Vampiress Cosplay: Mina Tepes

Mina is the main character of the anime/manga "Dance of the Vampire Bund".  In the series she is the queen of vampires but she's referred to as a princess as she has a child like appearance. 

 

 

In Anime

COSPLAY

Vampiress XXX Review: "Heroine Domination Death Hell: The end of the Vampire"

The Gist: A sword wielding vampire super heroine wages a battle with an evil female vampire and her brood.

Female Vampire Factor:  Your vampire super-heroine is played by Sayuri Ichimatsu

 In this film she faces off with a larger blonde female vampire who also has a henchwoman with her who dresses in a very corporate look.

For those who are new to the Japanese super heroine style films they're easily summed up as cosplay torture porn. Generally the hero gets dominated by the villain which leads to lots of molesting.  The sexy hench woman in this one gets plenty of fang time prior to being offed which is great since in my opinion she's the hottest female in the movie.

There's also an even sexier scene in which the villain after dominating the hero feeds on her.

Then after she's overcome with blood lust blindfolds her then strips and force feeds her friend to her.

To add insult to injury after she finally one ups and kills all the villains our hero ends up being staked through the heart by a vampire hunter when she isn't looking.

Final Opinion: I have absolutely no complaints about this film.  It's straight and to the point with the vampires being feral monsters which is always a plus for me.  I give it a Vampire Beauty Rating of 5 out of 5. These kinds of films are hit or miss but this one was definitely on the better end of the entertainment spectrum.

Vampiress Review: "Vampire Dracula Comes to Kobe: Evil Makes a Woman Beautiful (吸血鬼ドラキュラ 神戸に現る)

The Gist: Dracula goes to Kobe Japan and falls for a woman who looks like his slain vampire bride.

Female Vampire Factor:  Our first taste comes in the form of a dream the main love interest of the film has that ends up bring a flashback to a previous life where she marrys Dracula just to be slain by vampire hunters.

From there in present day Kobe people are mysteriously dying.  What makes it even more mysterious is their bodies cannot be destroyed.  Eventually they all come back to life at the same time and march out of the morgue.

This results in more people being turned

Basically from there the vampires are just used as background characters for the wedding between Dracula and the woman he's infatuated with Eriko who are used to keep the films protagonist Mitsuo away from them.

Final Opinion: This is a made for TV film from 1979 so it's a bit cheesy.   I give it a Vampire Beauty Rating of 2 out of 5.  This story has been told what feels like a million times even by the point this film is made and nothing about this version really stands out from the others and it definitely doesn't compare to the Hammer Horror films that were still big during this time period. 

Vampiress XXX Review: "Devil Lady Vampire"

The Gist: A vampire disguised as a prostitute lours men to her layer for blood and sex. 

Female Vampire Factor: The Jav idol for this film is Hatano Yui. Basically it's a straight forward fem dom film that is broken down into three scenes.  In the first we see her seduce and man and bring her down to her home. 

 That's where she puts on her cloak and transforms into her vampire form.

She then proceeds to tie him down and her her way with him biting him along the way well concentrating on a lot of oral and hand sex.  Basically she feeds on his cum.

In the next scene we find that she has 3 men tied up and handcuffed who she proceeds seduce and milk as well.

In the final scene she has sex with a man who seems to be turning into a werewolf.

Final Opinion: This one unlike most isn't really storyline based so the selling point is basically Yui's outfits and seeing her with fangs.  No real complaints there so I give it a Vampire Beauty Rating of 5 out of 5.

Vampiress Review: "Evil of Dracula"

The Gist: A teacher takes a job at an all girls school that has a dark hidden secret that has resulted in girls going missing.

Clarification: The last of the Trilogy of Blood  films this is basically if you combine the Hammer films "Lust for a Vampire" with "The Satanic Rites of Dracula".  Long story short the school is run by a vampire couple and in order for people to not get suspicious the vampires take on the identities of the schools principle and his wife so you're basically rewarded for a promotion here by being murdered and having your identity stolen Joker style.  There's even a pretty graphic scene of the principals vampire wife in this film cutting the face off of one of their young victims and putting it on herself in order to take her identity and seduce the new teacher. 

