Review of The Grapes of Death (1978) by Shaun B — 15 Apr 2012

This is my first Jean Rollin film (I believe?) and although most of his works seem to lean more on erotic vampires, this time around he is using zombies who drank too much wine tainted with pesticides! It's a very cultish movie with beautiful and seductive women and Rollins' own B-movie Euro-trash sensibilities are in rather nice form with a memorable beheading scene and the camera catching the gorgeous vineyards and villages in ecstatic moments of glory.

And then you get to see the somewhat bad acting and the lackadaisical direction that occasionally wanders off... But overall it's an interesting horror film that is more about style than substance, it was made in the 1970s and it's by a French director known for B-movie sleaziness.

Not bad for a first taste in my opinion.