The infamous Blood Countess is going to have her own Film in 2008...


Bathory (2008)

The plot outline reads :

"Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth Bathory was a modern Renaissance woman who ultimately fell victim to mens aspirations for power and wealth. "

I love historical fiction, and I hope they do this one right...

bout time they do somethin worth watching

It'll be lame if Van Helsing was any kind of example.
I hope not, and they actually put some effort into this one.

Er... I don't think she was a victim of men's lust for power and wealth or whatever. I think she was a murdering psychopath whose crimes were allowed to go unnoticed for a time because she was rich and aristocratic. I'm not interested.

Who wrote that shit? WL is right on this one.

She was a crazy, inbred, incestuous, rampant sexual harlot who's sadistic acts of torturing and murdering slave and servant girls for her own pleasure and later the pleasure of her partners as well (women) and supposedly drank, bathed in or used their blood on her skin since she believed it had anti-aging properties.

There were thoughts that her husband introduced her to this pastime, but her worst crimes happened AFTER he died (apparently he got fucked up by a whore he refused to pay.) and the idea she had crazy seizures and fits and was mad from childbirth and how bad she was throughout and after, and the fact she consorted nearly always with women partners may help. though some psycho person may think that was because she had a problem with men. i think thats most likely crap. if there's anything to do with men there, its that he showed her how to open the lid on her pandoras box.

her cousin was part of court and she had many friends there being of noble family descent. its thought he tried to hold the name by making sure she didnt go down for her crimes and kept her alive and committing these crimes. they only started to give a shit and the king only ordered her arrest when she started killing young of the more wealthy.

I think I read somewhere that she started a finishing school from her own castle in order to lure more aristocratic prey. Yay for Tozzy and historical accuracies!

thanky

i think i heard something like that somewhere. proper sicko she was.

as sick and twisted as she was, she was also the greatest killer of all time. the only one who comes close is hitler and technically not even him because used others to do his killing for him.

you what?

are you saying.... that this daft slut....

was better than Jack The Ripper ?


you need a slap.

I think you might be slightly misinformed. Thug Behram killed hundreds more than Bathory, if you're speaking of sheer volume of victims.

i was referring to number, the way she did it and the fact that she did it near an entire town.

Yeah well you're wrong if you're basing it on number.

i'd say he was wrong on all three counts.

the marquis de sade didn't have something named after him for no apparent reason

nor is jack the ripper named after a child who opened christmas presents hastily.

or peter sutcliffe - the yorkshire ripper - for that matter either.

albert fish was no angel either.

numbers may not be the issue there, but i'd say location and style were... yeah.

I think the reason this monstrous woman is so popular with the goth or those-that-claim-not-to-be-gawth-but-really-are is the whole blood/vampire thing. I don't see how anyone should be canonized and worshipped for being an insane, murderous bitch. What's more, I can't believe such license is being taken with the movie plot to turn this into some sort of feminist statement. YES WOMEN CAN DO ANYTHING MEN CAN DO! INCLUDING SERIAL MURDER! I'm wondering how long it's going to take Hollywood to admit they've run out of ideas.

On the plus side, at least we're taking a break from bad comic book adaptations.

Yeah, but give them time.....

I thought I heard that one of her descendants will give you a tour of the family estate, such as it is, and he's seeking to clear her name. I thought I saw that on A & E or one of those channels back in October, but hey.....*shrugs*

They even have transcripts of the trial from way back then, and I'm sure it was something to be witnessed....

Yes, i read that they have uncovered new information on her that reveals her "crimes" have been highly exaggerated.

been there and there is nothing great to see, believe me. And the trial was nothing malicious, nor big in compare to the witch trials during the time of inquisition.

Cite a source.

I'm sure such is the case. I mean, compared to today, she's ranked up there, but more folks are murdered now than then. (At least I'm under that impression).

hmmm...nah, don't wanna.