Sadly, this is a pretty obscure film that got lost in the cracks of the film world in the late 70's. The movie is from a story by Sheridan Le Fanu and it does hold your attention.
The story revolves around a young aristocrat named Robert (Brenden Price) who want to visit Paris after the Revolution and enjoy gambling and women, but his father prohibits this and has even arranged a marriage for him.
His father dies before this can happen and so Robert takes his money and heads to Paris. One night he is eating dinner and meets the Marquis (Patrick Mcgee) who offers to show him around Paris to which Robert quickly accepts.
All seems to be going well except there have been two women who have had their throats torn out and some people speak of vampires. Robert meets a beautiful Countess (Marilu Tolo) and this leads to some very interesting problems as well.
This is a very well made period horror film that is shrouded in mystery. Some questions go unanswered and I don't want to give away much here because I think this is a film that should be seen by as many people as possible. The very interesting cast also includes Curt Jurgens, Per Oscarsson and Barry Cassin.
As I mentioned earlier, this film seems to have been lost in the cracks. At the time this came out there was a wave of huge "blockbuster" movies being released and this one got buried, which is a shame. It's just good entertainment on a different level.
The print from Sinister is beautiful and the film is Recommended.
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