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Fascination (1979)

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Show your tits and grab that scythe because we're talking our very first Jean Rollin text: 1979's Fascination.

The lesbian vampire film is gorgeous and dreamy with several subversive twists, including the fact that this is not actually a vampire movie.

Plus: women in control, a truly shitty man, sheer veils, connections to porn and struggling with the feminist/class readings.

References:

  1. Cinemalacrum. “Blood Is The Life Which Flows In You: Fascination (1979)
  2. Jeremiah. “Fascination (1979).” Part of Into the Trash column of Read This To Be Clean

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Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada   

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