The Film, But A Good Kind Of Cheese - 1361 Words

A Cheesy Film, But a Good Kind of Cheese Daughter of Darkness, a euro-horror film was released in 1971 in a time where art was transcending to a new place. This place was one that had very little remnants of classic culture as things tended to look futuristic, fashion tended to be flamboyant and what in previous times would have been considered risquà © or totally inappropriate became something that would not raise too many eye-brows. Daughters of Darkness is constructed with all those traits typical of 70’s art and it does so in a way that is considered â€Å"cheesy†, however at the same time the film provides a fascinating take on the Elizabeth Bathroy by combining elements of mythological and historical vampires in combination with modern day religious thoughts thus creating a horror film on the surface but something with much more meaning underneath. One of the main horror elements is setting. The setting in Daughters of Darkness is not particularly horrifying thou gh. 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