Bloody Vampire

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If you like old style vampire movies.......2007-02-03

This movie is a typical old school for of vampire tale. Where the characters involved don't know how is the vampire, but, we the viewer know immediately. Lovely women, a vampire out for some blood, bad translation. But, its a relic and that's why I love it....

Not in the original language as advertised by Amazon.......2006-07-13

The Amazon webpage advertises this film on dvd as available in Spanish .IT ISN'T which is too bad since the drama and the acting reflect fatalism and tragedy .Let's hope that Casa Negra or Imagine put out a good edition of this so that we can get the context of the film

"Sir, just a minute...is this vampire madness contagious?".......2005-08-11

I really had no idea what was in store for me as I popped The Bloody Vampire (1963) into my DVD player last night...that is until I saw the name K. Gordon Murray appear during the opening credits. For those of you not familiar K. Gordon Murray was a man with a dream...one that included bringing forth to the United States the finest films the Mexican cinema had to offer, but since he couldn't get his grubby mitts on those, he instead settled for some of the most curiously bizarre, esoteric horror films (among others) he could find, dubbed them up something fierce, and released them on an unsuspecting American public...not a bad gig...buy the distribution rights to a foreign film, have someone write an English script for it (or do it yourself and save some dough), dub the hell out of it, slap your name on it (often within the credits of these films you'll see `English Language Version Produced by K. Gordon Murray'), and peddle it to the most indiscriminate audience you can find, usually kids who'd spend an entire Saturday at the theater for fifty cents, or, in later years, shown on television. While Murray may be best known for `his' horror films, he also imported fairy tale and exploitation films for the same treatment, along with the occasional original production. The original title of this film was El Vampiro sangriento (1962), written and directed by Miguel Morayta (The Invasion of the Vampires). Starring in the film is Carlos Agostí (Santo vs. the Murderer of TV), along with Erna Martha Bauman (The World of the Vampires), Raúl Farell (800 Leagues Over the Amazon), Bertha Moss (The Exterminating Angel), Antonio Raxel (The Monster of the Volcano), and Begoña Palacios (The Adventures of Chucho el Roto), who would later marry the late, great, highly controversial director Sam Peckinpah.

The film starts out with a clock striking midnight, a wolf howl, the wind blowing, and a horse drawn carriage moving in slow motion, the hooves of the galloping horses silent. A trio of individuals, including Dr. Ricardo Peisser (Farell) and his fiancée' Anna Cagliostro (Palacios), observe the carriage before continuing on to meet Anna's father, Count Valsamo de Cagliostro (Raxel), who's sort of like the Van Helsing character in this vampire tale. Anyway, it turns out the Cagliostro family has been tracking and hunting vampires for many, many years, and have collected much in the way of information on identifying and disposing of these creatures of the night. After some curious occurrences, Anna and Ricardo suspect a local man by the name of Count Siegfried von Frankenhausen (Agostí) of being a vampire, so Anna decides to do her best Nancy Drew impersonation by going under cover, taking a position as a house servant in order to get the skinny on the operation, but she may get more than she bargained for as the Count is indeed a vampire (and handy with a whip), one that's looking for a new wife (his current one regards him as something of a vile, hideous monster), and Anna fits the bill...holy haunted haciendas, Batman! Will Anna become the next Mrs. Siggy von Frankenhausen? Or will her fiancé arrive in time to save her from the curse of the undead?

In terms of pointless material, this film has it in spades...seriously, the running time was just shy of an hour and forty minutes, thirty of which could have been cut without losing anything critical to the story. Here's an example of what I'm talking about...there's a couple of scenes with Anna's father where he goes into great detail about his experiments with corpses and some sort of vampire killing machine his family has developed over the years, one which never actually gets used at any point in the film (its demonstrated using a fresh cadaver, but that's it). What the hell was the point of this? And there's plenty more where that came from...the overall effect is the story, while starting out strong, virtually dies about ten minutes in (and becomes confusing) and doesn't pick up until about fifteen minutes prior to the end, resulting in a dull malaise cured only by the generous doses of a ball peen hammer to the side of the head. And was this film talky...holy crapola! There's also a huge chunk in the middle where Count Siegfried von Frankenberry...er, I mean Frankenhausen, talks about coffee (perhaps the National Coffee Council helped fund the production)...here's an example of the exciting exchanges peppered throughout the movie, as Anna, in the guise of servant, is combing the Countesses' hair;

