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Le Viol du Vampire (1968) or Rape of the Vampire (stay classy, Jean!); re-titled Queen of the Vampires for the Anglophone world. <\/em><\/p>\n We’re so inundated these days with vampires and\u2014worse\u2014fucking<\/a> zombies<\/a>, that I’ll be perfectly happy if I never see another bloodsucker or shambling corpse again. But let’s overlook the degrading of horror staples for a moment to consider Philippe Druillet<\/a>‘s excursions into the art of the cinema poster.<\/p>\n La Vampire Nue (1969).<\/em><\/p>\n These pieces are for Jean Rollin<\/a>‘s first three films, additions to the groovy-lesbian-vampire-with-false-eyelashes-and-bare-boobs sub-genre made at a time\u2014the late 60s\u2014when all the European film studios, Hammer included, were pushing the erotic content of their films more than had previously been dared. Rollin’s erotic comic strip from 1967, Saga de Xam<\/em>, featured art contributions from Druillet, among others, which no doubt explains the choice of artist. As with David Palladini’s fantastic design<\/a> for Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre<\/em><\/a> (1979), these are further examples of how unique and distinctive film posters once were in a way they rarely are today. (Druillet, incidentally, produced his own adaptation of Nosferatu<\/em> in 1989.)<\/p>\n Le Frisson des Vampires (1970).<\/em><\/p>\n Pages from the fabulously rare Saga de Xam<\/em> feature in the Art Nouveau catalogue that was the subject of yesterday’s post. So too does Druillet’s poster for Le Frisson des Vampires<\/em> although any of these pieces would have made suitable inclusions. Even more than in his comic strips Druillet’s work here shows the overt influence of Alphonse Mucha.<\/p>\n Most of Rollin’s films seem to be available on DVD should you be desperate for some fangs and boobs. I’d much rather see Saga de Xam<\/em> be reissued; it’s been out of print since 1967 and the copies available go for upwards of \u00a3200. This site<\/a> has samples of the pages and there’s a post about the book (in French) here<\/a>. For more about Jean Rollin, see Fascination: the Jean Rollin Experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n Elsewhere on { feuilleton } Previously on { feuilleton } Le Viol du Vampire (1968) or Rape of the Vampire (stay classy, Jean!); re-titled Queen of the Vampires for the Anglophone world. We’re so inundated these days with vampires and\u2014worse\u2014fucking zombies, that I’ll be perfectly happy if I never see another bloodsucker or shambling corpse again. 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\n\u2022 The illustrators archive<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2022 The Art Nouveau dance goes on forever<\/a>
\n\u2022 Salammb\u00f4 illustrated<\/a>
\n\u2022 Druillet meets Hodgson<\/a>
\n\u2022 The music of Igor Wakh\u00e9vitch<\/a>
\n\u2022 Nosferatu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"