Apr 12, 2023
Noroi no yakata: Chi o suu me (Lake of Dracula, 1971)
"Kyusaku... why did you do that to me yesterday?"
"What do you mean, Miss? What did I do?"
"Who was the stranger I saw here the night before? Who was it?"
"My master."
"Master? But I know your master well."
"He's changed."
#Noroi no yakata: Chi o suu me#lake of dracula#bloodthirsty eyes#horror imagery tw#blood tw#japanese cinema#dracinema#1971#michio yamamoto#midori fujita#ei ogawa#masaru takesue#sanae emi#chĂ´ei takahashi#shin kishida#tadao futami#kaku takashina#hideji Ă´taki#setsuko kawaguchi#mika katsuragi#fusako tachibana#the second in a loose trilogy of vampire films Yamamoto made in the early 70sâ with clear influence from western cinema as much as from#japanese folklore; consider perhaps as a japanese take on Hammer horrorâ complete with bright red blood splatter and 70s fashions#the previous filmâ The Vampire Dollâ was perhaps more successful in marrying gothic romance with contemporary horror than this film is#but it's still a very fun time. there are a few plot bumps (the bf figure switches between believing in vampires and not believing in them#apparently at random) but the fx are impressively stylish and the vampire's look fascinatingly horrible. plus there's a happy little dog#and what film isn't immediately made better by the presence of a happy little dog? no filmâ that's what
