Customer Reviews
The bare breasted Mrs Romay - By: P.L, 23 Sep 2008 
The Feamale Vampire is one of Francos best movies (the best perhaps?) & an excellent addition to the euro horror genre. The film is complimented by a superb music score from Daniel White & of course the alluring Lina Romay. The best dvd option is the region 1 disc from Image as it is uncutin a nice 16:9 transfer & adds on some alternate scenes. The uk dvd has been cut by the BBFC.
Erm Art it is not. Horror?, sadly no, erotic? I guess. - By: SolarisDorian, 10 Sep 2008 
After coming across this title while scouring the web for Vampire pictures i was intrigued by the atmospheric shots of the young female vampirein the forest (being more into forests than vampires!), so when i saw it curiosity got the better of me. I dont think anyone but the tiniest minority would want to own this film & little more to buy it as a keepsake. I'm sure i am missing the point of this film but all i see is an ugly talentless directors obsession with an attractive young woman & it indeed says more about his opinion of women than any flair for even the basics of filmmaking. I cant believe this can be called a film, let alone horror. If your idea of erotic is the titanic abuse of the magnificance of the female & reduction to a mute, writhing dollin a cape then this is the film for you! Otherwise for all intelligent & rational human beings, stay away or you will be insulted & six quid poorer! I give this one star for the forest, as mother nature stands proud & unabusable although if Franco could have shackled the trees & foliagein tacky buckle & pvc boots i'm sure he would to demonstrate white mans mastery of all the elements!
one of the sexiest films ever made - By: hubert pascal, 15 Apr 2008 there's a lot of non sense secuences & everything's weird & strange...but Lina Romay on the bed...it¨s one of the hottest things ^you'll ever see
Atmospheric and tragic - By: Mr. J. Livitt, 31 Dec 2007 
I bought this film as I am a fan of some of other Franco's stuff but didn't know what this would be like.
I have to say I was impressed. Yes - there is lots of nudity & sex - a fair amount of which is arguably not necessary & is gratuitous.
However, the sensuous & mysterious atmosphere is quite captivating at times - for example, the first death with Lina Romay coming slowly out of the mist - a wonderful piece of cinematography.
And the final death sequence is superb - the mood of a doomed love between Romay & the lead male is excellently portrayed.
And for me a special thanks to Daniel White for his wonderful music - so fantastically catches the atmosphere.
Allin all a good film if you can accept that there is some extremely explicit stuffin here.
ENTERTAINING EURO SLEAZE - By: stuart, 26 Oct 2007 Living alone on an island, Countess Irina Karlstein, (Lina Romay) spends her time laughing off rumors that she's a vampire while enjoying the steady stream of gigolos who come for her. When the police find the string of bodies dead, they believe the local legend about her is actually true. As she continues to make her way through the town, she comes upon Baron Von Rathony, (Jack Taylor) a poet who believes the stories about her being a vampire & wants her to make him an immortal, like she is. Attempting to take him into her lifestyle, she continues to ravage the town, leading forensic specialist Dr. Roberts, (Jess Franco) to deduce that a vampire has been involved all along & rushes out to stop her before more turn up dead.
The Good News: This film could have been quite good, & it's best aspect is the tremendous emphasis on bare flesh. As the Countess walks aroundin nothing more than boots, a cape & a belt, thereby spending nearly every single second of the film naked, it becomes almost exclusively a showcase for Romay, who offers as uninhibited a performance as can be imagined. When she's not actively seducing her prey, she finds herself teasing her servant or attempting to pleasure herself, languidly rolling about on her bed & masturbating with abandon. At one point, she even performs an extended fellatio sequence on a bedpost. That is to take nothing away from the several extended & quite erotic love sequencesin the film. While hard to accurately select a favorite, the fact that there's so many make this a real erotic masterpiece. The long & extended affair near the end is especially memorable, for the hypnotic feel of the scene is simply powerful & manages to become the highlight of the film. The frequent lesbian encounters are just as erotic & steamy as the regular scenes, & the club scene is one of the bestin the film. The early encounter is just as good, & the frequency & eroticism of them makes them memorable. There's also some really fantastic mood shotsin here, especially the opening shot where a figure emerges from a mist-enshrouded forest slowly, a later shot of the vampire leading their charges behind them through the same mist-enshrouded forest, & a spectacular scene where a couple is seen overlooking a shrub-covered mountainside on a mid-morning glaze. It's not all that bad.
The Bad News: There's not a lot to dislike about this one, & one of it's biggest problems is from it's absolute willingness to play with the vampire rules. The titular vampire openly sunbathes, doesn't drink blood when she kills, & unless all the men have some freakish anatomical anomaly, the jugular is not involved at all. This strikes as somewhat unusual, as even the most basic stories of vampire films use these to their advantage, & that this one to just up & change the rules is quite surprising. The cinematography can be extremely annoying. Nearly every shot contains a series of zoom shots, then from wide to closeup back to wide shot, which becomes very distracting after about the twentieth time it occurs. Pans & zooms are also pretty jarring most of the time, which makes them stand out more than they should. Worse is that, on numerous occasions, the camera zooms in, then seems to be looking for something to focus on. It almost looks quite amateurish for most of the shots, lending it a really dissatisfied feel. The film's worst sin is that, at times, there's nothing happening, which can resultin boredom. This is especially true of the middle of the film, where most of the sex scenes occur. As the lead is a mute, it really staggers off & at times can be a little slow-going as nothing is really explained. It's visually based, & that can really be upsetting to some not used to it. Allin all, it's not that bad & is quite decent.
The Final Verdict: With it's emphasis more on the erotic realm than horrific one, it's hard to recommend this one other than the more adventurous fans of the extreme art-form. That also depends on which version of the film is viewed, as elements of one are not therein others.
