![]() ![]() Movies like this/these horror comics and, "Fangoria" and "Creepshow" magazine were a big part of my (and, my friends') childhood in our tweens and teens. This movie means a lot to me because I saw it as a child of seven or 8, with my Dad (RIP), and, because of that, I like to reminisce about my childhood because it was a great childhood. NOTE - it's no small wonder that this movie is being rated so low on IMDb since many of the people doing the rating are expecting a 'sexual' orgy!?!? In this case, "orgy" means 'any actions or proceedings marked by unbridled indulgence of passions - an orgy of killing.' Now, in my late forties, I still enjoy watching this now and again (especially with my Son who loves horror movies - imagine that!?!?).it's actually a very good movie! I saw this movie at the Memorial Drive-In in West Springfield, Massachusetts, during a 'Dusk-Till-Dawn' movie marathon in the 1970s when I was a kid and, it made such a creepy impression upon me that I found it later on VHS as a young adult. In the day, these movies were probably looked-upon by adults as 'silly'.but, we horror-fan kids (now, horror-fan adults who're older than our parents were back then), looked upon them as "AWESOME!" I still do! I suppose I never grew up!?!? ![]() They're the 'best' for creepy-old settings eerie-old castles and buildings and, adding some 'real' history to old myths and producing great horror films! :) The Europeans really know how to set-the-stage for a fantastically-scary horror film.but, they should.they invented 'The Dark Ages' and 'The Inquisition ' and, their ancestors lived through or died in these (some of my own ancestors surely did, too). This is one of those very good and quite disturbing European horror movies made in Spain/Italy (and, sometimes in Portugal) in the late-1960s-early-1970s that became a drive-in staple, and, cult-classic! Others are "Mark of the Devil " "Tombs of the Blind Dead " "The Hanging Woman " "The House on Haunted Hill " "Horror of the Zombies " "House of Psychotic Women " etc.and, all of those 'Hammer' horror greats! Let us not forget the forgotten 1966 William Shatner Esperanto classic "Incubus!" "Cannibalistic vampires who eat their guests.and, feed their guests (and, their own villagers), to guests.and, who live in a long-gone, archaic town that 'pops-up' every so often!" "WHAT!?!?" Reviewed by gilligan1965 8 / 10 I really like this movie - a very dark and eerie setting! The movie does make an impression, and is better than many others of its era. There is some gratuitous imagery, sexual content 70's style, but it's very tame. It even breaks the movie rule about the killing of a little child. I won't go through the plot, but there is some humor, some terror, some bad decisions, and a host of pretty scary figures, closing in on innocent victims. There is a mistress of the dark who runs things and makes decisions for them. What they don't know is that there is a Vampire subculture living there, who not only feast off the innocent, but give up their own body parts for food if it will lead to more blood for them. It gets late and they decide to put off going to their final destination and stop over in a little town. This film begins on a mini-bus and its characters are stunned when a man dies and is put in the back, under a blanket. ![]() When things transpire, it's almost like one character waits for another to say something. ![]() I'm sure Europeans feel the same way about English language films. Like so many movies that are dubbed, there is a disjointedness to the dialog that gets in the way sometimes. Reviewed by Hitchcoc 5 / 10 A Pretty Decent Vampire Movie ![]()
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