Vampyres (film)

Vampyres is a 1974[a] British horror film directed by José Ramón Larraz and starring Anulka Dziubinska, Marianne Morris, and Murray Brown.

Its plot follows two female lovers who, having been resurrected as vampires, lure unsuspecting travelers to their dilapidated estate to feed on their blood.

Resurrected as vampires, the couple proceed to carry on by luring unsuspecting people to the dilapidated estate, where they can feed on their blood.

In the morning, a middle-aged man named Ted passes through the area, observing a single-car accident with a male decedent.

After failing to locate Fran, Ted stops at John and Harriet's parked caravan, where they invite him in for coffee and bandage his wound.

Ted, who has lain weak with anemia in Fran's bedroom, hears the women depart and return to the house, again with a new suitor, this time a self-assured playboy.

The realtor comments that the real estate agency has had trouble selling the property, as it is believed to be haunted by two women who were murdered there.

Larraz explains his impetus behind this choice, saying, "I imagine my vampires turn almost to cannibalism, to eat somebody, to take the blood from anywhere, no matter if it is on the arm or on the balls!

[13] Recounting the experience, Faulkner commented that making the film was unpleasant, as she felt that Larraz was disrespectful toward both her and her co-star, Brian Deacon.

[8] Effective use is made of erstwhile Hammer horror set Oakley Court and interiors were shot in Harefield Grove, a grade-II listed, early-nineteenth-century country house in the London borough of Hillingdon, where Larraz had previously filmed Symptoms.

[17] Vampyres received a mixed reception, with many reviews focusing on the film's explicit depiction of female bisexuality.

[box office] potential in appropriate adult situations...combining lesbian predilections with the usual bloodthirsty vampirical ways.

David Pirie wrote in The Monthly Film Bulletin, "it is rare for sex and violence to be so completely and graphically integrated in a British movie (left surprisingly intact by the censor).

"[20] Screen International's Marjorie Bilbow called Vampyres "A let down for horror addicts, with fringe benefits for voyeurs.

Fran and Miriam attack John in his car
Oakley Court in Bray, Berkshire served as the exterior of the main locale in the film