Isabelle Huppert Starring as Elizabeth Báthory in ‘The Blood Countess’ Vampire Movie

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 film follows Elizabeth Báthory as “She and her devoted maid (Birgit Minichmayr) embark on a baroque quest through Vienna to recover the red elixir of life. The book, if found and read by the vampire’s enemies, threatens their vampire realm. Hot on their heels are a vegetarian nephew (Thomas Schubert), his psychotherapist (Lars Eidinger), two vampirologists, a police inspector, and more lively characters in this twisted and humorous vampire tale.”

For the uninitiated, Countess Elizabeth Báthory was a Hungarian noblewoman who purportedly tortured and murdered hundreds of young women in the 16th and 17th centuries, the crimes so heinous that her serial killing ways evolved into folkloric tales of vampirism.

Birgit Minichmayr (Daughters), Lars Eidinger (Dying), Thomas Schubert (Afire) and André Jung (The Forger) star alongside Huppert.

“‘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.

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