{"id":99,"date":"2006-03-29T12:19:14","date_gmt":"2006-03-29T19:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=99"},"modified":"2022-09-05T11:43:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T18:43:20","slug":"velvet-vampire-thecemetery-girls-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=99","title":{"rendered":"Velvet Vampire, The \/ Cemetery Girls (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Diane, there&#8217;s one thing I don&#8217;t get: the headstone said your husband died in 1875.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Poster-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Poster-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-62235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Poster-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Poster-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Poster-1-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Poster-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Poster-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Poster-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Poster-1-180x270.jpg 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Poster-1-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA female vampire (Celeste Yarnell) invites a young couple (Michael Blodgett and Sherry Miles) to her home in the desert, then attempts to seduce them both.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Stephanie Rothman Films<\/li>\n<li>Vampires<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, this comedic &#8220;offbeat&#8221; comedic vampire movie (written and directed by Stephanie Rothman) is &#8220;basically about an unconventional love triangle in which one of the two women just happens to be a vampire.&#8221; Many critics have argued that the film has undercurrents of latent lesbianism, but I have to say I don&#8217;t agree. Unlike other female vampires on film &#8212; such as Carmilla in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=139\"><em>Vampire Lovers<\/em><\/a> (1970) or &#8220;Countess Bathory&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=69769\"><em>Daughters of Darkness<\/em> (1971)<\/a> &#8212; Yarnell doesn&#8217;t seem to particularly prefer either men <em>or<\/em> women; she&#8217;s just out for blood, pure and simple. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Colorful cinematography and &#8220;stylish set design&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Colors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Colors-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Colors-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Colors-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Colors-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Colors-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Colors-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Colors-478x270.png 478w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Velvet-Vampire-Colors.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A haunting, if repetitive, film score which will stick in your mind for a long time afterwards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo.  This one will only of be interest for true vampire fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0067929\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.communistvampires.com\/horror\/Velvet%20Vampire.htm\">Communist Vampires Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Diane, there&#8217;s one thing I don&#8217;t get: the headstone said your husband died in 1875.&#8221; Synopsis: A female vampire (Celeste Yarnell) invites a young couple (Michael Blodgett and Sherry Miles) to her home in the desert, then attempts to seduce them both. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Horror Love Triangle Stephanie Rothman Films Vampires Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary writes, this comedic &#8220;offbeat&#8221; comedic vampire movie (written and directed by Stephanie Rothman) is &#8220;basically about an unconventional love triangle&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=99\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86859,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/86859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}