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Fascination (1979 Jean Rollin's Film) Review & Facts

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In this article, I will share with you a few interesting facts about one of the best Jean Rollin's movies — Fascination and will explain why this film is still my favourite one, after all those years that I've been exploring European cult classic cinema . Let's get down to business. Table of Contents   Plot Summary This decadent story mesmerizing viewers with a combination of malicious beauty and dark mystery, is telling about a young outlaw, who, while escaping from a gang of his bandit colleagues, finds an old chateau with two young ladies inside and decides to hide there till night for resuming his run more safely, in the darkness. But being intrigued by the upcoming night arrival of a mysterious company expected by the girls, he decides to stay for longer. Trailer:   What's so Fascinating About Fascination ? The whole film has a hypnotizing vibe of a sinister mystery serve...

Diabolique (2013 Film) Review and Facts

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In this post I will tell you about what to expect from the film Diabloique (2013) by Cosmotropia de Xam, as well as share a few facts about it. For those who are curious about other Cosmotropia's films, I also have an extensive analysis of his dilogy Phantasmagoria (2017 & 2018) (I loved it even more than Diabolique ) and The Inferno Index (2021) . Table of Contents   Synopsis In the official description, you can read several intriguing lines about urban vampires using a mysterious drug—"parasitic" milk-looking substance named Esmakra —for enslaving and controlling humans (similarly to E769 from Cosmotropia de Xam's 2014 movie — Metamorfosia filmed six months after Diabolique ). This seems to promise an interesting story. However the film does not unfold this into something bigger. In the whole film, you will witness only a small company of vampires who capture a girl and turn her into a vampire her...