162. Daughters of Darkness (1971) & Near Dark (1987)

This week, we discuss two vampire films.

The first is Daughters of Darkness (1971), an erotic horror film co-written and directed by Harry Kümel and starring Delphine Seyrig, John Karlen, Andrea Rau and Danielle Ouimet. A newlywed couple's honeymoon at a deserted seaside hotel takes a sinister turn when they encounter the enigmatic Countess Bathory, whose seductive and vampiric nature threatens to consume them.

The second is Near Dark (1987), a neo-Western horror film co-written and directed by Kathryn Bigelow. A young man is reluctantly drawn into a nomadic gang of vampires after falling for a mysterious drifter, forcing him to choose between his humanity and his newfound bloodthirsty family.

 

Timestamps

What we’ve been watching (00:01:05) –  The Brutalist, Companion, The Fury, The Collapse, Thief 

Daughters of Darkness (00:27:21)

Near Dark (00:47:50)

Coin toss (01:14:15)

 

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