La orgía nocturna de los vampiros (1973)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

León Klimovsky

Writers:

Gabriel Moreno Burgos (story) &
Antonio Fos (story)

Release Date:

September 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A busload of tourists stops in to visit a small European town. What they don't know is that the town is completely inhabited by vampires.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Beautiful Woman | Female Nudity | Murder | Undressing Scene

Cast

Jack Taylor	...	Luis
Dyanik Zurakowska	...	Alma (as Dianik Zurakowska)
José Guardiola	...	Boris, the Major
Charo Soriano	...	Raquel
Helga Liné	...	The Countess
Manuel de Blas	...	Marcos
David Aller	...	Cesar
Luis Ciges	...	Godo
Gaspar 'Indio' González	...	Ernesto (as Indio González)
Antonio Páramo	...	Bujoli police official
Fernando Bilbao	...	The Giant
Alfonso de la Vega	...	Lame blacksmith
Rafael Albaicín	...	Knife grinder
L. Villena	...	Bus driver
María Vidal	...	Maid

Also Known As:

Grave Desires (USA) (reissue title)
Orgy of the Vampires
The Vampires' Night Orgy (USA)

Runtime:

UK:80 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

José Frade Producciones Cinematográficas S.A.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

Put A Stake Through This One's Heart

If you're looking for thrills and chills, believe me, you'll find leftovers for dinner much more disturbing. The premise is basic. When their driver has a heart attack, a busload of tourists find themselves stranded in a strange, out of the way village. How strange is it? Well, it's so strange that so-called actress Helga Line lives there. As the "mysterious countess," Helga has big hair, big eyes, big fangs, and a big interest in having juicy-looking men over for dinner. Soon odd things begin to happen: there are screams in the night, dripping blood, etc. You get the picture.

The direction is fairly non-existent, and I felt the cinematography consisted largely of pointing a camera at random in the vain hope that something interesting might happen in front of it. If your taste runs to such drive-in delights as CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS, you might actually enjoy this film. But even so, this is one orgy that you won't be afraid to write home to Mom about, and while I frequently shut my eyes during the film I promise you it wasn't from fright. Final word: drive a stake through this DVD without opening the box.

Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer