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L'Ultimo Preda del Vampiro
The Playgirls and the Vampire
Curse of the Vampire / Daughters of the Vampire /Desires of the Vampire / The Vampires Last Victim
Italy 1962
produced by Tiziano Longo for Nord Film Italiana
directed by Piero Regnoli
starring Walter Brandi, Lila Rocco, Alfredo Rizzo, Maria Giovannini, Tilde Damiani, Corinne Fontaine, Andoine Nicos, Erika Dicenta, Marisa Quattrini, Leonardo Botta
story by Aldo Greci, screenplay by Piero Regnoli, music by Aldo Piga
review by Mike Haberfelner
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For some reason, a quintet of exotic dancers, their manager Lucas
(Alfredo Rizzo) and their driver Frank are forced to take refuge in the
old castle of Count Kernassy (Walter Brandi), and one of the dancers, Vera
(Lila Rocco) is almost immediately fascinated by the Count ... and he by
her. However, the Count has strict rules of conduct for his guests: None
of them is to leave his or her respective room during the night. Of
course, one of the girls, Katia (Maria Giovannini does anyways ... and is
found dead the very next day.
As if that wasn't unsettling enough, Vera the next evening finds
Katia's grave - she was buried in quite a hurry - empty ... and
eventually, she finds Katia's corpse in the Count's lab.
Eventually it turns out that the Count has an evil, vampiric twin and
Vera resembles the twin's dead wife, that's why the evil twin is now after
Vera, while Katia desperately tries to seduce him with her charms, but
only gets staked by him for her eforts. Count Kernassy (the good one) on
the other hand has devoted his entire life to cure his brother of his
vampirism, but now that he has found who he thinks is the reincarnation of
his wife, he doesn't want to be normal anymore but wants to make Vera a
vampire.
Of course, in the finale, the good Count uses sunlight and a stake to
kill his evil twin ...
The English title of this film, The Playgirls and the Vampire,
sounds quite promising, like an erotic vampire comedy. The film however
isn't: No comedy in sight and only one brief totpless scene (though most
of the girls wear very revealing nightgowns one time or another, and after
all it was 1962), instead we are treated to a rather boring vampire tale
that's totally free of any kind of creepy atmopsphere and is made sillier
with every twist the plot takes ... and hhat makes the film sound much
more entertaining than it actually is.
Someone once said that this film is anticipating the erotic vampires of
Jean Rollin - but that someone has either never seen this film or never
seen a Jean Rollin vampire film.
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