitles, but also quite a bit of it is in the English language. As an added bonus in the extras this also includes Rollin's black and white short film of 1965, Les Pays Loins.
When Catherine's blood sister, Helene arrives she at first thinks that Catherine is alive, and that she had been lied to about her death. As realisation dawns on Helene that Catherine can only be kept alive by fresh human blood, she sets about enticing people to the chateau. There is something haunting about this movie, as you see before your eyes how ultimately people change. At the beginning you can see that Catherine is the bad one, always needing blood, but by the end your perceptions change, as you see what Helene does. Of course there is some nudity here of attractive women.
This film is in colour and there are subtitles, but also quite a bit of it is in the English language. As an added bonus in the extras this also includes Rollin's black and white short film of 1965, Les Pays Loins.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Movie good, DVD horrible...
10 Dec 2010
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This review is more about the DVD itself than the movie. The 1 star is for the quality of the DVD, I would give the movie 3.5-4. The movie is standard Jean Rollin fare - gratuitous nudity, lots of blood, and a dreamlike atmosphere. The DVD, however...
First off, the Amazon display image is NOT the actual DVD artwork. The image shown is featured on the back of the DVD case, but the front has a nice picture of the female star naked and covered in blood. So much for the good...
This DVD has some severe strikes against it:
1) The "widescreen" notation on the technical specs on the back of the case is a complete and utter lie. The movie is presented "widescreen" in the sense that its ratio is not quite 1:33 - it looks to be about 1:64 or 1:66 - which is fine, except that the movie is presented in a non-anamorphic format, and is also slightly windowboxed inside the 4x3 frame, so it's kinda like watching a moving postage stamp in the middle of your HD TV.
2) The DVD looks to come from a poorly converted PAL source, and the image has more combing than a salon full of 'tween girls getting ready for the homecoming dance. In fact, the combing is so bad in some scenes that characters almost look like they are leaving trails behind them as they walk. The combing can cause the whole scene, even static objects, to seem to be in motion. I would recommend dramamine before viewing. (Oddly enough, the included short subject "Les pays loins", looks beautiful.)
3) The running time listed on the back of the case (96 minutes) is a full 10 minutes off - the movie runs a few seconds over 86 minutes.
4) The whole thing seems to have been slapped together without much regard - there are mis-spellings on the back of the case (for example: the short included as an extra is listed as "Les pays lion", instead of "Les pays loins", which is its real title), the previously mentioned incorrect running time , and if you put the DVD in your computer, you will find out that the DVD is named "Untitled Project"!!!
In short (I know...too late), I could not really recommend this DVD and was severely disappointed by it.
First off, the Amazon display image is NOT the actual DVD artwork. The image shown is featured on the back of the DVD case, but the front has a nice picture of the female star naked and covered in blood. So much for the good...
This DVD has some severe strikes against it:
1) The "widescreen" notation on the technical specs on the back of the case is a complete and utter lie. The movie is presented "widescreen" in the sense that its ratio is not quite 1:33 - it looks to be about 1:64 or 1:66 - which is fine, except that the movie is presented in a non-anamorphic format, and is also slightly windowboxed inside the 4x3 frame, so it's kinda like watching a moving postage stamp in the middle of your HD TV.
2) The DVD looks to come from a poorly converted PAL source, and the image has more combing than a salon full of 'tween girls getting ready for the homecoming dance. In fact, the combing is so bad in some scenes that characters almost look like they are leaving trails behind them as they walk. The combing can cause the whole scene, even static objects, to seem to be in motion. I would recommend dramamine before viewing. (Oddly enough, the included short subject "Les pays loins", looks beautiful.)
3) The running time listed on the back of the case (96 minutes) is a full 10 minutes off - the movie runs a few seconds over 86 minutes.
4) The whole thing seems to have been slapped together without much regard - there are mis-spellings on the back of the case (for example: the short included as an extra is listed as "Les pays lion", instead of "Les pays loins", which is its real title), the previously mentioned incorrect running time , and if you put the DVD in your computer, you will find out that the DVD is named "Untitled Project"!!!
In short (I know...too late), I could not really recommend this DVD and was severely disappointed by it.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Upgrade
5 Dec 2010
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This review is an extension of the one I wrote for the Image Entertainment release. Redemption has released the definitive version of Jean Rollin's masterpiece with previously censored scenes restored and intact and a beautiful wide screen transfer making this the definitive version of this incredible celluloid experience. Everyone is talking about the new AMC series 'THE WALKING DEAD' and how the human element is handled when loved ones become voracious flesh eaters and here we have Rollin way ahead of his time in that department. The performance by Francoise Blanchard as the living dead heiress is a sight to behold blending tragedy, extreme violence and eroticism in her relationship with her friend, the beautiful Marina Pierro who supplies her with human nourishment and shelters her from the outside world. The DVD release also contains a short early film by Rollin 'LES PAYS LION' and a new interview with the master of surrealistic Horror. Every Horror enthusiast owes it to themselves to click the add to cart button and experience this chillingly, beautiful film.
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