Vampyros Lesbos
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Vampyros Lesbos is a 1971 film directed by Jesus Franco. It is an erotic horror tale inspired by Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. The main character, Linda Westinghouse (played by Ewa Strömberg), is a young lawyer who travels on a job assignment to an island where she meets the mysterious young and beautiful countess Carody (Soledad Miranda).
The film is considered by many to be one of Franco's best and a cult classic of European Exploitation film.
Film score
The film's score, composed by Manfred Hübler and Siegfried Schwab (a.k.a. The Vampires' Sound Incorporation), gained a cult following when it was rereleased. The score of the heavily cut Spanish version (entitled Las Vampiras) was composed by Franco under the name David Khune.
The composition "the lions and the cucumber" was used on the soundtrack of Jackie Brown, by Quentin Tarantino.