A Czech New Wave vampire movie?

Valerie is as odd as you could hope for, a surreal, sensual fairytale that could be entitled Malice In Wonderland as a 13-year-old girl (Jaroslava Schallerová) witnesses/imagines scenes of witchcraft, incest and religious hypocrisy involving a toothy priest and her father – who are perhaps one and the same.

Don’t expect a linear narrative. Do expect a cascade of associative images bursting with Freudian symbolism, all set to luminous lullabies.

Argh! The priest removes a scary mask to reveal it’s the face beneath that should be feared.

Remake rights: GDT is Mr Gothic Fairytale but Lucile Hadzihalilovic was on the right track with Innocence.