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Harriet (Verónica Polo), John (Anthony Rotsa) and Nolan (Víctor Vidal) are on a camping trip and camp near a seemingly abandoned house where they ought to meet their friends Ann (Alina Nastase) and Peter (Fele Martínez), who simply don't show up even if they should have been there before them. Odd, but hey, a couple alone on the road might have some romantic ideas ... but little does out heroic trio know that they had actually fallen victim to Fran (Marta Flich) and Miriam (Almudena León), two vampires who actually live in the abandoned house nearby.

Ted (Christian Stamm) has recently been lured into the house, as Fran has promised him an erotic adventure - and to be sure, Fran hasn't lied, she had just forgotten to tell him that she and Miriam would slowly suck him dry, but always allow him to keep just enough blood he needs to survive. During the days, when the two vampires retire to their graves, Ted tends to try to escape, but he never gets far ... the farthest being the campsite of Harriet, John and Nolan. He tries to warn the youngsters, but it's already too late, as Nolan has fallen for the lure of the vampire women who have lured him to their castle, and they have also found an appetite for the others ...

The film features many of yesteryear's genre stars in supporting role, including Caroline Munro as the owner of the hotel adjoining the premises, Lone Fleming as her receptionist, and Antonio Mayans as a scythe-wielding man.

Being a remake of José Ramón Larraz' classic Vampyres: Daughters of Darkness, is in all honesty no match for that film of old - but then again it really doesn't try to be, instead is a hommage to 1970s erotic Euro horror at its best, that is lovingly reminiscent of not only Larraz' work but also the erotic horrors by the likes of Jean Rollin and Jess Franco and also the less subtle shockers of Paul Naschy, in their lyrical approach, strong visual language, disregard for all that stringent plots, but often also pictures of blunt violence and sudden shocks breaking into said beauty. And this really works in Vampyres because the film doesn't take the post-modern approach to things but retries what worked then - from finding impressive locations to hiring girls of a natural beauty, from not shying away from blood to showing nudity aplenty when the story demands - and the whole thing works like a charm, really.

Definitely worth a watch not only for fans of vintage Euro horror!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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