Anna: Shall I put up your hair now, Countess? Or should I wait until later?
Countess: It seems very shiny.
Anna: I think you're right...I prefer to show you only there are no mirrors.
Countess: All those things are prohibited in my house. (obviously meaningless prattle isn't)

Also, the dubbed dialog was often ridiculously inane and loaded with expository statements. Usage of contractions seemed rare, many sentences ended with prepositions, and the inflection/emphasis on certain parts of the dialog odd, resulting in a general awkwardness throughout...and who did the voice for Lupe, the witchy woman who worked at the inn? She was the worst...there were a number of things I liked about the movie, like the generally creepy atmosphere, the expansive sets (especially Count Siegfried's mansion), the suitable (and odd) musical scoring, loaded with strange sound effects, to name a few. There's caves, coffins, cobwebs, corpse brides, Counts, Countesses, creaking doors, fangs, a giant, laughing vampire bat, whippings, a little blood, a tongue extraction (no shown), secret passages, a torture chamber, complete with a full skeleton attached to a rack (wouldn't the bones have fallen apart once the flesh deteriorated?), mesmerizing vampire eyes, a sadistic house keeper named Frau Hildegarde (Moss), vulgar lackeys (this term kept popping up in the film), and more...as I mentioned early, the film kind of falls apart in the middle, but comes back strong, with one of my favorite sequences being two men being buzzed by the count in bat form...he comes at them like five times, and each time they dive to the ground...it's pretty funny. Carlos Agostí, who looks a little like a young Burt Renoylds, actually made for a creepy looking villain, especially when he bares them great, big fangs. I'd be interested in seeing this film with the original dialog intact along with subtitles as I'm curious how much actually transferred over after K. Gordon Murray got a hold of it...

The fullscreen presentation on this Beverly Wilshire filmworks/Telefilms International DVD release is about a decent as I thought it would be, meaning it's very rough, but serviceable. There was obviously a transmission failure about one hour in as the signal got lost for a second or two, but nothing to freak about. The audio comes through relatively clear and clean. One thing you'll notice right off is the cheapness of the DVD case artwork...looks like a poorly produced high school art project. All in all I did enjoy the strong atmospheric qualities about the film, and the dialog was a source of much unintentional humor, but the patience is a necessity if you're planning to take this journey.

Cookieman108

By the way, if you ever meet a vampire, avoid the subject of coffee, as they'll never shut up. If you enjoyed this feature, check out another K. Murray Gordon classic titled The Brainiac (1963).

This movie is TERRIFIC!! And the Price?? INCREDIBLE!!!.......2002-03-10

This is one of those movies you remember from your childhood. It's embedded in your brain, way back in there somewhere! Count Frankenhausen is one of the screen's coolest vampires....and Frau Hildeguard, what a cold-hearted witch!! ... Mood, atmosphere, cool phtographic effects, and a knockout score make this a standout 60's horror film from Mexico. The Count delivers a 5 minute speech on his love for coffee, and turns into one of the absolute COOLEST bats in vampire screen history!!(More personality than any cheesy CGI bat!!) Can you tell I liked this film??????? For seven bucks, it's well worth checking out!!!

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Paul Naschy's monster mash...
WHOSE Bloody Terror?
A pure classic trash film finally out on DVD
AT LAST, AT LAST...WE HAVE IT ON DVD AT LAST!!!
Long awaited DVD version of horror classic

Frankenstein's Bloody Terror
Starring: Jacinto Molina , Manuel Manzaneque , Dyanik Zurakowska , Julián Ugarte , and Rosanna Yanni
Director: Enrique López Eguiluz
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Release Date: 2005-10-25

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Paul Naschy's monster mash..........2006-05-10

