The Shiver of the Vampires Blu-ray

Release Year: 1971

Runtime: 95 min

Director: Jean Rollin

Cast: Sandra Julien, Jean-Marie Durand, Michel Delahaye, Jacques Robiolles, Dominique

Studios: Les Films Modernes, Les Films ABC

A newlywed couple travels to a small town to visit the bride's cousins—her last two surviving relatives—at the castle where they live, only to discover that the cousins have just died and the castle is now inhabited by vampires.

Special Features:

Brand-new 4K restoration from the internegative by Powerhouse Films

Original French and English mono soundtracks.

Audio commentary with director Jean Rollin (2006)

Audio commentary with Sylvia Kristel: From ‘Emmanuelle’ to Chabrol author Jeremy Richey (2023).

Jean Rollin Introduces ‘The Shiver of the Vampires’

(1998, 4 mins): filmed appraisal.

Rouge vif (2023, 18 mins)

Updated documentary on the making of The Shiver of the Vampires by Rollin’s personal assistant, Daniel Gouyette, including interviews with key collaborators Natalie Perrey and Jean-Noël Delamarre.

Fear and Desire (2004, 41 mins)

Lengthy discussion between Jean Rollin and the film theorist Patricia MacCormack, filmed in Paris.

Macabre Psychedelia (2023, 3 mins)

Critical appreciation by the author and film historian Virginie Sélavy.

Export inserts

(25 mins): seven explicit sequences filmed for foreign markets.

Original French and English theatrical trailers

Image galleries: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes.

New and improved English translation subtitles for the French soundtrack

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Limited edition exclusive 80-page book

A new essay by David Hinds, an archival introduction by Jean Rollin, an archival interview with the director by Peter Blumenstock, an archival interview with actor Marie-Pierre Castel, Andy Votel on Acanthus, the mysterious group behind the film’s soundtrack, and full credits.

Technical Specifications:

• 1080p
• French language
• English language
• English subtitles
• Color