7/10
a not-so campy vampire flick
3 June 2019
This is listed as Count Yorga, Vampire, but the opening title thinks it's going to be called "The Loves of Count Iorga"; the explanation in the Trivia section gives us the full story on why that is. it started out life being one thing, and ended up as another. a Bob Kelljan production, it's written and directed by him. Starting as an actor in the 1960s, he turned to writing and directing. A couple has "The Count" (Robert Quarry) over to conduct a seance to try to contact Donna's mother. Donna screams, which brings it to a halt. after giving the count a ride home, Paul and Erica get stuck and camp in their VW bus, and get attacked. Erica gets bite marks on her neck, but she can't remember what happened. and apparently eats the family cat, but that scene seems to have been removed from the version I saw on Comet channel. it's a your typical horror film. with some remnants of the original plot left in. the guys spend most of the film running around, looking for the girls. and even when the bodies start piling up, the police don't seem to be interested. very average vampire plot, but it's not campy enough for Vincent Price, so you won't see him in here. this one is played quite seriously. the only other name i recognize is the narrator, George Macready; he was the nightclub owner in the awesome film Gilda, from 1946. pretty good. Kelljan died quite young at 52 from cancer.
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