UPDATE: All detail’s in this story are now invalid. The project will be starting from scratch with a new title and cast.
Dueling Countess Bathory movies? Sure, why not?
News is coming in that, in addition to the already-filmed THE COUNTESS, Julie Delpy’s movie about the blood-bathing lady, there’s another take on the ghoulish material on the way – and this one sounds way more interesting. Read on for the “out there” synopsis:
Impatiently awaiting the arrival of her devoted maid Hermine, the countess Erzsébeth Báthory, also known as La Comtesse Sanglante, a tigress in human disguise, ascends into the open daylight. At breathtaking speed, the two women race through a Vienna of ghoulish beauty. Their entourage: Báthorys nephew Bubi, a vegetarian vampire who refuses to follow family traditions, his therapist, two wacky vampirologists, some members of the duelling fraternity “Vampiria”, an all-female music ensemble, and many more. “Wiener Blut”, Viennese blood is shed by the buckets while the hearts of the present Habsburgians and Viennese beat high. This is a cracked journey to the roots of a myth that has lost nothing of its appeal: to the Vampyre Empire! Naturally, the showdown takes place at Vienna´s “Prater” – during a midnight supper on that fair´s famous Ferris wheel.
The film seems to be a work in progress, with starts and stops since last year (the Austrian Times wrote about it this past February). It’s unsure whether or not it’s actually moving full steam ahead at this point, but one can dream, since it sounds like a f*ckin’ freakshow of the highest order. Isabelle Huppert is also attached to star.
To read a long statement from the director, head on over to her official site. (I just like seeing that it’s females helming these bloody movies.)
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