UHM - The Countess

8/13/07
Writer, director, and actress Julie Delpy spoke with MTV recently, revealing that Ethan Hawke has been replaced by William Hurt. Also, sounding less and less like horror (the movie will be removed from the UHM database if it proves to be more drama than horror, which it seems to be so far), Delpy describes the film as a "romantic drama with a hint of a thriller".

6/04/07
Added to the database.

DETAILS

- An eight-week shoot is scheduled for late October '07 in Eastern Europe.
- Ethan Hawke was replaced by William Hurt.
- Julie Delpy also wrote the script and will serve as producer.
- This is Actress Julie Delpy's directorial debut.
- Based on the real-life Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory, who tortured and killed dozens of young women and bathed in their blood, thinking it would keep her looking young. You can read more on her here.

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Kaylee :

Posted 147 days ago

This could be a cool movie, but I'll have a problem with it if it isn't true to her life story. She did NOT bathe in the blood of virgins, she kidnapped many girls (working her way from peasants to aristocrats) and tortured them. She wasn't sentenced to death either, she was locked up in her rooms within her castle until the day she died. A film detailing the real events of her life would probably never be distributed though, the MPAA would freak out.

johnny. :

Posted 174 days ago

oh yes because its totally drama filled...
the b!tch sat and drank blood hoping she would stay young , she had no drama in her life...she was just friggin crazy... i like when they sentence her to death though =]

SILVER MOON PHOENIX :

Posted 263 days ago

AFTER STAY ALIVE I THOUGHT THAT HOLLYWOOD HAD KILLD ANY CHANCE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN TO MAKE A GOOD FILM ABOUT HER.SERIOUSLY STAY ALIVE WAS FUCKING RETARDED.SO IM PLEASED THAT THEY ARE DOING THIS.THERE WAS ALSOUGH AN ENGOYABLE CHAMIO IN HOSTEL PART 2 TOO OL LIZZY.

chris :

Posted 268 days ago

there was a movie about Ed Gein that was more of a drama then a horror, i hope they don't do the same to this

frightie :

Posted 270 days ago

Hopefully it does prove to be more horror or "thriller" than drama.

the reaper :

Posted 270 days ago

it is naive to the think that his movie might be a drama. one of the most notorious muderers of all time a drama? impossible, maybe a side love story or womenly struggle or something stupid to attract a more broad audience. this would be a badass movie if its going to be based solely on Elizabeth Báthory i agree with everyone else but lets wait and see if hollywood will kill it first before we start trashing it : )

Heather :

Posted 271 days ago

I would MUCH rather see something based on the real Erzsébet [or Elizabeth] Báthory. Way more terrifying then bathing in the blood of virgins.

chris :

Posted 338 days ago

i've studied tis girl for three years and i would really want to see a movie based entirely on her

Vanessa :

Posted 338 days ago

Sounds pretty interesting.

Briseyda :

Posted 341 days ago

Actuallly the character from Stay Alive was based on Elizabeth Bathory's infamous historical image. So to say the chick from Stay Alive is not accurate.

Einstein :

Posted 341 days ago

Elizabeth Bathory was a Hungarian countess who lived in the Èachtice Castle near Trenèín, in Royal Hungary, in present-day Slovakia, relative of king of Poland and prince of Transylvania, Stefan Batory. She is considered the most infamous serial killer in Hungarian and Slovak history. Some times the real deal is better than the fictive

joe :

Posted 341 days ago

it sounds like the chick from stay alive

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