Director Gerry de Leon (TERROR IS A MAN, BRIDES OF BLOOD) delves deep into themes of lust, guilt, faith and redemption within an aristocratic family cursed by vampirism. But this time, he adds rich gothic dollops of torture, incest, carnal depravity and blackface that “oozes sexual menace, brims with potent cultural metaphors and makes for unusually hypnotic viewing” (Senses Of Cinema).
