As Sete Vampiras (1986)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Ivan Cardoso

Writers:

Ivan Cardoso (story)
Rubens Francisco Luchetti (screenplay)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Plot:

Botanist is incapable of handling a carnivore plant that turns its victims into vampires. Clumsy detective and his secretary are hired to solve the mysterious deaths happening in a nightclub show. |

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Erotica

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Andréa Beltrão	...	Maria
Dedina Bernardelli	...	Vampirete Dora
Tania Boscoli	...	Vampirete
Neuzinha Brizola
Ramos Calhelha
Pedro Cardoso
Simone Carvalho	...	Ivete
Ariel Coelho	...	Frederico Rossi
Ivon Cury	...	Baron Von Pal
Danielle Daumerie	...	Vampirete
Mariozinho de Oliveira
Felipe Falcao	...	Silas
Wilson Grey	...	Fu Manchu
John Herbert	...	Rogério
Leo Jaime	...	Bob Rider
Zezé Macedo	...	Rina
Nuno Leal Maia	...	Detective Raimundo Marlou
Susana Matos	...	Vampirete Clarice
Carlo Mossy	...	Luis Terra
Bene Nunes	...	Police chief
Nicole Puzzi	...	Sílvia Rossi
Colé Santana	...	Inspetor Pacheco
Lucélia Santos	...	Elisa Machado
Alvamar Taddei	...	Vampirete jane

Also Known As:

The Seven Vampires

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Company:

Embrafilme

A Silly and Naive Story, With a Great Production, Good Lighting, Photography, Performance of the Cast and Gorgeous Women

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Fred Rossi (Ariel Coelho) is a botanist who brings a rare specimen of carnivore plant from Africa to Rio de Janeiro. He is attacked by the plant, and while trying to rescue him, his beloved wife Silvia Rossi (Nicole Puzzi) is bitten by the plant and transformed is some sort of vampire. After the death of her husband, Silvia is invited by her friend Rogério (John Herbert) to move with him to Petrópolis (a city nearby Rio de Janeiro – abt. 50 miles distance) to help him to manage his nightclub, which is near a bankruptcy. Silvia prepares the successful show `The Seven Vampires' and the audience increases in the club. Meanwhile, many deaths are happening and the ridiculous detective Pacheco (Colé Santana) is in charge of the investigations. When Rogério dies, attacked by the vampire, his lover Ivete (Simone Carvalho) hires the clumsy private eye Raimundo Marlou (Nuno Leal Maia) and his secretary Maria (Andrea Beltrão) to conduct a private investigation. Many confusions happen along the story. The director Ivan Cardoso was the creator of a genre called in Brazil of `terrir' (`Ter' from terror, horror + `Rir', which means laugh in Portuguese). This type of comedy used elements of the `Chanchadas da Atlântida', which was very successful in Brazil of the 40's and 50's, beautiful naked women (since the rigid censorship in Brazil had finished just a few years ago and the people was avid for sex and naked women), pop songs (in this movie, through the successful pop band (in 1986) `Leo Jaime e os Miquinhos Amestrados'). `As Sete Vampiras' was very successful in Brazil when released in the movie theaters, but nowadays the story is very silly and naive. Anyway, it is a great production for Brazilian standards, with good lighting, photography, performance of the cast and gorgeous women and has some importance in our culture. Although not being the best, it is probably the most popular work of Ivan Cardoso. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): `As Sete Vampiras' (`The Seven Vampires')