{"product_id":"rape-of-the-vampire-the-limited-edition-blu-ray","title":"Rape Of The Vampire, The (BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJean Rollin’s startling debut feature, 1968’s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Rape of the Vampire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLe Viol du vampire\u003c\/em\u003e), introduces his unique take on vampirism, establishing the blend of surrealism, eroticism, and horror that would become his trademark.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the film's first part, four strange women living in a decrepit\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003echâteau\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– and all believing themselves to be ancient vampires – are visited by a psychoanalyst who attempts to rid them of their apparent delusion. In the second, the Queen of the Vampires presides over a diabolical clinic, unaware that the head doctor is plotting against her.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith its surreal black-and-white images and riveting free-jazz score by François Tusques,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Rape of the Vampire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas released in Paris to a scandalised response during the chaos of May ’68, heralding the arrival of a major new talent in the fantastique cinema. 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(2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNewly edited archival interview with composer François Tusques (2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCritical appreciation by author and film historian Virginie Sélavy (2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlternative scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuper 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew 4K restoration of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Far Countries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes Pays loins\u003c\/em\u003e, 1965): Rollin’s second fictional short film tells of a couple lost in a maze of streets who can’t remember how they got there\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 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