Jean Rollin

[Crimson Blade]

Fulci wiped the floor with Romero's zombies.
Even the ones in Burial Ground looked better

[Demoncrat]

Indeed
They at least look dead.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Indeed
They at least look dead.

Watch the old colourised version that came out on vhs. You can't tell the difference between Romero and Rollin's.

[Demoncrat]

Cough ....What the 4Front one??

.....the horror .... the horror

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Cough ....What the 4Front one??

.....the horror .... the horror

Say it quietly....yes.

[Demoncrat]

The raven says yes ... the raven says yes ...

[Crimson Blade]

Can't beat Brigitte Lahaie with a scythe

[Demoncrat]

Don't forget the cloak!!

They looked bloody cold in Lips (at the castle) y'know ...

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Iron Rose (1973)

Jean Rollin's follow up to Requiem for a Vampire is largely a solemn poem which displays little of the directors penchant for sex or violence. It is however engrossing and captivating due to its funereal Amiens cemetery setting.

The film centers on a young couple who meet in the aforementioned cemetery and end up locked in. To say more would spoil the film for those who haven't seen it.

Quite possibly it is Rollin's most arthouse film as it attempts to balance adolescent passion with the stench of death in the cemetery's wonderfully decaying surroundings.

Not recommended to those new to Jean Rollin's work, but a must own movie for his more established fans, this near wordless film is as near to cinematic poetry as you could get.

[Demoncrat]

A thing of beauty tis.

REWATCH!!