I vampiri
Screenplay:
Piero RegnoliCinematography:
Mario BavaCast:
Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo d'Angelo, Dario Michaelis, Wandisa Guida, Renato Tontini, Antoine Balpêtré, Miranda Campa, Paul Muller, Riccardo Freda (more)Plots(1)
A mad scientist captures young women in Paris and drains them of their blood in service of an evil Duchess. Also known as Lust of the Vampire, Riccardo Freda’s I vampiri mixes the Bathory and Frankenstein stories to create its gothic tale, Italy’s first horror film. Made as a challenge by Freda at breakneck speed, cinematographer Mario Bava would complete direction and post-production of the film, adding his signature in the process. With its baroque imagery and stunning visuals, I vampiri forged the path for Italian horror and remains a landmark of Italian cinema history. (Radiance Films)
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This is the oldest film that uses the theme of the Bloody Countess. The story about longing for eternal youth transplanted to an Italian B-movie set in what was then France is not a complete victory, but it had to start somehow. It's a hybrid between a journalistic detective story and a parody of Universal's monster movies.
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