Blood and Roses

Blood and Roses
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoger Vadim
Screenplay by
  • Claude Brulé
  • Claude Martin
  • Roger Vadim
Based onCarmilla
by Sheridan Le Fanu
Produced byRaymond Eger
Starring
CinematographyClaude Renoir
Edited byVictoria Mercanton
Music byJean Prodromides
Production
companies
  • Films EGE
  • Documento Film
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • 14 September 1960 (1960-09-14) (France)
  • January 1961 (1961-01) (Rome)
Running time
87 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
Box office1,205,106 admissions (France)

Blood and Roses (French: ...Et mourir de plaisir (Le sang et la rose), lit.'...And die of pleasure (The blood and the rose)') is a 1960 erotic horror film directed by Roger Vadim. It is based on the novella Carmilla (1872) by Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, shifting the book's setting in 19th-century Styria to the film's 20th-century Italy. This film was conceived in both French and English-language versions, with the principal actors shooting their scenes in both languages.