77. Staying youthful is a killer.
The Countess is the third film directed by Julie Delpy. It’s the story of Erzsebet Bathory, a powerful countess who becomes obsessed with a younger man. She starts taking measures to preserve her youth and beauty, measures which become more and more extreme. First she starts using the blood of virgins as a skin cream. Eventually her henchmen are kidnapping young maidens and murdering them so she can bathe in their blood.
I told Noel about this bizarre movie, and he recognized the Countess Bathory as one of the inspirations for Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
So much bloodshed could’ve been averted if it had occurred to the countess to inject herself with botulism toxin instead. Blood, botulism, placenta, blubber—the beauty business is built on icky stuff.
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May 13th, 2010 at 04:57
I am reminded of a scene in Hostel 2. Rich sadistic people will pay tons of money to bathe in blood as they wish. Fun stuff
PS. Backpackers still visit Bratislava, because contrary to how the movie portrayed it as a decrepit, dangerous place, in reality it’s an altogether nice place to visit
May 13th, 2010 at 19:53
watched this last march. favorite line:
“Do you not see the lines on my face? I do not have the time to play, good night!”
hahahaha cougar much?
August 20th, 2010 at 08:55
theOrbiter: This reminds me of this scene in Hostel 2 as well…where one of the women axed the other woman’s back and bathe in blood.