This is a lushly decorated vista of negative space and lambent humor. With help from two men, she learns that the vines in the area are infected by a pesticide responsible for the frightening fiends. After elizabeth mariegeorges pascal encounters a rotting man and the corpse of her traveling companion on a deserted train, she flees into the countryside where she must battle a plague of the sad, tortured dead. If you are ever asked about the importance of editing and continuity to the watchability of a film, just point to this film as an example of how not to do it. The grapes of death 1978 a young woman marie george pascal discovers that wine made from contaminated grapes is turning people into decomposing zombies. One of rollins most popular and accessible films, grapes diverts from his series of surreal vampire erotica movies for a moody, atmospheric take on the zombie subgenre. The grapes of death is a film directed by jean rollin with mariegeorges pascal, felix marten, serge marquand, mirella rancelot, year. The grapes of wrath, though a runaway bestseller in 1939, was, we have to remind ourselves, an immensely controversial bookbanned and.
It centres on a young woman who becomes trapped in a village where a dangerous pesticide has turned the residents into aggressive zombies. The grapes of death 1978 philippe sissmann youtube. Jean rollin achieves what many consider to be his finest work in the grapes of death, which also serves as one of the first french gore films. The plot concerns a dangerous pesticide which is applied to grapes in a wineproducing region, turning the inhabitants into insane. The grapes of death is not the most compelling film in jean rollins filmography.
We will examine how the film deals with the novels controversial. The grapes of death from the grindhouse cinema database. The grapes of death was rollins first attempt to do the same for the zombie subgenre. Every scene is lingered over too much, ruining the pacing. A toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress who, with the help of her childhood friend, must. The notion of a film mixing zombies and winemaking may seem an almost obligatory avenue for someone in french cinema to furrow, but regardless this is far and away one of rollins best and most frightening films.
Jean rollins most terrifying film complete with zombie like attacks, a mysterious blind girl, brigitte lahaie looking like a greek goddess in her nude scene. Deathdream 1974 vs the grapes of death 1978 the french undead wander the countryside after a bit too much wine, while a young soldier killed in vietnam returns to his family a changed man. Complete national film registry listing film registry. The heroine find herself there after an unfortunate incident on a train and spends the rest of the film. For a rollin film, this one is very low on the sleaze and nudity, only the ravishing actresspornstar brigitte lahaie rollins favorite actress gets naked in a supporting. The grapes of death will appeal to those who seek out horror that is less interested in plot mechanics and exposition as it is in creating pure cinema as a waking dream. Rent, buy or watch the grapes of death movie now family. Although he had made several successful pictures earlier in his career, this was his first effort with a real budget. Rollin is more concerned with capturing the dreamy nature of his worlds, and in the case of the grapes of death, a nightmare. Your array admission the admonition that is admonition abounding and complete. This moving depressionera social drama based on john steinbecks novel, follows the hopeful migration of works from the oklahoma dust bowl through their subsequent disillusionment upon reaching california, the promised land. Theres also your standard introduction to the film by rollin, a trailer for this and other films in the rollin collection and a new edition of the tim lucas liner notes series focused on grapes of death and night of the hunted. The grapes of death the grindhouse cinema database.
The grapes of death is far from perfect or even competently made but it does have its moments and it survives as a nice rest stop on the way to films like 28 days later. The grapes of death show how much mileage european filmmakers can get out of old buildings on bluray disc courtesy of kino lorber home entertainment. The grapes of death 1978 changes the movie database. Did you know that brigitte lahaie was a french pornstar in the 70s. When rollin makes films that arent for himself, playing to his own interests, things can get a little dicey. For his cinematographer on his sublime debut film, citizen kane, welles chose the man who had made the grapes of wrath so visually persuasive, gregg toland. The grapes of death 1978 letterboxd your life in film. Mariageorges pascal, felix marten, serge marquand, mirella rancelot, patrice valota, jean rollin. Elizabeth, holding out for a dream, has it robbed from her, leaving her in the nightmare shes been trying to escape the whole film.
The grapes of wrath is a 1940 american drama film directed by john ford. Among the many future filmmakers who would be influenced by the grapes of wraths eloquent visual statement and deep sympathy for humanity was orson welles, then just arriving in hollywod. The screenplay was written by nunnally johnson and the executive producer was darryl f. The grapes of death bluray disc, 20 for sale online. A woman travelling in southern france is assaulted by a corpse and escapes to the countryside, where she soon encounters legions of zombies. Jean rollins grapes of death is a refreshing living dead poem, and an effective low key horror film from frances gentleman auteur. The grapes of death, the french horror film by jean rollin fandor. Finally, he acts violently and kills his daughter with a pitchfork. What it lacks in the dialogue department is vastly made up in the visuals, it is a beautifully shot film that is home to many memorable and fiendishly twisted scenes. The atmosphere and story are not too bad, and the gore is a bit amateurish but plentiful. Harry potter complete 8 film collection dvd 2011, 8disc set free shipping.
The grapes of death is set in an infected rural village known for its wine. Also exist continuation 2grapes in czech 2bobule from 2009. It begins, much like tombs of the blind dead 1971, with two women and one man on a train ride through the countryside in this case, the stunningly beautiful mountain region of cevennes in france. Even though the grapes of death is missing many of the directors favorite motifs and themes, it still seems like hes trying to deliver a worthwhile horror film unlike zombie lake. Philippe sissmann with mariegeorges pascal mirella rancelot. As the title implies, the cause of the zombie infestation is traced back to a vineyard, where an experimental pesticide has infected the wine. The grapes of death 1978, france is a horror film directed by jean rollin. In their best moments, these films offer images and scenarios worthy of. Jean rollins acclaimed cult horror film grapes of death stars brigitte lahaie as a woman whose vacation takes a horrific turn when she finds herself in a town full of zombielike killers.
The grapes of death 1978 nude scenes film adaptation. This second dubious honor is a bit misleading, however, as the film is intended to be. A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into killer zombies. Complete zombie movies list by bigfatbaloney public this is a list i am using to keep a list of all zombie movies i have watched or will eventually watch check out. Watching it, one is almost surprised that rollin wouldor coulddirect a film to such a successfully commercial end, but the grapes of death unfolds like an everexpanding nightmare whose noose is drawn all the tighter by the efforts of its young heroine to escape it. A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into murderous lunatics. The grapes of death offers another interesting variation on the postromero zombie mythology. The polluted wine produced for a villages annual grape harvest festival has left all but a few rabid with some. Poza o poti vedea in marime naturala daca apesi pe ea. The grapes of death, also known as pesticide is a 1978 french horror film directed by jean rollin.
The episodic plot follows a harrowing day and night for young elisabeth pascal, who is journeying through the french countryside by train. Maybe rollins most accessible film, but still slow so to speak. In fact, commonalities with the earlier, more challenging the nude vampire run deep. Halloween 4 the night he came home full movie duration. Complete national film registry listing sort films by title, year of release, and year inducted into the registry by using the up and down arrows at the top of each column.
It was based on john steinbecks 1939 pulitzer prizewinning novel of the same name. He makes sure to rip open her blouse first to show her ample breasts. My major objection to the film is the poor editing. Grapes also shares a similar social commentary based narrative, found in both of the aforementioned films, although given the pesticide contagion, is a tad closer to graus work. Download pdf copies of the entire list of registry titles sorted alphabetically or by year of release.
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