Originally released as La Marca del Hombre-lobo (1968), aka The Mark of the Wolfman, this Spanish horror production found great popularity on the American drive-in circuit under the title Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (1972), distributed by producer Sam Sherman through his company Independent International Pictures, which was the company primarily responsible for inflicting Al Adamson's brand of cinematic pain on unsuspecting movie patrons with such features like Satan's Sadists (1969) and Dracula Vs. Frankenstein (1971). Directed by Enrique L?pez Eguiluz, the movie was written (and starred in) by Jacinto Molina, better known to his many fans as Paul Naschy (The Werewolf Versus Vampire Women, Doctor Jekyll and the Werewolf, Curse of the Devil), a prolific actor/writer/director/producer sometimes referred to as `the Spanish Lon Chaney' due to his penchant for playing the monster in a great many European horror films (this was the first in a lengthy series of wolf man films featuring Naschy). Also appearing is Manuel Manzaneque (Hotel T?voli), Dyanik Zurakowska (Terror of the Living Dead), Juli?n Ugarte (All the Colors of the Dark), and Aurora de Alba (Vengeance of the Zombies).

Naschy plays Count Waldemar Daninsky, a man who becomes enthralled with a local woman named Countess Janice von Aarenberg (Zurakowska) who has recently returned home from school. Seems the Countess already has a suitor named Rudolph Weissmann (Manzaneque), but Waldemar's manly charms prove too strong so Rudi gets the boot. Meanwhile, a couple gypsies (one overly laden with bosom...homina homina) seek refuge in a nearby abandoned monastery to wait out a storm and discover an underground crypt. Being the opportunistic sort, the gypsies decide to relieve the occupants of the crypt of their valuables, but in the process one of them makes the unwitting mistake of pulling a silver cross/dagger from the chest of a well-preserved corpse, thereby unleashing the curse of the werewolf upon the land once again...smooth move, Ex-Lax. The subsequent maulings lead the villagers to believe wolves have come down from the mountains, so they form a hunting party, including Waldemar and Rudi, the latter soon suffering an attack from the hairy, toothy, slavering beast recently brought back from the dead. Waldemar saves the day (and Rudi), his reward a good-sized bite to the chest prior to putting the creature down. Both Rudi and Janice vow to help the now cursed Waldemar, scouring the monastery for any information, eventually coming across a correspondence from a Dr. Janos Mikhelov to the original wolf man. Apparently the good doctor has since passed, but his son, who shares the same name, has taken up his father's work and agrees to help the despondent Waldemar, arriving in short order with his really hot wife (who, like the gypsy woman, is loaded with bosom), both of whom prefer to work only at night...and here's where things get weird...turns out the doctor and his wife are a pair of swinging vampires, and while I'm unsure what their plans for Waldemar involve, there's no mistaking their interest or intent for both Rudi or Janice...

The one thing many people will notice while watching this film is while it has both wolf men and vampires, there's no Frankenstein monster anywhere to be found, which is curious given fact the name Frankenstein is so predominant in the title. Apparently distributor Sherman had promised a Frankenstein film, and when he couldn't come up with one, he did the next best thing by tacking on a Frankenstein angle to this import, adding a bit of narration up front trying to marry both the Frankenstein and wolf man mythos together, the result being a plot point that makes no sense. Actually, there were a few areas in the plot that were a bit fuzzy, but I attributed much of this to the actual Spanish to English transition. The trick here is to not get so hung up on various story details, otherwise you'll end up missing out on the aspects that made this feature as much fun as it was, specifically the natural atmosphere, the location shots, the vibrant visuals, and the monsters. The inclusion of the vampires seemed odd, but not unwelcome. The movie has a really strong gothic vibe throughout, primarily due to the extensive location shots populated with appropriate set pieces. The performances were better than I expected, and I especially liked how Naschy took it to the hilt during his transformation sequences (check out the muscular physique on Naschy during his shirtless scenes...someone had been pumping the iron). The actual transformation sequences themselves were strictly low budget, as they basically involved someone moving a smudged filter in front of the camera's lens, but it came off pretty effective. I particularly liked the fangs on Naschy's wolf man, as they were quite the honking set of choppers. The actual eviscerations aren't shown, but these sequences are handled in such a way as you get a pretty good idea what's going on, even if you don't see the rendering of flesh. As far as action goes, there's a few lusty maulings, some monster on monster stuff (ever wonder who'd win in a fight between an werewolf and a vampire?), neck biting, impalements, and so on...there was one sequence I found pretty funny, and that was when the wolf man broke into a meager dwelling and attacked the two residents. He went after the man first, and then pounced on the woman (given the attractiveness of the woman, she would have probably been the one I would have went after first). After beating on the man for a bit, the beast picked him up and chucked him on an open fire, to which the poor fellow landed seat first, did a little bouncing around, and then spewed blood from his mouth. It sounds gruesome, but I couldn't help laughing just because it looked so odd. The liner notes indicate that at some point this film was released in 3-D, and some parts of the movie seem to confirm this as there appears to be an inherent blurriness normally associated with the process, but I guess it didn't go over so well at the time, so that aspect of the release was canned (much of the American promotional materials indicate the movie was shot in Chill-O-Rama, but I'm unsure if that was relating to the 3-D process of something else).

