a sadistic husband ( john karlen ) and his wife ( danielle ouimet ) be stay at a seemingly desert european resort . there they meet mysterious and sexy countess bathory ( delphine seyrig ) and her companion . it turn out she a vampire and want the wife to join her . i catch this year ago at an art cinema in cambridge ma . i hear it be a cult film and a horror film . at first the audience be quiet and respectful but ( when it become clear that nothing be happen ) they get restless . there be some laughter when seyrig seem to be seduce karlen and people just roar when a detective pop in for no earthly reason . by the end the audience be basically laugh at it and make fun of it . i can see why . the movie move slowly and have many inexplicable occurrence ( even for a horror movie ) and be just basically deadly dull . the movie think very highly of itself and seem to think dullness equal art . there nothing bad than a film that think it good than it audience the contempt come through loud and clear . the act almost save this . karlen be terrible and ouimet isn not much well . it really hard to care about two such lousy people . seyrig give a great performance she single handedly save this film from be a total disaster . she sexy and smart and dangerous she pull it all off . it do have kind of a nice end but and by then and i be so totally bored i do not care . this do have it defender but i can not see why . sure cure for insomnia here . i give it a 3 for seyrig alone .