"Actor: Jean Loup Philippe"

• Lips of Blood (Limited Edition Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (30/10/2023) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of Jean Rollin's best-loved films, Lips of Blood (Lèvres de sang) finds the master of the fantastique marshalling all of his obsessions ruined châteaux, remote beaches, abandoned graveyards, mysterious twins, and female vampires. When a photograph of a decrepit seaside château evokes a childhood vision of an encounter with a mysterious girl, Frederick is compelled to investigate. Soon, he uncovers a surreal and erotic netherworld of vampirism from which he might never return. Starring regular Rollin actors Jean-Loup Philippe (The Rape of the Vampire), Natalie Perrey (The Iron Rose), and twins Cathy and Marie-Pierre Castel (Requiem for a Vampire), Lips of Blood is a tour de force within Rollin's inimitable oeuvre. Product Features INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES New 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films Original French mono soundtrack Audio commentary with genre-film experts, critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2023) Selected scenes audio commentary with Jean Rollin (2005) Jean Rollin Introduces ˜Lips of Blood' (1998): filmed appraisal The Beach That Follows Me (2005): Rollin reminisces about the beach in Dieppe, and his many experiences of filming there Newly edited archival interview with Rollin (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor and frequent Rollin collaborator Natalie Perrey (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor Jean-Loup Philippe (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor Serge Rollin (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor Cathy Tricot (2023) Critical appreciation by the author and film historian Virginie Sélavy (2023) Original theatrical trailer Image galleries: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes New and improved English translation subtitles Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Maitland McDonough, archival writing by Jean Rollin on the making of the film, archival interviews with Rollin and Annie Brilland, an analysis of Suck Me, Vampire, the hardcore film Rollin made using scenes from Lips of Blood, and full film credits Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US All extras subject to change

• Lips of Blood (Limited Edition 4K UHD) | Blu Ray | (30/10/2023) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of Jean Rollin's best-loved films, Lips of Blood (Lèvres de sang) finds the master of the fantastique marshalling all of his obsessions ruined châteaux, remote beaches, abandoned graveyards, mysterious twins, and female vampires. When a photograph of a decrepit seaside château evokes a childhood vision of an encounter with a mysterious girl, Frederick is compelled to investigate. Soon, he uncovers a surreal and erotic netherworld of vampirism from which he might never return. Starring regular Rollin actors Jean-Loup Philippe (The Rape of the Vampire), Natalie Perrey (The Iron Rose), and twins Cathy and Marie-Pierre Castel (Requiem for a Vampire), Lips of Blood is a tour de force within Rollin's inimitable oeuvre. Product Features INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES New 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Original French mono soundtrack Audio commentary with genre-film experts, critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2023) Selected scenes audio commentary with Jean Rollin (2005) Jean Rollin Introduces ˜Lips of Blood' (1998): filmed appraisal The Beach That Follows Me (2005): Rollin reminisces about the beach in Dieppe, and his many experiences of filming there Newly edited archival interview with Rollin (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor and frequent Rollin collaborator Natalie Perrey (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor Jean-Loup Philippe (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor Serge Rollin (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor Cathy Tricot (2023) Critical appreciation by the author and film historian Virginie Sélavy (2023) Original theatrical trailer Image galleries: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes New and improved English translation subtitles Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Maitland McDonough, archival writing by Jean Rollin on the making of the film, archival interviews with Rollin and Annie Brilland, an analysis of Suck Me, Vampire, the hardcore film Rollin made using scenes from Lips of Blood, and full film credits World premiere on 4K UHD Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US All extras subject to change

• Lips Of Blood | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £11.70   |  Saving you £6.28 (72.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  There's no director like Jean Rollin, the French horror fantasist who mixes the poetry of Jean Cocteau with the emotionless performances of Robert Bresson in his erotic vampire films. Lips of Blood is one of his best, an Oedipal tale of a young man haunted by visions of a forgotten childhood when he spies a poster of a coastal castle at a party. Jean-Louis Philippe, a hopelessly bland and flat performer, wanders through the deserted piazzas and fountains of his suddenly odd and alien hometown, eerily lit up in the dead of night. He's a man lost in a world where a woman in white silently materialises like a supernatural muse, gunmen appear from the inky-black night, and four naked vampire girls prowl the streets for blood and watch over him like dark angels. It's a tale of blood, sex, and haunting desire full of nudity and death and told in an austere, surreal style born of forced budgetary austerity. Rollin is slipshod with his action scenes and stiff with performers, but once he leaves the confines of the "real" world (where he's oddly uncomfortable) his style creates a trancelike mood to complement the beauty of his poetically macabre vision. The film our hero watches early in the picture is Rollin's own Shiver of the Vampires. --Sean Axmaker

• Lips of Blood | DVD | (11/02/2019) from £9.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When asked which of his own films was his favourite Jean Rollin would name Lips of Blood,which tells the tale of a young man haunted by a photograph of an old castle near a beach,whose name and whereabouts he can never remember, and a women in white whom he sees again and again. Eventually, he follows the woman in white to a cemetary where he unwittingly frees several female vampires who threaten to cause mayhem on the streets of Paris. Extras: Stills gallery including many from Rollin s private collection, Original trailer, Salvation trailers, interview with Jean Rollin by Dr Patricia MacCormack, Jean Rollin documentary Vampires and Virgins.