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Belgium, France, West Germany · 1971
Rated R · 1h 37m
Director Harry Kümel
Starring Delphine Seyrig, John Karlen, Danielle Ouimet, Andrea Rau
Genre Horror, Thriller
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In this mesmerizing thriller, international icon Delphine Seyrig stars as Elizabeth Bathory, an ageless countess with a beautiful young companion. But when the two women seduce a troubled newlywed couple, they unleash a frenzy of violence and depraved desire that shocked audiences worldwide.
About the only thing to praise in Daughters is the way Seyrig looks: she is stunning in soft focus, chiffon, and egret. The dialogue and plot demands are unsurmountable burdens even for an actress as accomplished as she is. [01 Jul 1971, p.51]
Slant Magazine by Eric Henderson
Kümel’s impulse to remain on the waning edge of eroticism turns what could’ve been another cheap thrill into a genuinely unsettling examination of the human race’s most happily sanctioned form of vampirism: man-woman couplings.
Strikingly shot and notable for Seyrig's monstrous, Dietrich-like character, Daughters is a psychosexual horror film that's gripping almost up to the very end.
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
Although slowly paced, it is always stunning to look at -- decadent and perverse in that certain Eurotrashy way.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
A fairly stylish adult vampire movie, and Delphine Seyrig (last seen wandering about a resort hotel in Last Year at Marienbad) is a most satisfactory vampire.
This psychologically dense, genuinely erotic vampire thriller lacks fangs, but it has plenty of bite.
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