THE FIRST GOTHIC PRINCESSES
A rare film
As we indicated earlier with one of the most famous pre-Gothic actresses: Vampira (April 30, 1954), the series of imitators who tried to emulate the original television phenomenon was relatively extensive due to the popularity of the show. None of these actresses became famous enough to serve as references and recordings of the television shows (if they had any) were lost forever.
Let us remember that the aesthetics presented by Vampira was not yet an official fashion of the Gothic movement, since even this sub-culture did not yet exist. However, the comedy approach with its mixture of macabre themes was so popular that it was extended for a whole decade to culminate in the biggest television premieres in ten years: The Addams family (September 18, 1964); The Munster family (September 24, 1964).
And it was also at the end of the 1960s that the polemic and controversial film director Roman Polanski would create one of his strangest works: The Fearless Vampire Killers or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck (November 13, 1967)
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Polanski's film was intended to be a parody of the vampire theme, however, the film had so many themes of sexuality and macabre atmosphere that it ended up being a reference for what would become the future Gothic sub-culture.
The extraordinary beauty of Sharon Tate (who does not act as a pre-Gothic) and her characterization in the film, was the inspiration for the actress who would become an actress divided between the pre-Gothic and the Gothic period: Elvira.
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As a final note, I could say that the film, as ridiculous as it may sound, evolved over time. By the standards of the 60's ´s with the sexual revolution and so on, this film was under the radar. However, in the current times (2017) when Hollywood now offers us ghoulish characters (vampires, werewolves, zombies) of a sweet nature with movies like Twilight or My Boyfriend is a Zombie, the movie with the sensual Sharon Tate seems to be too high-pitched both in the aspect of sexuality and in the macabre.
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Curiosity:
The most famous scene (apart from the filming where you see the beautiful Sharon Tate cleaning herself in the bathtub) is the vampire dance. Curious because it did not influence later Gothic imagery. Vampires are always seen dancing waltzes from the early 20th century, however, in Polanski's film, the dance is much older: the minuet (1670-1750).
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