What is up YouTube, it's your girl Evelyn and today I want to
highlight some of the best lesbian vampire films.
So sit back, enjoy the video and make sure to let me know
Which lesbian vampire film is your favorite?
[Carmilla theme song playing]
I have to kick things off with the feel-good franchise that has
single-handedly resurrected the lesbian vampire for the current generation.
'The Carmilla Movie' is a continuation of the beloved web series,
loosely based on the gothic novella about the adventures of Carmilla
A 300-year-old-vampire
and her girlfriend/plucky sidekick,
Gabrielle.
Uh, I meant Waverly.
Wait, no I meant Willow.
After three seasons of evil-fighting shenanigans,
Carmilla and Laura are still madly in love and mostly happy.
That is until Carmilla's ex,
Waverly and 'Portrait' cosplay,
comes back from the grave to get revenge on Carmilla for killing her.
I think.
I'll be honest, I didn't understand a damn thing that was happening in this film.
But, I kind of didn't have to.
'The Carmilla Movie 'is a low-stakes,
silly
Scooby-Doo meets Nancy Drew
wholesome vampire film.
It's sexy fan service that doesn't take itself too seriously.
So if cuddly, wise cracking vampires are your thing
you should definitely give 'The Carmilla Movie' a watch.
[Savage by Meg Thee Stallion playing]
'We Are The Night' is a super stylized, German vampire flick
about a group of sexy lady vampires who spend their free time
racing sports cars around Europe,
doing designer drugs,
going on lavish shopping sprees,
and of course, killing indiscriminately.
The head vampire, Louise becomes obsessed with Lena
a 'Lisbeth Salander type' who's a professional thief.
And even though Lena look says if she hasn't bathed in over a month,
Louise just has to have her.
And she does.
Not sexually, but like 'vampirically'
['that's not a word]
'We Are The Night' is Blade meets Underworld
meets a very tiny fraction of The Hunger.
It's an overly bloody, mostly shallow, action film
that's relatively low on lesbianism.
Although, most of the vampires do seem to be sexually fluid in the
way that all vampires seem to be sexually fluid.
And even though this movie is utterly ridiculous and has a terrible, terrible ending,
there is one emotionally resonant scene that caught me off guard and made me tear up,
which made me like the movie a whole lot more.
If you're in the mood for a bloody, violent romp around Europe then 'We Are The Night'
...has those things
[Lovely by Billie Eilish and Khalid playing]
2019's 'Carmilla' isn't a perfect film.
But it is way better than its Imdb rating.
Just like 'The Carmilla Movie'
this 'Carmilla' is also loosely based on the gothic novella.
It's the 19th century and Laura lives in a big old isolated manner
with her somewhat absentee father
and her strict governess, Miss Fontaine.
When a carriage crashes nearby the only survivor is a young woman with amnesia.
The family takes her in and Laura names her Carmilla
and the two of them become gal pals.
'Carmilla' is a very deliberately paced film
that is more concerned with atmosphere than anything else.
Which is probably why it's rated so low.
Not to mention the
gratuitous
insect
close-ups
[i hated it a lot]
Another reason 'Carmilla' is so heavily criticized,
is that it deviates from the source material in a way that pisses a lot of people off.
In the novella, Carmilla is a vampire.
It's not insinuated.
It's not vague.
She's a vampire.
She's killing young women and she must be stopped.
In the film version of Carmilla, her vampirism is not made clear.
There are non-vampire explanations for everything that happens in the film,
but there are also 'she's a vampire' explanations for everything that happens in the film.
Personally, I love this approach for the same reason I love Frankenstein...
because sometimes the monster we think we see,
isn't actually the monster at all.
I highly enjoyed this version of Carmilla, but it's not going to be for everyone.
If you're a fan of slow, atmospheric, gothic period films
you'll definitely want to check this one out.
[Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran playing]
'Bit' is a deeply flawed but also deeply fun,
female empowerment flick about Laurel,
a brooding teen girl who falls in with a cabal of
lady-loving-lady vampires and predictably
blood sucking hijinks ensue.
"Now would be the time for any questions."
"Do you guys kill people?"
"Indiscriminately."
"Innocent people?"
"I'd say it's like 80/20."
'Bit' is far from perfect but it's a film that does 'some' things right.
The plot is unpredictable.
It has a great overall message.
And my girl, Laurel has an awesome 'Daria-esque' personality.
But tonally...
'Bit' is all over the place.
It tries very hard to be a black comedy
but it's just not that funny.
Now I'll be the first to admit, black comedy is insanely difficult to pull off.
For every 'Heathers' and 'Welcome to the Dollhouse'
there's a 'Mr. Wrong' and
'I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney.'
Thank you, Ben Affleck.
Ultimately, 'Bit' is a messy, messy train wreck of a film,
but at least it's a pretty train wreck with an empowering message.
[I Hate U, I Love U by Sam Tsui and Madilyn Bailey playing]
'The Vampire Lovers' is yet another Carmilla adaptation
and the one most faithful to the original novella.
But keep in mind,
it was made in the 1970s
so there are a lot of bare breasts.
Which I'm fine with.
Several lesbian vampire films came out during this time,
like 'Daughters of Darkness'
'The Blood-Spattered Bride'
and 'The Velvet Vampire'
And even though they're all, somewhat exploitative,
'The Vampire Lovers' is my personal favorite
because of the ambivalence in Carmilla's intentions.
In one hand, she is definitely killing these girls.
But on the other hand, you kind of get the sense that she loves them
or at least believes she loves them.
Which is confusing but still preferable to the
'evil lesbian vampire' with no morals or redeeming qualities.
Out of all the lesbian vampire films made during the 70s,
I think 'The Vampire Lovers' is the most watchable today.
Not to mention the entire movie is basically
Ingrid Pitt seducing every woman she comes across.
It's not a bad time.
I want to give a quick shout out to 'The Hunger' which in my opinion,
is still the best lesbian vampire film in existence.
And feel free to check out my 'Classic Lesbian Films' video
if you want to know why 'The Hunger' is so great.
[Something New by Chloe Diana playing]
If you've been following the channel for a while,
then you know every now and then I like to invite you to join me in the abyss by
recommending a deeply depressing and/or gloomy film for no reason whatsoever.
'Byzantium' is a wonderfully strange vampire film and I feel like not enough people know about it.
It stars my girls, 'Ammonite' and 'Summerland' as mysterious
sisters who seek refuge at a run-down coastal resort.
I like 'Byzantium' because even though it has a lot of the cliched vampire mythos'
It still feels like a somewhat fresh take on the vampire genre.
These aren't sparkly
cuddly
indulgent vampires
running around having the time of their lives.
These vampires worry about money.
They worry about who to feed on.
And they worry about being caught by the authorities.
The film also rejects the 'wise vampire trope'
Just because they're 200 years old, doesn't mean they know what they're doing.
And sometimes they seem even more innocent than the humans around them.
I could go on and on about 'Byzantium'
but don't get it twisted.
This is a very emo, very slow, and very long film.
So check it out at your own discretion.
To finish out the video, I want to share my absolute favorite vampire movie of all time.
This is the greatest vampire film I've ever seen and I can watch it over and over again
and it never gets old.
And that film is the classic,1922 'Nosferatu.'
I'm just kidding, it's 'Buffy'
That is it for the list, I want to give a quick shout out to my newest patrons Rubi and Kimberly.
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