The Film (4/5)

    Dracula's Fiancee opens with a professor (Jacques Regis), and his partner (Denis Tallaron) wandering through a cemetery at night on the hunt for the famed Count Dracula. They plan to stop him before he can reunite with his bride. To this end they meet and threaten a jester (yes, this is accurate), and have him help on their journey.  There is a lot going on in Dracula's Fiancee involving multiple monsters, creatures called Parellels,  a cult of nuns and more.

    The film is the third to final film Rollin would direct before his death.  It has a feeling like Cassavete's Love Streams, in the sense that it seems to bring together the themes, and visuals most well known from Rollin's other works, and brings them together for one final coda for the filmmaker.
 

    The film is another vampire film from Rollin (obviously), but unlike his prior entry Two Orphan Vampires which seemed out of steps with the world Rollin built throughout the late 60's and 70's.  This one firmly uses the visual language , style , and mythology Rollin crafted in those earlier vampire films (full disclosure, I am a fan of Two Orphan Vampires, regardless of tonal differences).  The film while not brimming with erotic content like his earlier features, still has a few moments that call back to Rollin’s trademark eroticism. It also features a lovely abstract atmosphere in that wonderful dreamy Rollin style.

Audio/Video (4/5)

    Dracula's Fiancee is presented by Kino and Redemption in a solid 1:66:1 1080p AVC encoded transfer. This transfer shares the attributes of prior Redemption/Kino Rollin releases, most notably a limited amount of clean up,  with just some minor color correction. This film being newer fares better than earlier films, and has a nice filmlike texture, deep blacks, and excellent detail.

    Audio is handled an HD audio track in the film's native French. Everything here sounds quite solid without any discernible issues.

Extras (3.5/5)

    Well, one cannot go wrong with adding a full other feature film on a Blu-ray, and that's what Kino does here with Rollin's short, but fantastic, feature Lost in New York. Which looks quite solid here, and is the first Blu-ray relese of this film as well. We also get another fantastic commentary courtesy of Diabolique's Samm Deighan, who edited the anthology overview of Rollin's career  Lost Girls - Phantasmagorical Cinema of Jean Rollin. This commentary touches on the themes in the film, and how they relate to Rollin's overall oeuvre, and is worth the price of admission for this alone.

Overall

     Dracula's Fiancee though not quite Rollin's final film, is an excellent thematic send off to this master's career. The Blu-ray from Kino/Redemption looks quite excellent and has some fine extra features. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.