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A man heading through the countryside is drawn to a strange castle, which is reputed by the locals to be haunted. There he meets a beguiling young woman who ensnares him in her world of secrets.
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The Maiden's Tune
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01 Jan 1973
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1st Đorđe Kadijević
A maddeningly obtuse piece of horror(?) set in a single house and shot in luminous black and white that feels a little similar to Dom Sary, a Polish horror I saw a couple years ago. Both involve a young, innocent man being lured into some form of dangerously murky situation by an erotically charged but deeply disturbed older woman who is assisted by a sinister butler/coachman, but the sexuality here is far more open and brazen here, if nothing for Olivera Katarina's prominent cleavage barely contained by her dress. Much of the film is spent with our hero pursuing her through the various cold white rooms of her house while she speaks in strange aphorisms and mutters…
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A man and woman get really horny after murdering a child. They take the child’s body to her bedroom and can’t be bothered with going to another room before they make out. They go hang out next to the tomb of the woman’s dead husband, that just makes them hornier. The woman holds DIY gigs in her attic, and has the most impressive stage presentation and performance technique. It’s a good surprise. If you’re goth and want to be horny, look no further.
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They meet cute when she (Olivera Katarina) accidentally murders a child with her carriage, but one dead child cannot hold his attention for long, not with cleavage like that. She laughs, she pulls him close, she chastises him, she pushes him away, she says she loves him, they make out. I've had nights just like this, it never ends well. I know, I know, the cleavage. Don't say I didn't warn you. What is the secret of the strange, haunting music? The music of love? It's a dark and delicious surprise. I love a supernatural mystery that has a simple explanation, but one you would never guess in a million years.
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A traveler is drawn by a siren song to a foreboding castle. When a young boy warns him away from it, he is run over by a carriage carrying the enigmatic lady of the manor. She begs the traveler's assistance with the boy and takes him to her castle where she engages him in a supernatural, psycho-sexual pas de deux that leads him to the horrifying secret of the Maiden's Tune.
Dude, this was fucking amazing. I didn't know where it was going but I could not peel my eyes away from it. It's so strange and so mysterious and so intoxicating. I felt like I was trapped by the lady myself. The casting is absolute perfection. This Olivera Katarina…
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Another extra film on disc 3 of the "All the Haunts Be Ours" box set and it should have been the main feature instead of "Leptirica". It's only 10 minutes shorter with 55 minutes but this striking black and white gothic film oozed atmosphere in a siren version of "Dracula".
A young lad is dropped off by a carriage refusing to venture further and is mesmerized by hauntingly beautiful singing coming from a nearby castle. He's lured inside after the beautiful maiden who lives inside the castle runs over a small boy with her carriage. What is the secret of the siren's singing? It's eventually revealed in its great ending.
The music created an unsettling atmosphere and beautiful actress Olivera…
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The way Olivera Katarina wears clothes is practically indecent and her performance has skyrocketed to the top of my list of beautiful people acting completely nutso, like a boss maven. This is top notch European sex death gothic that would make any aesthete proud to be associated with it. Fashions for the ages and a piano to make Harry Parch blanch crown this delightful macabre. A standing ovation from my audience of one
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a place to extract knowledge/perspective from its textures; the projector light shines through shattered crystalline structure, fractalized shapes, Illogical patterns in a secret space invisible to the eye but always present, motivating factors behind physical and emotional structures, symbols. this movie fits within this category in such a tidy way, 55 minutes of lust and death sprawling a gothic coffin to activate ur feelings into a psycho-sexual delusion. U ever get so horny u have auditory hallucinations?
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All the Haunts Be Ours Disc Three
Yeah, I’m STILL on Disc Three. Don’t judge me. I’m savoring this bad boy, and so far, it’s been great.
Dream-Dirge of the Deadly Décolletage
“I’ll be here for as long as I’m needed.”
Ivan, you don’t know the truth of your own words.Languidly paced, even for a Gothic Poe riff, but that end sequence rips.
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More eerie atmosphere from Đorđe Kadijević with a soundtrack of wind and piano tinklings (the source of which is later revealed). A man is drawn into a castle by an entrancing woman displaying formidable cleavage that would make Russ Meyer proud. Olivera Katarina is amazing in the role. Mysterious, seductive, but also super camp. The majority of the movie is just watching her command the screen. Then it ends with a fantastic, creepy reveal of what The Maiden’s Tune actually is. I thought it was all pretty great, although the conclusion was a bit sad. I would like it to be known that if I ever met a woman after witnessing her run over a child, then went with her…
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When a traveler stops at a small inn during his journey to the city, he finds himself inexplicably captivated by a nearby castle. The locals attempt to convince him to stay away, but he ends up being drawn in by forces outside of his control-- and when a young boy is run over by a carriage due to his negligence, the man is forced to seek help from the widow who calls the castle home.
I have become more impressed by Đorđe Kadijević's work with every film that I have seen from him. Leptirica was an interesting piece of folk horror history, even if I wasn't completely sure how to feel about it (it'll probably take another viewing or two…
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Virgin's Music, or The Maiden's Tune, is a short and simple supernatural horror film by Djordje Kadijević. Released at some point in 1973, it sees a guy traveling to a castle, which locals believe to be haunted by a woman in the countryside. And though nothing particularly original happens in the duration of this hour, the craft is so excellent, you can't help but to feel sucked in and enjoy every chilling moment. Creepy giggling, an old-dark-house, candelabras, and hanging skeletons galore. Serbian horror isn't my greatest area of expertise, but if this is any indication of how the genre is handled, I'd love to check out more work from that region. So glad they included this as a bonus film for Severin's All the Haunts Be Ours, and I'm eager to check out the other two titles from this director also included in the massive blu-ray collection.
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Djordje Kadijevic is certainly an interesting film maker. The “first” Yugoslavian horror filmmaker in a country without horror films. The budgets on the films are so low everything ends up empty in a way few other films do. Although between this and Ward it starts to seem intentional. Like how did he find dusty roads through so much nothing? There aren’t even trees. Anyway this is some prime Poe style stuff, with a man drawn to a castle in the middle of nowhere and eventually trapped inside because of a dead child and a woman with a bosom straining for release in every scene/costume she’s in. She’s a mad woman, but very alluring and things get nuttier and nuttier as…
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