Ohjaus:
Bob KelljanKäsikirjoitus:
Bob KelljanKuvaus:
Arch ArchambaultSävellys:
Bill MarxNäyttelijät:
Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Michael Murphy, George Macready, Michael Macready, Donna Anders, Edward Walsh, Judy Lang, Deborah Darnell, Marsha JordanJuonikuvaukset(1)
Three young couples attend a seance at a southern California mansion. The host of the seance, Count Yorga (Robert Quarry), was involved with the recently deceased mother of one of the attendees. As the days pass, each member of the party drops off one by one, drained of blood, until the remaining few become reluctant hunters, face to fang with Count Yorga, Vampire. (MGM Home Entertainment)
(lisää)Arvostelut (1)
The rather low budget is obvious in the camerawork and the setting. But the screenplay and directorial focus are good. The protagonists are confronted with a vampire in the reality of 1970s America and they think and react absolutely naturally, as any of us would. They don’t want to believe that vampires exist, but at the same time they are terrified that it may be true. And they fear for their loved ones, in whose company they have come into contact with the vampire. Their visit to him to make sure and the suspenseful dialogue with him are among the best things I have seen in vampire movies, with the psychologically accurate and grippingly revealing existential self-reflection of a long-lived vampire in relation to mortals. Robert Quarry gives Yorga both hypnotic charisma and cold-blooded brutality. And he inspires perhaps greater respect than the “marvelous” Christopher Lee. If the climax had been handled better, I would have given this four stars.
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