The Blood Rose

The Blood Rose

The First Sex-Horror Film Ever Made!

R 1970 · 94 min · ★ 5.6 · Horror

Frédéric Lansac, an artist and botanist, has a wild affair with party girl Moira, but throws her over when he meets the lovely Anne. Frédéric and Anne marry, but tragedy strikes when Moira shows up at the wedding party and makes a scene, causing Anne to fall into a bonfire. Frédéric and Anne lock themselves up in his mansion with his servants, a pair of mute dwarves. Anne, needless to say, becomes bitter and demanding. Frédéric tells everyone Anne has died, then on the sly, hires a nurse to look after her.

Directed by Claude Mulot · Written by Edgar Oppenheimer

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Cast

Philippe Lemaire Frédéric Lansac
Anny Duperey Anne
Elizabeth Teissier Moira
Olivia Robin Barbara
Michèle Perello Agnès
Valérie Boisgel Catherine
Jean-Pierre Honoré Paul Bertin
Gérard-Antoine Huart Wilfried
Jacques Seiler Le policier
Michel Charrel L'homme louche
Howard Vernon Professeur Römer
Véronique Verlhac La cliente de la galerie

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