ph ine ▁Se yr ig ▁sport ing ▁Mar ien bad - like ▁cost umes ▁and ▁the ▁Belg ian ▁director ▁conj uring ▁up ▁images ▁of ▁lux ur ious ▁dec ad ence ▁re ple te ▁with ▁fe athers , ▁mirror s , ▁and ▁long , ▁w inding ▁hotel ▁cor rid ors . ▁At ▁the ▁film ’ s ▁core , ▁however , ▁is ▁a ▁deeply ▁un ple asant ▁ev ocation ▁of ▁a ▁war ▁of ▁n erves ▁between ▁Se yr ig ’ s ▁v amp ire ▁and ▁the ▁b our ge ois ▁newly w eds ▁into ▁whose ▁h one ym oon ▁she ▁ins inu ates ▁herself . ▁J aded ▁age ▁pre ys ▁c unning ly ▁on ▁n arc iss istic ▁youth , ▁and ▁sed uct iveness ▁and ▁cruel ty ▁become ▁ind ist ingu ish able ▁as ▁Se yr ig ▁forces ▁the ▁innoc ents ▁to ▁become ▁aware ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁capacity ▁for ▁mon str ous ▁behavior . ▁If ▁F ass b inder ▁had ▁made ▁a ▁v amp ire ▁movie ▁it ▁might ▁have ▁looked ▁something ▁like ▁this . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 0 s , ▁Time ▁Out ▁conducted ▁a ▁poll ▁with ▁several ▁authors , ▁direct ors , ▁actors ▁and ▁critics ▁who ▁have ▁worked ▁within ▁the ▁horror ▁genre ▁to ▁vote ▁for ▁their ▁top ▁horror ▁films . ▁D augh ters ▁of ▁Dark ness ▁placed ▁at ▁number ▁ 9 0 ▁on ▁their ▁top ▁ 1 0 0 ▁list . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁D augh ters ▁of ▁Dark ness ▁tra iler ▁at ▁Archive .