{"id":10743,"date":"2011-08-19T18:45:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T07:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=10743"},"modified":"2011-11-02T06:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:25:00","slug":"exclusive-images-empress-vampire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/08\/19\/exclusive-images-empress-vampire\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Images: Empress Vampire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, vampire movies! There’s been so many — and they’re so varied. Well, this one’s got fangs, blood, bare flesh, blood on bare flesh, entrails, lots of cleavage, gaudily lavish costumes, beautiful female vampires, and a van Helsing or two. It even throws in a government conspiracy for good measure. The film clearly has nothing to do with Twilight<\/em>, but just as clearly it has leapt on the mid-70s Hammer carriage and is flogging the horses on with gusto.<\/p>\n

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Empress Vampire<\/strong> (aka Huang Hou Xi Xue Gui) (US-2011; dir. Phil Condit) and its old-school mix of low-tech horror and extravagant exploitation aesthetics must come as something of a relief to all those vampire aficionados out there currently feeling stifled by the undead soul-searching, school-girl infatuation and glittery vamp-hugging that we’ve been inflicted with during this part of the century.<\/p>\n

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Synopsis<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The government gets more than it bargained for when it tries to enlist the Empress Vampire (Ange Maya) to use her death-dealing skills as a secret agent.\u00a0 On orders from Secretary of Defense Arthur Hayes (Tom Cochran), FBI Agent Dan Higgins (Beau Nelson) is sent to locate the Empress. When he encounters a vampire hunter (Garrett Brawith) and a psychic (Laura Contenescu) also intent on finding her, they join forces to track her down. The search gets deadly when the Empress turns the tables and starts hunting the hunters.<\/p>\n

Enter the darkness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Says director Phil Condit, “Not for the squeamish or easily offended, Empress Vampire<\/em> is an erotically charged, lethal journey into the darkness of the human soul, the darkness of greed and corruption, and the darkness of the perversion of the Empress Vampire.”<\/p>\n

Trailer<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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In the picture below, director Condit does a “Hitchcock” (hint: he’s the guy in the hat).<\/p>\n

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Empress Vampire<\/em> has just completed post-production and is awaiting release. Check out more images from the film in the gallery below.<\/p>\n