Lucia Bose stars as Countess Elizabeth Bathory, a woman who finds that her maids blood can make her skin look young again.
She falls in love with a young soldier, but keeps on killing young women so she can remain young and not lose her looks. This is a very slow burn film that never really picks up pace, but it's very gothic and has some great set pieces.
I love the scenes in the court room where a corpse is on trial by the superstious people for being a vampire. it's absurd and yet totally on track with the rest of this movie.
Jorge Grau directed this and he handles everything very well, but I wish it has been a little faster moving. Ewa Aulin is gorgeous as always in her role as a servant girl and some of the slight gore effects look very good.
I recommend this for horror fans, but it may not please everyone.
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