Fascination
A runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret.
Why it matters
A sultry blend of gothic horror and psychosexual dread that captures late-70s European genre cinema at its most decadent and unsettling.
- Directed by Jean Rollin, a master of dreamlike, erotic horror steeped in vampire mythos and surrealism.
- The chateau’s decaying grandeur and fog-drenched nights build an atmosphere thick with menace and melancholy.
- Features Rollin’s signature mix of languid pacing and sudden violence that splits the difference between arthouse mood and exploitation chills.
- Perfect for fans of baroque, female-centric horror that trades jump scares for creeping unease and taboo-shrouded mystery.
Director
15 horror films in catalog
The Rape of the Vampire 1968
The Nude Vampire 1970
The Shiver of the Vampires 1971
Requiem for a Vampire 1972
The Iron Rose 1973
The Demoniacs 1974
Lips of Blood 1975
The Grapes of Death 1978
Fascination 1979
The Night of the Hunted 1980
Zombie Lake 1981
The Living Dead Girl 1982
Lost in New York 1989
Two Orphan Vampires 1997
Dracula's Fiancée 2002
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
14
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
29
Supernatural
60
Creature
0
Disturbing
83
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
85
Survival
66
Cult
