Isabelle Huppert (Elle, Greta) is starring as the notorious Countess Elizabeth Báthory in the upcoming vampire mystery feature The Blood Countess, which is set to launch sales next week at EFM, Variety reports today. The Blood Countess is directed by Ulrike Ottinger, who co-wrote the screenplay with the Nobel Prize in Literature winner Elfriede Jelinek. […]
“‘The Blood Countess’ is an immersive and delightfully eccentric vampire mystery with a vibrant cast of characters, led by the captivating Blood Countess herself,” Magnify, who’s launching sales, told Variety. “The story unfolds as a highly visual, narrative scavenger hunt — playing with history, modernity, humor, and style. It is the perfect reintroduction of Ottinger’s work to a global audience that has grown in appetite for visually striking, bold, and smart genre cinema.”
Martin Gschlacht, behind last year’s The Devil’s Bath, is handling cinematography.
Interestingly, The Blood Countess is a project Ottinger has been pursuing for a while. The film was first conceived at last year’s Cannes Film Market with updates from Ottinger’s website that revealed Tilda Swinton was once attached as the Countess.
Stay tuned for additional details on this feature as they arrive.
