- Actors: Christina von Blanc, Britt Nichols, Rosa Palomar, Anne Libert, Howard Vernon
- Directors: Jesus Franco, Jean Rollin, Pierre Quérut
- Writers: Jesus Franco, Paul D'Ales
- Producers: Karl Heinz Mannchen, Marius Lesoeur, Robert de Nesle
- Format: PAL
- Language German
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Arrow
- DVD Release Date: 23 Sep 2002
- Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000068C3V
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 57,721 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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A young girl visits her recently deceased father's castle on an island to hear the reading of the will. The castle is inhabited by a vampire-like coterie of eccentrics. The girl experiences various "erotic horror" episodes, from each of which she wakes, they are just dreams - or are they? Basically this is Franco's umpteenth variation of the "Eugenie Journey into Perversion" film with the plot reduced to almost nothing.
The DVD transfer here is mediocre as are the source reels used. In fact the film appears to be a composite of footage from different versions (perhaps with the laudable aim of getting as complete a version as possible). This inferior (though watchable) DVD quality is a shame because the film comes from Franco's best period, with a cast featuring most of the Franco favourites, plus a Bruno Nicolai score. Best of all, the entire film consists of the loose funny surreal scenes Franco fans guiltily adore. Parts of the film, especially towards the end, really are quite poetic and - shock! - quite technically accomplished. As a film I'd say Virgin has a similar warped appeal to Succubus, both Eugenies, Vampyre Lesbos or Ecstasy, so if you are a fan of Jess Franco's vintage stuff then it's worth getting, but could someone find and restore an original print?
The DVD transfer here is mediocre as are the source reels used. In fact the film appears to be a composite of footage from different versions (perhaps with the laudable aim of getting as complete a version as possible). This inferior (though watchable) DVD quality is a shame because the film comes from Franco's best period, with a cast featuring most of the Franco favourites, plus a Bruno Nicolai score. Best of all, the entire film consists of the loose funny surreal scenes Franco fans guiltily adore. Parts of the film, especially towards the end, really are quite poetic and - shock! - quite technically accomplished. As a film I'd say Virgin has a similar warped appeal to Succubus, both Eugenies, Vampyre Lesbos or Ecstasy, so if you are a fan of Jess Franco's vintage stuff then it's worth getting, but could someone find and restore an original print?
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I'm wondering why no one has mentioned so far that this DVD is nowhere near 85 minutes long: actually this version is under 80 minutes. It does not include the famous Zombie - scenes that French filmmaker Jean Rollin has added afterwards. They are not even as a bonus included. So unfortunately AMAZON is wrong with the runtime! German discs run longer than 80 minutes and include the Rollin Zombie scenes but they might not have English subtitles and are either in French or German language. The US-version is supposed to have 10 minutes of alternate footage as a bonus - whatever it is.
It has already been mentioned that this one is only for hardcore Franco fans; if you like a slow movie with the typical south American flair made by Jess Franco you can enjoy this one even in its shorter version.
It has already been mentioned that this one is only for hardcore Franco fans; if you like a slow movie with the typical south American flair made by Jess Franco you can enjoy this one even in its shorter version.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I have to admit that I rather enjoyed this although I'm not sure it actually made sense and the film bears no resemblance whatsoever to the cover full of Romero-esque zombies.
The basic story is of a girl who visits the family mansion for the reading of her fathers will and the rest of the family are either zombies or vampires although I'm not sure which as it's never actually explained.
It has all the usual Jess Franco ingredients, some dodgy camera work, off the wall editing, dubious dubbing and a dash of nudity courtesy of the sultry Britt Nicholls and the adorably perky Christina Von Blanc, Franco himself also makes an appearance as some oddball madman.
All in all, a weird and wonderful 75 minutes of Franco.
The basic story is of a girl who visits the family mansion for the reading of her fathers will and the rest of the family are either zombies or vampires although I'm not sure which as it's never actually explained.
It has all the usual Jess Franco ingredients, some dodgy camera work, off the wall editing, dubious dubbing and a dash of nudity courtesy of the sultry Britt Nicholls and the adorably perky Christina Von Blanc, Franco himself also makes an appearance as some oddball madman.
All in all, a weird and wonderful 75 minutes of Franco.
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Ignore the cover art
I picked this up based on the box cover thinking it would be my type of film - trashy horror, bit of nudity and questionable zombies...
Sadly, no such joy here. Read more
Sadly, no such joy here. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Owen
jess makes a mockery of the living dead with this trash.
Oh my god i cannot believe how bad this one was. I saw the cover to this film and thought hmmm interesting as it had dead zombies on the cover. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2007 by Great White
awful
Rented this film a couple of years ago with a few mates as we thought it sounded like a funny horror film. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2006 by B. Perchard
macabre surrealistic
its a typical franco flick, it aint bad in its own way,but it aint that great eather. so its only for the franco lovers.
its one of his better movies though
its one of his better movies though
Published on 2 April 2004 by regul8
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