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2000 years ago, Lord (or Lady?) Bathor has left her tribe of vampires
on earth to just await his or her return, to prosper while he or she
pepares a new utopia for them. Thing is, Bathor's followers live forever
(if not killed) but their memories are pretty much fading, so what was
said 2000 years ago might have been perverted right now, and now there's
the Brotherhood of Bathor led by Grando (Seth Chatield), who thinks women
are inferior being that need to be shown their place as mere maids to the
male of the species for utopia to work, and all who do not comply need to
be put down ... especially the Sisterhood of Bathor, an all female clan
whose leaders tell their flock to just await the return of Bathor
complacently, and not worry about anything that happens on this plane of
existence too much - like the slaughter of their sisters. Obviously,
it's only a question of time until these to factions clash, and that the
Sisterhood is not totally annihilated is thaks to a third party, the
Banished, who send over fighters led by Giltine (Sindy Katrotic), to save
the Sisterhood - with limited success, only Elisabeth (Chloé Cunha) and
Fantine (Mary Widow) manage to make their escape from the Brotherhood's
onslaught (but at least the Brotherhood takes in losses as well) - but at
the end, that might be enough to tip the balance ... but in whose favour? Epic
in its story, Blood of the Tribades nevertheless is more
reminiscent of the very intimate erotic vampire tales of Jean Rollin, down
to the fact that some dialogue's actually in French - but that's not to
say that this is a derivative movie, as Blood of the Tribades
successfully develops an atmosphere all of its own, just like it develops
its own little universe with its own logic and laws of nature, and even if
the story as such might be a bit over-convoluted, the movie manages to
immerse its audience in it and give people at least a feel of what's going
on thanks to a moody directorial effort, great storytelling and solid
performances. Totally worth a look!
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