Eternal is a 2004 horror movie directed by Wilhelm Liebenberg and Federico Sánchez, and starring Caroline Néron, Sarah Manninen, Victoria Sanchez and Conrad Pla.
Detective Raymond Pope is a detective of questionable morals, searching for his missing wife. His investigation leads him to the wealthy estate of the enigmatic Elizabeth Kane and her young maid Irina. Elizabeth's fascinating looks and aristocratic manners hides a terrifying secret,shared by her companion Irina. As Detective Pope finds himself perversely drawn to the powerful Elizabeth, bodies begin to surface, his inquiries only deepening the mystery surrounding Elizabeth's past. Pope's obsession grows so intense that he completely fails to anticipate Elizabeth's reaction to his intrusion into her dark world, a fatal mistake that might cost him his life and the lives of those close to him.
Tropes:
- Advertised Extra: Sarah Manninen gets second billing, but her character Wildcat is Elizabeth's first victim and dies in the opening scene.
- Catholic Schoolgirls Rule: Irina dresses as a private school girl when she lures a boy away from the bus stop and feeds on him.
- The Cavalry: A badly wounded Pope throws a knife into Elizabeth's back, and she topples forward into her Blood Bath. Just as he thinks her has killed her, she rises from the tub, covered in blood,and turns towards him menacingly. Just it looks all over for him, Inspector Thurzo and a band of heavily armed Italian SWAT cops burst through the door and capture her.
- Blood Bath: Elizabeth bathes in the blood of women to maintain her youth. The climax is set in the cellar of her Venetian mansion where she has specially designed marble tub where she chains seven scantily-clad young women to drain their blood into the bath simultaneously.
- Electromagnetic Ghosts: When Wildcat drives on to the ground of Elizabeth's mansion, the radio in her car suddenly cuts out.
- Haunted House Historian: In Venice, Pope spots a biography of Elizabeth Báthory in a bookstore that uses the same portrait he saw in Elizabeth Kane's mansion in Montreal. When Pope asks the bookseller about the book, he is able to tell Pope the entire Bathory legend.
- It's Always Mardi Gras in New Orleans: Pope pursues Elizabeth and Irina to Venice and arrives during the Carnevale di Venezia.
- Lesbian Vampire: Elizabeth Kane (a.k.a. Elizabeth Báthory) is a vampire who preys exclusively on women; using their blood to prolong her youth. She lurks on female erotica websites and lures in bi-curious women looking to experience lesbian sex.
- Mugged for Disguise: Pope knocks out the doorman at Elizabeth's Venetian mansion and steals his robe and mask to infiltrate her masquerade.
- Mythology Gag: The Italian Interpol agent who has been pursuing Elizabeth for years is Inspector Thurzo. György Thurzó was the Hungarian nobleman and Palatine of Hungary who conducted the investigation into Elizabeth Báthory.
- One-Word Title
- A Party, Also Known as an Orgy: Elizabeth's masquerade party in Venice is filled with nubile young women in Stripperific outfits making out with each other.
- Percussive Pickpocket: In Venice, a Street Urchin coming out of an alley collides with Pope and scurries off. Pope only takes a few steps before he realises his wallet is gone, and manages to catch her before she can escape.
- Right-Hand Attack Dog: Elizabeth is accompanied by supernaturally loyal Rottweiler who attacks on her command. The dog is actually her maid Irina.
- Tailor-Made Prison: After her capture, Elizabeth is kept in a jail cell inside a church.
- They Would Cut You Up: When Elizabeth is attempting to persuade Pope to break her out of the cell Inspector Thurzo is holding her in, she claims that the authorities are planning to vivisect her after she is transferred to the secure facility in Switzerland.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: Elizabeth's Right-Hand Attack Dog is actually her maid Irina who can transform into a Rottweiler.
- Vulnerable Convoy: When Elizabeth is attempting to persuade Pope to break her out of the cell Inspector Thurzo is holding her in, she tells him that she is going to transferred to secure facility in Switzerland and explains where he would be able to hit the convoy on the French-Swiss border and bust her out.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Irina, dressed as private school girl, pretends to have been attacked and unconscious to lure the boy she had been flirting with close enough for her to bite him.
- Wrench Whack: Irina kills Nancy by hitting her over the head with a shifting spanner, even though she only intended to knock her out (thereby averting Tap on the Head).
