The Iron Rose

1973 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 47% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 47% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 2442 2.4K

cemetery eroticism psychological thriller gothic exsploitation erotic movie

Plot summary

A young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can't find their way out, and soon their fears begin to overtake them.

Director

Jean Rollin Photo
Jean Rollin

Top cast

Françoise Pascal Photo
Françoise Pascal as La femme
Hugues Quester Photo
Hugues Quester as L'homme
Jean Rollin Photo
Jean Rollin as Le rôdeur
Natalie Perrey Photo
Natalie Perrey as La vieille femme au cimetière
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738.66 MB
1204*720
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
Seeds 3
1.34 GB
1792*1072
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SkullScreamerReturns 7 / 10

Graveyard the movie

If you like gothic imagery about graves and old ruins, then you must see this film. Almost the whole movie takes place in an old cemetary. The plot is quite thin. Mostly the main characters just run and try to find a way out of the cemetary. So...this is a very usual thing to say about Jean Rollin films: not such great plot, but a lot of beautiful visual images. In my country there aren't such big and old cemetaries like seen on this film. Italy is such a gift to the world of horror, and I'm grateful for directors like Rollin to shoot movies in this kind of fantastic locations.I was a little bit disappointed because I've seen more interesting films from the director before. The lack of plot and lack of actual horror/blood/monsters/something troubled me a bit. But since I bought the blu-ray I will definitely keep it in my collection and watch again later. Must have red wine, though. And perhaps a skull-shaped chalice.
Reviewed by Company_of_Wolves 7 / 10

Surreal, disquieting and bloodless. Not what you'd expect from a late night horror film.

A surreal tale with an almost fairytale like quality to it. Rose of Iron seems very much like a cautionary tale of old as opposed to a straight forward horror film. The films drips with dark atmospheric, from the morbid poet who charms the female lead, to the foggy and creepy aesthetics of locations such as the train yard and the graveyard.The plot navigates around a young man falling for a pretty girl, they meet at party where his poetry (need I remind you that not all poetry is rose are red) wins him the attention of an attractive girl. In keeping with the surreal they meet in a eerily quiet train yard and soon find their way to a graveyard. Our male lead lacks what you'd call respect for the dead and they're soon making love in a family crypt. When they're done night has fallen, they're locked in. Fear and madness begin to overtake them. But is there more to the graveyard than meets the eye? Perhaps, perhaps not. Rose of Iron is at the very least, a very enigmatic film.A purely psychological horror, with few actual elements of the supernatural. It could be that they are simply lost in the graveyard, but at times they seem to be going straight but ending up where they began. It plays on conventions and stereotypes as our male lead becomes angry and violence prone. Since it is he who triggers the inciting incident, it is of course him that the obligatory scene at the climax must focus more one. But ultimately it's the female lead and her surreal serenity that leaves us with a climax you won't find in many gore encrusted horror films.
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