Jess Franco's 1970 erotic horror has become a cult landmark in Eurotrash entertainment. The vamp of the title, Countess Carody, exerts her diabolical charms on the sexually frustrated Linda Westinghouse (Ewa Stroemberg) with predictably bloody results. Cue lots of inept close-ups of heaving flesh, writhing scorpions and fluttering butterflies.
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Trailer, photo gallery.Watching this restored, (allegedly) uncut version makes you wonder what even the most zealous censor could find offensive here. Despite (or perhaps because of) the hilariously leaden acting, dull script and amateurish direction, this film still exerts a certain fascination. The music is now legendary among connoisseurs of swinging '70s lounge, and holds the feature together as a kitsch artifact from an era devoid of style or taste. Memorable for all the wrong reasons.
