Gothic horror at its finest and frenches.
Our male protagonist in a nice reversal is the individual getting objectified by bisexual woman who see him only as a means of acquiring blood or just something to be toyed with.
A reversal that works as he's not sympathetically written and he mostly falls in line with a certain type of men.
Its performances, score and Gothic atmosphere and ways it spins conventional roles and outcomes on its head is like the title suggests, fascinating.(Watch my feature film https://boxd.it/cQ1mBp<b> </b>)
Fascination
Now tell me the truth, who’s coming here tonight? DEATH!
Rating
4.5 (1)
Release Date
11/1/1979Runtime
80 minsGenres
Overview
A runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
FrenchBudget
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How It Feels
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A tense, erotically charged midnight thriller where power dynamics shift between predator and prey inside an isolated chateau, as sinister secrets unravel beneath elegant surfaces. Stylish and deeply unsettling, it's a slow-burn descent into moral ambiguity and sexual danger.
Mood
UnsettlingDread-soakedClaustrophobicParanoid
Themes
PowerObsessionIsolationCorruption
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
FormalistHigh-contrastPainterly
Structure
Single location
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Sexual violenceSexual contentGraphic violence
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