Jean Rollin Filmography

Born:
November 3, 1938 in Neuilly-sur-Siene, France
Occupation:
Director, Screenwriter
Biography:
Ever since his feature debut with the controversial Rape of the Vampire (1967), French horror auteur Jean Rollin has gained a loyal cult following for his stylishly gothic exercises in erotic horror. Born into an artistically inclined family on November 3, 1938, in Neuilly-sur-Siene, France...Read More

  • Celluloid Horror

    Actors: Udo Kier, Buddy Giovinazzo, Kier-La Janisse, Jörg Buttgereit, Jean Rollin

    2004

  • The Fiancee of Dracula

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Jean Rollin, the French master of erotic horror, directed this gothic thriller. A professor (Jacques Regis) who is studying vampires has set out to find the remains of Count Dracula (Thomas Desfosse), but as he and his assistant travel deeper into the land of the undead, they are confronted by a Read More

    1999

  • Two Orphan Vampires

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Alexandra Pic, Isabelle Teboul, Brigitte Lahaie

    Synopsis: France's master of erotic horror, Jean Rollin, directed this sexy and atmospheric story of Louise (Alexandra Pic) and Henriette (Isabelle Teboul), a pair of orphaned sisters whose tragic fate is compounded by the fact they have no sight. But the truth is, the sisters are not really blind -- they Read More

    7/9/97

  • Perdues dans New York

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Directed by French cult hero Jean Rollin, Perdues Dans New York/Lost In New York concerns two women who find themselves mysteriously transported from a seaside in France to the streets of New York City. Separated and lost, they must find each other and figure out how to get back home. The DVD Read More

    1989

  • Sidewalks of Bangkok

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Yoko, Francoise Blanchard

    Synopsis: Horror director Jean Rollin tries his hand at melodrama in Les Trottoirs De Bangkok, which chronicles the discovery and concurrent investigation of an ultra-secret biochemical factory in Thailand. Though evidence of the factory's existence was captured in photograph by French intelligence agents Read More

    1984

  • Killing Car

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Tiki Tsang, Frederique Hayman, Jean-Jacques Lefeuvre, Karine Swenson, Jean-Rene Gossard

    Synopsis: Cult director Jean Rollin takes the helm for this bizarre tale of a mysterious Asian beauty (Tiki Tsang) steals a Buick and embarks on a vicious shooting spree. While she isn't fleeing from a pair of dogged detectives, the unnamed murderess spends her spare time taking a boat trip and gyrating at Read More

    1983

  • The Living Dead Girl

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Carina Barone, Michael Marshall, Marina Pierro, Francoise Blanchard

    Synopsis: Jean Rollin, the French filmmaker who has earned a potent cult following for his unique blend of eroticism and horror, directed this disturbing tale of a woman who has come back from the dead. When the grave of Catherine (Francoise Blanchard) is disturbed by an earthquake and fouled by a chemical Read More

    1982

  • Night of the Hunted

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Brigitte Lahaie

    Synopsis: This offbeat mixture of eroticism and dystopian science fiction was directed by French cult figure Jean Rollin. While driving along a lonely road in the middle of the night, a man (Vincent Gardnere) sees Elizabeth (Brigette Lahaie), a beautiful woman, wandering by the side of the road, obviously Read More

    1980

  • Zombie Lake

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Howard Vernon, Pierre Escourrou, Anouchka, Antonio Mayans

    Synopsis: Cult filmmaker Jean Rollin hit rock bottom with this soggy horror tale of drowned Nazis rising from their watery graves as hungry zombies. Howard Vernon leads a cast familiar to any fans of the prolific Jesus Franco, who was slated to direct this film before his bosses at Eurocine gave the Read More

    1980

  • Fascination

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Brigitte Lahaie

    Synopsis: This erotic horror film from controversial cult director Jean Rollin is among his best. Set in 1916, it tells the story of a thief who seeks refuge in a castle owned by two women, Eva (Brigitte Lahaie) and Elizabeth (Franca Mai). The women are seductive and teasing, but turn out to be part of a Read More

    1979

  • The Grapes of Death

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Marie-Georges Pascal, Serge Marquand, Felix Marten

    Synopsis: This gory zombie film was directed by cult filmmaker Jean Rollin. The plot concerns a dangerous pesticide which is applied to grapes in a wine-producing region, turning the inhabitants into insane zombie killers. There is plentiful nudity and violence for the exploitation crowd, as well as Read More

    1978

  • The Iron Rose

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Francoise Pascal, Hugues Quester, Nathalie Perrey, Mireille Dargent

    Synopsis: Cult director Jean Rollin's most unusual and haunting film was this poetic tale of two young lovers (Francoise Pascal, Hugues Quester) lost in a cemetery overnight. With only one set, two characters, and a hallucinatory style which could provoke unintentional laughter in some audiences, the film Read More

    1973

  • Lips of Blood

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Paul Bisciglia

    Synopsis: A man discovers that his dreams have become reality, only to learn that they have a deadly undercurrent, in this horror story for adults. Pierre (Jean-Lou Philippe) is haunted by a persistent dream in which he spends the night with a beautiful women in a white gown who lives in an ancient mansion Read More

    1972

  • Requiem for a Vampire

    Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

    Synopsis: This fourth feature from cult horror director Jean Rollin begins with two girls dressed as clowns making a mad getaway from a reform school. The girls end up in the clutches of "The Last Vampire," a somewhat pathetic creature seeking to reproduce his race. Marie-Pierre Castel and Mireille d'Argent Read More

    1971

  • Shiver of the Vampires

    Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

    Actors: Michel Delahaye, Jacques Robiolles

    Synopsis: French cult director Jean Rollin had his roots in the avant-garde film movement, so it's no surprise that many of his early films are nearly unwatchable. This vexing piece of psychedelic nonsense concerns newlyweds Antonio and Ise, who visit an old castle owned by the bride's dead cousins. When Read More

    1970

  • La Vampire Nue

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Olivier Martin, Maurice Lemaitre, Caroline Cartier, Ly Letrong

    Synopsis: Horror director Jean Rollin followed up Le Viol du Vampire with this equally strange excursion into vampiric eroticism. The plot concerns a suicide cult led by a mysterious figure known as The Master. Oliver Martin is the hero, who tries to rescue pretty Caroline Cartier from the cult, only to Read More

    1969

  • Rape of the Vampire

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Solange Pradel, Ursula Pauly

    Synopsis: This bizarre, surrealistic erotic-horror film was the first feature by cult director Jean Rollin. There's a great deal of sex, blood, and arty imagery but very little plot to speak of. What plot there is primarily focuses on a pair of insane vampiric sisters who believe that they are cursed by a Read More

    1968

  • Les Amours Jaunes

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Cult director Jean Rollin's first film was this 12-minute, black-and-white short inspired by a poem by Tristan Corbiere. Filmed on weekends in 35mm on an old Maurigraphe camera borrowed from Rollin's job at a newsreel company, the short contains footage of Rollin's friends at the cliffs of Dieppe Read More

    1958

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