The Blood Countess
Picturehouse Central, Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH London, Covent Garden
About
A screening of the film 'The Blood Countess', a spooky gothic romp following Countess Erzsébet Báthory, her loyal maid and her nephew Rudi Budi as they bend time and space in search of a mystical tome that threatens the vampire realm, pursued through Vienna and Bohemia by a police inspector and vampirologists. It was made by the legendary queer filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger, in her usual baroque, campy style mixing belly laughs, eroticism and outrageous fashion choices, and stars Isabelle Huppert as the infamous countess.
Written by a model, sources: picturehouses.com
Critics
Critics praise the witty, coherent storytelling, striking costume and set design blending old and modern Vienna, while faulting a confusingly absurd opening.
Reviews: fastforward magazine, TMDb
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Venue
Picturehouse Central is in London’s Covent Garden.
Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH London
Picturehouse Central 82 more events- Director
- Ulrike Ottinger
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 118 min
