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Colours of Blood

14 minutes | 17 or older | 2008 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Art / Cult / Documentaries

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Tagline

A poetic and controversial journey into the rarely seen world of vampires and other blood-loving creatures.

Synopsis

Featuring:
5 shades of red,
4 lovers,
3 erotic nightmares,
2 vampires,
1 snake.

Horror magician DR GORE performs the art of splatter on stage to tackle his fear of blood.
His lover NAZ has a history of self-harming and plays with needles to turn him on.
TAMMY used to wear a penknife on a velvet ribbon around her neck. She still has scars from
erotic bloodletting games with her ex-boyfriend.
By day, ISIS works in a hospital; by night, she's the bisexual queen of London's true
vampires, a mentor to the newcomers, training them to drink blood and approving the donors
-- the 'blood-dolls'. For her, blood has only one meaning: lunch!

Director's Statement

FILMING WITH A VAMPIRE was an adventure in itself. Isis alternately tried to recruit me as
a so-called ‘blood donor’ and threatened that I would vanish from earth without any trace if I
betrayed her trust. She even suspected me to be a vampire hunter pretending to be a
filmmaker, fearing that my bag held a stake to kill her instead of a camera.
Funnily enough, we both had a security system in place: I informed friends about the meeting
place (a rather dark pub in the north of London) and arranged calls at a certain time; Isis was
constantly texting her extremely worried fellow vampires to reassure them that she could
handle me and wouldn’t need a backup.

Directed by: Uli Hesse
Written by: Uli Hesse
Produced by: Uli Hesse

Cast

Himself: Dr Gore
Herself: Tammy
Herself: Naz
Herself: Isis

Crew

Sounddesigner: Lars Kurz
Composer: Lars Kurz
Editor: Uli Hesse
DoP: Uli Hesse
Executive Producer: Elizabeth Wood

“Each person's passion for bloodletting reveals thoughtful connections between identity and intimacy. Elegant slow motion blood droplets stain the screen, exploding the knee jerk association of shock with kink.“ - Angie Driscoll, Hot Docs Programmer

"Rough and unassuming, the 15-minute documentary peers into the lives of real-life "vampires," or blood fetishists, and by virtue of its own startling subject matter becomes quite gripping as the tales of exsanguinatory excess pile up." - Matthew Brown, tederick.com

“Weird” is a relative term. - Steve Munro

AFTER COLOURS OF BLOOD, ISIS was happy with the film; but since I wrapped filming,
she’s changed her image from witch to rock chick. Currently, I’m developing a full-length documentary about her and her vampire clan.
Since filming, DR GORE and NAZ have broken up. He’s developing a new horror show with
a couple of friends.
TAMMY has banned blood from her bedroom completely; she’s still active in London’s ‘book
club’ vampire community but limits her involvement to talking instead of practicing. But she
sometimes misses the excitement of it…

  • Uli Hesse

    Director

    Uli Hesse