Symptoms seems to amplify its sense of suffocation, of desperation, and its sense of doomed inevitability.

Symptoms is ultimately, as its title implies, a psychodramatic study of repressed sexuality and confounded identity.

Larraz specializes in juxtaposing moments of considered calm with bursts of grisly violence, something that also makes VAMPYRES such a memorable work.

Fans of vintage atmospheric horror films featuring unhinged, emotionally damaged women should definitely enjoy Angela Pleasance in this resurrected gem, even if they know what to expect.