Claudio Carvalho Vampire films are usually very attractive: some of them are masterpieces ("Nosferatu", "Dracula" (1931), "Dracula" (1992)); others are cult, like the Hammer productions, "Near Dark" and "The Lost Boys"; others are only entertaining. But they always have audiences of fans to worship the different stories and versions of the vampire, the supernatural being created by Bram Stoker in his novel and brought to the cinema by F.W. Murnau for the first time.Unfortunately, "La fiancée de Dracula" is probably the worst vampire movie ever made, with a combination of exploitation with a terrible screenplay recalling Jesus Franco films. There is no development of the characters or situations and the viewer sees a mysterious professor (that physically recalls Christopher Lee, only physically) and his awkward assistant Eric performed by a ham actor hunting down Dracula. In-between there are crazy nuns, breasts and naked bodies exposed in a senseless story. My vote is one (awful).Title (Brazil): Not Available (fortunately)

lost-in-limbo I'm fairly new to Jean Rollin's output (as I've only watched "The Living Dead Girl" and "Requiem for a Vampire"), but again like those aforementioned films (even though I wasn't blown away from this one) I enjoyed the strange, surreal quality of one of Rollin's latest works; "Dracula's Fiancée". The supernatural meets sensual erotica, in what is a crazy canvas for Rollin to let loose providing a sense of wonder with its moody atmospherics, brooding performances and demented butchery. A professor and his assistant are trying to hunt down the tomb of Dracula, which leads them to Dracula's fiancée and through her they can uncover his remains as they get drawn in to a parallel world. The pictorial story is jadedly convoluted and slow-moving, but fancifully gripping in the surrealistically Gothic universe that's created as its populated with eccentric creations ranging from Dracula, a she-wolf, baby-eating Ogresses, vampires, dwarf-jester and some raving mad nuns within a attractively remote backdrop of castle ruins and sprawling beach line. It's the macabre meeting the beautiful, as Rollin's hypnotically symbolic imagery is richly presented (like the boat ride) and arrestingly captured by its whimsical, haunting soundtrack. Sometimes you find yourself being lost in this bewildering world, forgetting about its ponderously thick script filled with many abstract ideas. There's a lot going on, than what is actually shown even when it favours its sparse long stretches. It's an atypical character journey of a Dracula tale, but at its core it's the usual love story filled with unrest, desire and heartache. Still underdone in the details. The theatrical performances are acceptable and the make-up FX is passable. Erotically nightmarish blood sucking entertainment."May you rest in peace".

ds1343 Pardon the pun..but this vampire movie sucked....major. One of the worst films I have ever had the misfortune of viewing. It would be perfect for use in a revival of Mystery Science 3000...only be sure to use the totally absurd English language version. Ridiculous and pointless plot with more holes than I could count. Abysmal. How about the part of the film where the "fiancee" goes off on the boat to meet Dracula at a spot non one knows...not even her (huh ?) Yet in the next scene all the other cast members are on the unknown island. Or how about in the first scenes...when the trackers captured the dwarf...they had the Vampire chick right there and apparently helpless and left her alone...why not kill her then and there ???. It wasn't scary..wasn't sexy...it was only boring and tedious. Avoid it like the plague...or create your own MST3K.

Marshall Crist After a long fallow period exacerbated by health problems, it looked as if Jean Rollin would never get back on track. The sublime surrealism of his early masterworks was increasingly being overshadowed by long periods of inactivity and the occasional disappointing dud. Even the highly-touted TWO ORPHAN VAMPIRES seemed like a far cry from his glory days. Well, it may be impossible to bring back the early '70's, but I suspect that FIANCEE OF DRACULA is the best Rollin film we are likely to get from the second half of his career. It certainly makes me wish he'd crank out a few more. Whereas TWO ORPHAN VAMPIRES struck me as a somewhat tired parade of setpieces, FIANCEE actually feels like a fully-realized story where the characters interact and drive the narrative. The music is much better than the synthesizer droning that's been contaminating Rollin's later pictures, with the composer actually using several different instruments. In fact, the one thing that struck me about this film is that for the first time in ages there is a Rollin movie that doesn't seem hamstrung by budgetary constraints from start to finish. Instead there is great imagery, an interesting story and a refreshing lack of predictability.