Blood of the Tribades (2016)
A vampire named Bathor turned an entire village to vampires, stuck around long enough to teach them to survive, and then promised to return in 2000 years after conquering the rest of the continent. The only problem with this plan is that the vampires, although immortal, have only a limited capacity for memory. As time passes, they forget their utopian society and led by the totalitarian zealot Grando, become paranoid, superstitious fundamentalists, splitting their society by race and gender lines, seeking to destroy those who are deemed sinful. Long-forgotten lovers Élisabeth and Fantine find that, with the help of those who were banished in the past, it is their fate to piece together the past and help preserve the little that remains before Bathor’s impending return.
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BLOOD OF THE TRIBADES is an American indie horror flick made as a tribute to the lesbian vampire flicks of old such as VAMPYRES and DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS. As such, there's not much plot of sorts, but plenty of visual imagery in the tale of dangerous femme fatales seducing and vampirising unsuspecting men. At times the film recalls the glory days of Jean Rollin and his oeuvre, but as soon as any of the non-actors open their mouths it tends to fall apart due to the wooden line delivery. There's at least one bloody set-piece and lots of tasteful nudity involving voyeurism, bathing, and skinny dipping.
The movie begins decent enough with a summary of the backstory through an interesting monologue and moves directly into a scene full of nudity and some mild gore. Sounds like what an independent horror movie should be, right?Soon after, they try to develop the story and it gets muddled and lost and loses focus. The movie focuses too much on the poorly- written script and begins to lose anyone who watches for the action, gore, or odd nature of indie horror. The blu ray transfer looks nice, and the movie is well made, but the positive aspects end there. For much of the movie, we have to sit through long, drawn-out scenes of people walking slowly in cloaks from point A to B and delivering painful, biblical dialogue. I know they tried to mimic older Euro vampire films, but this does not have the gritty, evil feel those movies had. Overall, a very poor effort all around after a few promising scenes at the beginning. I had tot urn it off about an hour and I rarely ever have to do that.
The overall tone of the film is set within the first few minutes. What you see is what you get. It's a throwback film in many ways to the 70s Euro art-house lesbian vampire genre. The setting is colorful and captivating - and coupled with the terrific score, they work to really set the mood and atmosphere. It's obvious the cast and crew worked hard to create a fully-realized world that would resonate with fans of the genre. So, if you're a fan of indie films, vampires, lesbians, Hammer Films horror, 70s era films - or just looking for something competent, refreshing, and containing scenes of blood and sensual sexiness - go ahead and settle in, sit back, and give it a whirl.