I have never watched any lesbian vampire films before, and it is surprising that the lesbian vampire films were so popular in the early 1970s. In Bonnie Zimmerman’s Daughters of Darkness: Lesbia Vampires, he mentioned that the popularity of the lesbian vampire films at that time may be related to the historical developments: feminism and public awareness of lesbianism. However, in 1980s’ male-dominated society, men did not enjoy “watching themselves the victims”, they enjoyed watching “woman subdued and violated by men, not other women”. In Daughters of Darkness, the young husband Stefan is exactly that kind of man, I remember that he says to the countess, “She is mine and I am a man.” He really made me uncomfortable, such as his violent mood-swings, obsession with the dead girls and blood, arrogant attitude to his wife Valerie. After he accidentally killed the countess’s pro…
