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Mexico 1595: The inquisition condemns the Count Orloff to death by
burning, and his remains to be buried in unhollowed grounds, for
vampirism. Only the witch Kostoff mourns his death, and vows to bring him
back to life - in 300 years. Mexico 1895: Baron Van Helsing (Fábian
Aranza), a good friend of the witch Kostoff, wants to buy the estate Count
Orlloff is buried on, but the current owners just won't sell. The Baron
has also fallen in love with the houseowners' daughter Beatrice, and wants
to make her his under all circumstances. But Beatrice is engaged to the
local doctor and coroner Ramiro 'Fuentes, and presently he is
investigating a series of killings where the victims are drained of all
their blood - a killing spree that even takes Beatrice´s mother at one
point. There is no rational explanation for all the killings, so Ramiro
soon comes to the conclusion that vampires have to be behind everything,
and he soon enlists the help of the local priest to fight the vampires.
Ramiro is clever enough to track the vampirekillings back to Baron Van
Helsing, who of course is not only a vampire but a direct descendant of
Dracula, but somehow the Baron manages to make Ramiro his captive, then he
kidnaps Beatrize to make bampirize her and make her his companion before
Ramiro's very eyes ... In the meantime, the witch Kostoff has managed to
bring Count Orloff back to life, but once they are in each others arms,
they decide to rather than spread terror in the real world spend an
eternity as a loving couple in the next world - and thus when the priest
arrives to exorcise them, they just ignore him (but are exorcised all the
same of course). The Baron is about to give Beatrize one final bite to
make her his, when the priest arrives, armed with everything that is holy.
But the Baron challenges him to a wrestling fight one on one, to see if
the priest's faith is stronger than the evil that drives the Baron - and
the priest in the end wins the fight only because he has brought one last
crucifix into the fight, which he uses before the Baron can strike his
final blow, and thus the vampire gets exorcised ... Low budget
vampire film that stylistically blends the Hammer-way
of making gothics with a local Mexican flavour, though the panache the
British studio showed in its best vampire pictures is replaced by a cruder
approach. That said, the film has its moments of shock, suspense and
atmosphere, but a slightly silly story, a mediocre cast and not always
convincing sets and costumes prevent this from developing into something
special.
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