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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!