Last night I needed to relax and watch something, and I decided it should be something I've never seen. Well, I've got plenty of DVDs and Blu-rays of movies that I have yet to see, so I went to the horror section and pulled out Daughters of Darkness (1971). Now how could I have not seen a movie called Daughters of Darkness? I suspected I simply wasn't remembering it, but sure enough, I had never seen it and it was quite the discovery.
I rather expected something along the lines of Hammer's vampires, and boy was I surprised. The word "vampire" and all the other usual references aren't even heard in this one. It's a Belgian movie made in Belgium with perfect English spoken by all (a couple of accents, no problem there), a cast and crew completely unknown to me (I later learned that the actress Delphine Seyrig was Alain Resnais's wife, and he encouraged her participation in it), fine cinematography, and a pretty good score. (I need to hear the score again.) This movie truly is something completely different.
I didn't research the director and composer, whose names I didn't instantly recognize, and I'll do that. But it turned out to be fun, and this Blu-ray is a nice one with a couple of commentaries and interviews that I'll check out one of these days.
