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Queer Film Theory 101: Daughters of Darkness

Oct29
Thursday, October 29, 202619:15 – 21:00
Alamo Drafthouse Bryant Street · Theater 6
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Delphine Seyrig dazzles in this 1970s erotic lesbian vampire cult classic "I'm just an outmoded character, nothing more. You know, the beautiful stranger, slightly sad, slightly… mysterious… that haunts one place after another." In the early 1970s, hardboiled crime films were all the rage: CHINATOWN, THE GODFATHER, THE FRENCH CONNECTION dominated the cineplex across the country. But simultaneously, there was another genre on the rise: the erotic lesbian vampire film. From THE VAMPIRE LOVERS to SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES to VAMPYRES (which you know is queer because of its unconventional spelling), the era was riddled with attempts to cash in on the new lezzie blood-sucking craze. A standout from the red deluge of immortal sapphic stories was DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS, a French, Belgian, and German collaboration helmed by Harry Kümel. When chaotic newlywed couple Valerie (Danielle Ouimet) and…

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