Now that's some pretty hardcore stuff.

Selling Point: At the end of the day it's about vampires that like biting women in the boobs.  The storyline reason being doing that conceals the wound but let's be honest.  It's an excuse to show breasts throughout the film.

Female Vampire Factor: In true Hammer Horror fashion the movie almost immediately has our protagonist get attacked by female vampires.  In this case the principals "late" wife and a recent student that's gone missing.

Throughout the film people sneak down to the cellar where the body of the perceived dead wife of the principals coffin is where she rarely doesn't wake up and attacks her visitor.

As mentioned above she eventually removes the face of one of the school girls after she drains her and takes her identity.

This is the only time a female vamp in the film has fangs.  As seems to be a trend in these films the other girls who are bitten either disappear or kill themselves by throwing themselves off of things.

This was easily my favorite of the three films.  I give it a Vampire Beauty Rating of 5 out of 5.  The series definitely ended on a strong note.

Vampiress Review: "The Vampire Doll"

The Gist: A girl and her boyfriend go in search of her brother who has gone missing after going to visit his girlfriend.

Clarification: It's your basic hammer horror inspired people go into a remote location where there's a creepy house that has monsters as residence and then those people have to escape, film.  It's the first of the three films of the japanese "Bloodthirsty Trilogy" 

Female Vampire Factor:  The girlfriend in this case has been turned into a vampire.

The thing is she doesn't have fangs and she generally tries to kill throughout the film using standard murderer methods.

Out of the bloodthirsty trilogy films I'd say this is least vampire related but since it's the first of the three it's understandable and the films get more traditional with the vampires as they go.  I give this one a Vampire Beauty Rating of 2 out of 5.  If you're just interested in this series of films for the female vampire factor skip this one and just watch the other two.  Otherwise as far as straight forward old school horror goes it's pretty good.

Vampiress Review: "Lake of Dracula"

The Gist: A young woman who was led to believe her childhood run in with a vampire was imaginary learns otherwise when people around her begin dying in what looks like vampire attacks.

Clarification: This film is pretty much a Japanese version of the film The Brides of Dracula.  Similar story, with a very Hammer Horror feel to it. Much like that film Dracula isn't actually in this one either even though his name is in the title. In this case the vampire in the film is said to be a descendant of Dracula. 

Selling Point: A pretty good attempt at a Hammer style horror film.

Female Vampire Factor: Exactly like Brides you have two.  Unlike Brides only one fangs out  and they are never on screen at the same time.  One of the vampires early victims turns in the film but offs herself not long after by throwing herself off the rook of the hospital her body was taken too.

The only female we actually see fangs from is the main characters sister Natsuko

 This is where the inspiration from Brides is pretty obvious with her turn which almost mirrors Andree Melly's "Gina".

I give the film a Vampire Beauty Rating of 4 out of 5.  Hard to find a vampire film from Japan during this time frame that doesn't go with the Jiangshi (blue hopping vampires) over just your standard fanged walking undead so this is very much appreciated.  The vamps in this film aren't in it very long which is the only thing holding it back.

Vampiress Review: "Vampire Girls"

The Gist: A year after a man named Seiji's fiance disappears he seems to have found her now living as a prostitute.  Little does he know she's now a vampire.

Clarification:  Not much more to it.  It's a story of lost love.  The story is very reminiscent of one of the vampire episodes of Friday the 13th the series. 

Selling Point: The best part is that vampires in this film are indeed vampires. IE creatures to be feared so no Twilight style pandering. 

Female Vampire Factor:  The girl who goes missings name is Yumi played by Minori Hatsuni.

The bulk of the movie is Yumi seducing men and then biting them.  She was a sweet girl and very dedicated to Seiji until she was sexually assaulted and a female vampire bit her when she was attempted suicide. 

The Vampire who bit her was Luna

Luna is very attached to Yumi similar to the way Lestat is attached to Louis in Interview with the Vampire.  This makes life very dangerous for Seiji as she's always very close by when he sees her and is purposely trying to keep them apart.

I give this film a Vampire Beauty Rating of 5 out of 5.  It is a vampire horror movie with a love story element not a love story that happens to be about vampires.  When a hot woman is on screen someone is going to get bitten.