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• The Escapees | DVD | (09/02/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The escapees is aside from Rollin's adult title La Comtesse Ixe one of Rollin's most obscure and rare films having only ever been released on video in Canada and Turkey in miniscule numbers. This release marks both its DVD debut and the first time that it is being seen in its correct state as the master for this release was created from the original negative and supervised throughout its creation by Rollin himself. The film is at times brilliant and at others maddeningly frustrating as Rollin's story of two wayward girls on the run from an institution wanders from the fantastic to the farcical and back again. Written by Rollin and Jacques Ralf an associate brought in by the financiers The Escapees contains all the magic and fairytale qualities of films like Fascination and Requiem For A Vampire but somehow never quite reaches their brilliance. That said The Escapees has everything one expects from a Rollin film including two beautiful young women scenes of death burlesque shows in a junkyard and Brigitte Lahaie!

• Requiem for a Vampire | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A truly amazing and utterly spellbinding take on the vampire theme with the director the late Jean Rollin successfully mixing elements of the fairytale surrealism horror and eroticism into a striking visual feast that is almost devoid of dialogue. Centring on two young women on the run from a robbery who take refuge in a ruined castle Requiem was to establish Rollin's unique eroticised take on the vampire. It is a fitting tribute to his work. Jean Rollin died on 15th December 2010.