Be prepared to enter another world. Ladies of the Night (Les Vampyres) is a gem. In the grand Gothic tradition of the silent film, LotN is rendered in lush black-and-white (with the exception of one monochromatic red shot at the finale), and is accompanied by a superb, hauntingly beautiful soundtrack, composed by Nick Holmes and performed in minimalistic splendor by Wildlife 3000.

At twilight, a tow-headed pixie named Bleu, who is dressed in a school-girlish white sailor dress, white knee socks and black patent leather Maryjanes, suspects she is being pursued while walking along a deserted brick road. She drops her books and is suddenly spirited away by an unseen force, only to find herself in an eerie, candlelit mansion with two mysterious Ladies of the Night. Intertitles supply a minimal amount of narrative information.

The Ladies, delighted with their new pet, proceed to bind her, tease, torment and seduce her, finally stripping away her dress and undergarments, but thankfully leaving those girly Maryjanes. Later the Kewpie doll is taken to the dungeon where she is flogged, paddled and caned. As dawn approaches, a transformation is in order and, as is customary with vampires, the virginal neophyte enters the ranks of the Ladies of the Night.

Pre-nom for Best Specialty Tape-Other Genre, Best Director for the visionary R. Pettet and Best Cinematography for the four camera operators.