This DVD release from Shriek Show/Media Blasters includes a decent looking, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) picture. There are flaws present (lines, specks, etc.) and the picture, at times, looks a little washed out, but for the most part, it came across well enough. The Dolby Digital audio track also wasn't spectacular, as the audio level seemed to fade in and out at times, but was serviceable for the most part. There are a good deal of extras including a commentary track with Sam Sherman, who was the U.S. distributor, TV and radio spots, deleted and extended scenes, an original trailer, a photo gallery, and interview with Paul Naschy, liner notes by George Reis of the DVD Drive-in website, and trailers for other films including The Being (1983), Just Before Dawn (1981), Anthropophagus (1981), and Golden Temple Amazons (1973). My only beef with this release is it would have been nice if the original version of this film had been included, but perhaps that wasn't available.

Cookieman108

WHOSE Bloody Terror?.......2006-05-05

Not Frankenstein's, that's for sure. Actually the producers (or distributors or somebody) justified the title with a bit of pre-credits explanation, and it's a charming example of the kind of low-rent showmanship that typifies the old drive-in movie culture.

As for the movie itself, it isn't as bad as its reputation portends. Actually it was a pretty big hit, big enough to usher in the whole Naschy/Daninsky cycle of werewolf/vampire flicks in the 70's.

If one has a taste for this kind of fare at all, one can't help but be charmed by the garish colors, bad dubbing, and histrionic acting that were the mainstays of so many European horror flicks of the era.

And I love the additional trailers with their bombastic announcers. Gosh, the days of such innocent trash are missed.

P.S. The most terrifying thing about this movie is how the beautiful leading lady can fall so easily in love with Naschy, a homely middle-aged dude with a bad wig. Yikes!!!!!

A pure classic trash film finally out on DVD .......2006-04-03

This movie does not meet my satisfaction as a horror film. It is pure garbage and silly I cannot understand why other people gave this trash a 5 star. For fans of horror movies please check out these original classics: Boris Karloff's 1931 Frankenstein, Bella Lugusi's 1931 Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr.'s 1943 The Wolfman and fianlly if you are into European horror films check out Hammer's Horror Classics which includes Dracula, Wolfman and etc. If you must purchase this film I recommend that you rent it first otherwise it is waste of your hard earned money.

AT LAST, AT LAST...WE HAVE IT ON DVD AT LAST!!! .......2006-02-12

After many long years of searching in frustration and dissapointment, fans of LA MARCA DEL HOMBRE LOBO have this classic of euro-horror on an excellent quality DVD.

I've previously purchased copies of this film on VHS and on DVD, and found both the picture quality and sound to be terrible. Media Blasters however, has done great justice to this long lost treasure. The video transfer is great, and the sound is much better than other versions I've purchased. If you have any of those other copies of this film, throw them in the trash, and get this Media Blasters version.

This was not the most well written or acted horror film of all time, but it has some of the most atmospheric sets, color, cinematography and sound. A few scenes were stunningly well staged. It's not Lord of the Rings or Hamlet, but it's just very good escapism for fans of 1960s-70s European Horror.

Many people wonder, and rightly so, about the fact that neither Dr. Frankenstein nor his creation appear in this movie. As the insert in the DVD case and other sources document, the American distributor of this film was committed to releasing a Frankenstein movie. He had bought ads and made commitments to theaters, then found that the studio sent him a werewolf film. In a rather silly effort to "explain" this oddity, he had an animation short tagged on the opening credits showing the Frankenstein monster changing into a werewolf, while a voice over told the audience that the Frankenstein family had fallen victim to lycanthropy and were now known as "Wolfstein". None of that has anything to do with what actually happens in the film what-so-ever, but it was cause for amusement, which only added to the popularity of the cult classic. This is one of those films that you either say "I don't get it" and hate it, or you fall in love with it for reasons that might be hard to explain.

