Jean Rollin Report Card

I didn't see a thread reporting on Jean Rollin films. I've only seen a few so please add to the list.
The Living Dead Girl : B
Grapes of Death : B-
Lips of Blood : B-
The Shiver of the Vampires : C+
Requiem for a Vampire : C-
I believe that's all I've seen.

 

Zombie Lake: B
The Living Dead Girl: A
The Demoniacs: B+
Night of the Hunted: A-
Fascination: A
The Grapes of Death: A+

 

The Grapes of Death: A

 

The Grapes of Death: A+
The Living Dead Girl: A
Night of the Hunted: B+
Fascination: B+
Lips of Blood: B+
The Shiver of the Vampires: B
The Rape Of The Vampire: B-
Requiem for a Vampire: C+
Zombie Lake: F+

 

I think I may have to order Grapes of Death on DDD's big Synapse sale. $10.57 sounds like a steal for this disc.

 

Oh, it is. The movie is fantastic and the interviews with Rollin and Brigitte Lahaie run for about 30 minutes. Great buy.

 

I have only seen three Rollin films. I give his career a zero.

 

Fascination: B
Requiem for a Vampire: B+
Living Dead Girl: B
Two Orphan Vampires: C

 

I Need to see more of his films. I like what I have seen so far.

Fascination - B+
The Grapes of Death (1978) B+
Iron Rose A
Lips of Blood B+
The Living Dead Girl (1982) B+
Night of the Hunted (1980) B
The Nude Vampire B
Two Orphan Vampires (1997) B-
The Shiver of the Vampires - B

 

La nuit des horloges - A
The Fiancee of Dracula - B
Two Orphan Vampires - D
Killing Car - C
Lost in New York - B-
Emmanuelle 6 - B
Sidewalks of Bangkok - C
The Living Dead Girl - D
Zombie Lake - C
The Runaways - B
The Night of the Hunted - A+
Fascination - B
The Grapes of Death - B
The Seduction of Amy - C
Lips of Blood - A
Christine, Princess of Eroticism - B
Requiem for a Vampire - C
Schoolgirl Hitchhikers - B
Rose of Iron - A
The Shiver of the Vampires - A
The Nude Vampire - C
The Rape of the Vampire - D
Les pays loin - B
Les amours jaunes - D

 

The Living Dead Girl - A-
Zombie Lake - F
The Night of the Hunted - A+
Fascination - B
The Grapes of Death - A
Lips of Blood - B
Requiem for a Vampire - C
The Shiver of the Vampires - B

When he was good, he was out of this world.

 

The Nude Vampire: C
Requiem For A Vampire: C-
The Shiver of the Vampires: B
The Iron Rose: B-
Lips of Blood: B
Grapes of Death: A
Fascination: A
Night of the Hunted: A
The Living Dead Girl: A

 

Two Orphan Vampires - B
The Living Dead Girl - C
Zombie Lake - D
The Night of the Hunted - A+
Fascination - A
The Grapes of Death - A
Lips of Blood - B
Requiem for a Vampire - B
Rose of Iron - A+
The Shiver of the Vampires - A
The Nude Vampire - B
The Rape of the Vampire - D

 

Les amours jaunts (short) (1958) - B
Les pays loin (short) (1965) - B
The Rape of the Vampire (1968) - B+
The Nude Vampire (1970) - A-
Requiem for a Vampire (1971) - B+
The Shiver of the Vampires (1971) - A-
The Iron Rose (1973) - A
Schoolgirl Hitchhikers (1973) (as Michel Gentil) - B-
A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973) (Director of post-inserted "Dream sequence", directed by Jess Franco) - B+
Fly Me the French Way (1974) (as Michel Gentil) - C+
The Demoniacs (1974) - B
Once Upon a Virgin (aka Seduction of Amy aka Phantasmes) (1975) - Seduction of Amy cut - B- / Phantasmes cut - B+
Lips of Blood (1975) - B
La comtesse Ixe (1976) (as Michel Gentil) - C+
Vibrations sexuelles (1977) (as Michel Gentil) - C+
The Grapes of Death (1978) - A-
Fascination (1979) - A+
The Night of the Hunted (1980) - B-
Cannibals (1980) (Uncredited Co-writer, directed by Jess Franco) - B-
Zombie Lake (1981) (as J.A. Laser) - C-
The Escapees (1981) - B
The Living Dead Girl (1982) - A-
Sidewalks of Bangkok (1984) - B-
Emmanuelle 6 (1988) (co-director, uncredited) - D
Lost in New York (1989) - B
Killing Car (1993) - B
Two Orphan Vampires (1995) - B+
La fiancée de Dracula (2002) - A-
La nuit des horloges (2007) - A
Le masque de la Méduse (2010) - B+
Jean Rollin, le rêveur égaré (2011) (Documentary about Jean Rollin) - A-

 

For those interested, there's a new documentary (well newer since it was actually made in 2011, but only released on DVD this month) about Jean Rollin that just came out from France's The Ecstasy of Films called Jean Rollin, le rêveur égaré (Jean Rollin, the Stray Dreamer). It is PAL Region 0, in French with English subtitles. I totally forgot I had pre-ordered it a few months back until it showed up in the mail yesterday. It's an informative tribute to the director, featuring some lengthy interviews with Rollin himself before he passed away. It's not necessarily for everyone, or every horror fan, but if you're a Rollin fan it's a must-see. There's a few extended interviews and whatnot for bonus material, but all in French with no subtitles except for the trailer, which I've linked to below.

Trailer:

 

Jean Rollin's BACCHANALES SEXUELLES is getting a new 4K restoration from France's Le Chat qui Fume:

"BACCHANALES SEXUELLES by Jean Rollin will soon be restored in 4K for DVD, BLU-RAY and UHD output. The 1974 film, signed under the pseudonym Michel Gentil, brought together a great slew of magnificent actresses: Brigitte Borghese, Joelle Coeur, Annie Belle (which is the first film) or the Castel sisters.

We will not have any help from the CNC for this title because it is unfortunately classified X (the law X is passed in 76 but many films from 74 to 76 will be misclassified X as for example the CHARNELLES of Claude Mulot or L ' LOVE AT THE MOUTH of Gérard Kikoïne).

This title will be sold exclusively on our site. The restoration will be from the original negative and the scan takes place soon. BACCHANALES SEXUELLES (also known as "Everybody in Two" or "The Fantasies of Malvina") has never been published on DVD or BLURAY in France and it will be a world premiere in HD.

To be continued..."

This will be a welcome upgrade as the Synapse DVD from 2002 was from a not too great looking PAL master.