Format: Streaming video from Kanopy on Fire!
I go into every movie that I watch with hope. There are some movies that I know are going to hurt me (see: Martyrs, Salo, L’Interieur), but there is always hope that I will emerge on the other side having gotten something from the viewing. That happens often enough that I continue to push myself in what I view. So, when I get something like Le viol du vampire (The Rape of the Vampire in English), I can’t help but be disappointed in the complete mess that is on the screen. This isn’t about being hurt because the movie takes the audience to awful and disturbing places, but being hurt because the movie is a nonsensical mess.
I also try to write these reviews based on my own experience viewing, but in the case of Le viol du vampire, I have to look at the notes that I have available to me. I watched this on Kanopy, and the synopsis is fascinating. I’m going to quote from it, because it will give you a solid idea of exactly how clown shoes this movie is: “Everyone on the crew was making their first film. All copies of the script managed to get lost within two days...The resulting film...is a glorious puzzlement.” This is very charitable. The resulting film is actually a confused mess of unfinished concepts and tits.