This DVD version has good quality picture and sound. It also is loaded with entertaining extras. Well worth buying.

Long awaited DVD version of horror classic.......2005-11-17

The first in a long running series of werewolf films is presented here in widescreen format, which is a big plus and a revelation to those of us who have only seen the awful cropped prints.

The extras are fantastic, especially the commentary by Sam Sherman and the easter egg featuring the recording session of the advertising campaign (easily found).

The only downside is that while the film was shot in 3-D and the elements still exist, this presentation is strictly flat only, but as Sherman says in the commentary he'd love to re-release the 3-D version to midnight shows!

To the person who complained the Paul Naschy interview is only in Spanish.... Sir, turn on the English subtitles!!! The interview is subtitled. LOL.

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Bloody Tease-Bloody Ripoff
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Bloody Tease
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BAD.......2007-05-24

I would say that if there is a 0 star I would give it that. Not much to say about. I hate it.

Bloody Tease-Bloody Ripoff.......2007-04-12

I purchased this because I wanted an adult movie in 3-D. The 3-D does not work at all, even though it is field-sequential (electronic shutter glasses). It was probably one of those bogus, so-called "3-D conversions"-allegedly converting a 2-D movie to 3-D. Other 2-D movies are also marketed as 3-D when they are not. Those include Dementia 13, Night of the Living Dead, In Search of the Perfect 10, City Girls, etc.
Field-Sequential 3-D really works with the right movies! Bogus marketing of this type is one main reason that 3-D never takes off.

Women Save Movie.......2005-08-30

The writing and direction was real bad, but I don't know what to tell you. I like skin.

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Release Date: 2006-06-20

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Just as burned-out drug dealer David (Mark Baranowski) decides it's time to head for paradise with his girlfriend (Brinke Stevens), he suddenly gets the urge to make one last stop at the home of his ex-wife, Nicole (Ryli Morgan). Little does David know that Nicole is no longer the sweet and innocent housewife he left behind, a year ago. She now has a girlfriend of her own (played by newcomer Rachelle Williams), who's introduced her to a lifestyle David could never have imagined. In fact, David will soon realize that some things are much better left in the past...

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Fangs of the Living Dead (Aka: Malenka, Bloody Girl or the Vampire's Niece) & Night of the Living Dead (2005 Digital Remaster Double Feature)

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Fangs of the Living Dead (Aka: Malenka, Bloody Girl or the Vampire's Niece) & Night of the Living Dead (2005 Digital Remaster Double Feature)

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Fangs of the Living Dead (94 min) This is a wild & wacky vampire flick from the same director who brought you the "Blind Dead" series, mixing busty go-go style ladies & campy vampirism chills. Anita Ekberg plays Sylvia, who is surprised to learn that she has inherited a castle, from relatives that she didn't even know she had. She travels to the remote village to claim the castle, but when she gets there she can't understand why everyone panics when they find out who she is & where she is going. Sylvia also discovers her curious "Uncle", who doesn't look a day older than she does, and some vampirish babes. Sylvia is told of her family's undead history, her grandmother Malenka, and her new role as the matriarch of the vampire clan. Sylvia's fiance doesn't take too kindly to her announcement that their engagement is off, & he travels with his best friend to the castle to straighten it out. The expected vampirism and paranoia occurs, until the conclusion reveals that the whole thing has been a hoax to drive Sylvia insane and cheat her out of her inheritance. That is, until someone touches a torch to her uncle and he immediately disintegrates. This movie's complete with a spook-a-rama harpsichord & organ soundtrack, and kooky dialogue. If you can find a copy of this, you'd be wise in grabbing it up! Night of The Living Dead (98 m) Classic flick filmed on location in Pennsylvania in which chaos descends upon the world as the recently deceased become reanimated by a radiation-covered NASA satellite; to rise and feed on human flesh. As the catastrophe unfolds, a young woman visiting her father's grave takes refuge in a nearby farmhouse, where she is met by a man who protects her and barricades them inside. They both later discover people hiding in the basement, and they each attempt to cope with the situation. Panic and personal tensions only add to the terror as they try to survive.

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