Return of the Vampyres (2003 Video) User Reviews

Short but mildly interesting retrospective documentary.

[poolandrews · 5/10 · 4 September 2005]

Return of the Vampyres is a 15 odd minute featurette produced by Blue Underground for their US DVD of the film Vampyres (1974), it can also be found on the UK DVD released by Anchor Bay. It contains contributions from both of the leading ladies, Anulka Dziubinska & Marianne Morris. Both briefly talk about the things you would expect from a DVD extra such as this. Anulka says that she met Sir John Mills at a party & asked him for advice, he said take everything your offered & the very next day she was offered Vampyres which she took, gee thanks a lot John great advice! Anulka also claims that she didn't read the script & that she was told that the film only contained 'light nudity'... They talk about the Spanish director Jose Ramon Larraz who was apparently very volatile, the shoot which lasted for 3 weeks during Autumn, they discuss the nudity & violence & that the blood used in the film was pepper-mint flavoured. The documentary ends with their thoughts on the final film & what they have done since. Running at only a quarter of an hour Return of the Vampyres doesn't go into any detail worth mentioning but it's an OK watch, it features plenty of relevant clips & sound-bites to accompany the interview footage & a few black and white behind the scenes photo's. Both Anulka & Marianne have aged & it's interesting to see how they both look these days & the fact that they are both now blonde... You will probably have completely forgotten everything about Return of the Vampyres within a few hours of watching it. Better than nothing but hardly amazing.