Der Fluch der schwarzen Schwestern (1973)
61KDer Fluch der schwarzen Schwestern: Directed by Joseph W. Sarno. With Nadia Henkowa, Anke Syring, Ulrike Butz, Nico Wolferstetter. A lesbian vampire’s soul is kept on in the bodies of her descendants.
“Vampire Ecstasy (1973) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e* (out of 4)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe beautiful Helga (Marie Forsa) arrives at a mysterious castle with a dark past and soon she is being seduced by the lesbian vampire (Nadia Henkowa) who was put to death four-hundred years earlier.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDirector Joseph W. Sarno made a handful of films in Germany and this here is one of them. I havenu0026#39;t seen too many of Sarnou0026#39;s films but Iu0026#39;ve enjoyed what Iu0026#39;ve seen but sadly thatu0026#39;s not the case here as I found this film to be quite horrid. Itu0026#39;s also known as VEIL OF BLOOD, THE DEVILu0026#39;S PLAYTHING and several other titles and itu0026#39;s also available in a shorter 85-minute version as well as the 104-minute version, which is what I watched.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are all sorts of problems with this film and the running time is certainly the major one. Whenever a film is this slow and boring an extended running time is never what you want to see and sadly this film really does seem like itu0026#39;s longer than THE GODFATHER trilogy. This thing just drags and drags and then drags some more and not once does anything make any sense. Obviously there a lesbian cult looking for new members but the scenes never add up to anything and they just last too long.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnother problem is that the pacing is awful and I canu0026#39;t help but think the shorter version must have played better. Forsa would appear in a couple other Sarno pictures and sheu0026#39;s certainly the best thing about the film and keeps it from being a BOMB. The film offers up plenty of softcore sex and lots of beautiful women but even this grows boring after a while. The castle does look beautiful and the locations are also terrific to look at but overall this film is really bad.”
