Sylvia (Anita Ekberg) visits the man she believes to be her uncle. But is he her uncle or is he a foul sadistic vampire? Bizarre doings are afoot. There are whippings, witch burnings, vampires and the odd frisson here and there to keep things ticking along nicely in Amando de Ossorio's 'Fangs of the Living Dead'.
Ossorio was perhaps best known for the Blind Dead movies and was one of the three or four great leading lights of the Spanish horror boom of the 60s and 70s. This film, also known as 'Malenka: The Vampire's Niece', has a wonderfully convoluted plot and was intended to have a Scooby Doo ending with the whole thing being staged to drive Sylvia nuts. Thankfully, someone decided it would be better to keep things a bit more supernatural and we are left with a film that, while not making too much sense, never fails to be entertaining. It even finishes with a vampire-girl fight that takes décolletage to a whole new level. In fact, it is probably Adriana Ambesi's Blinka (sometimes credited as Velinka to keep things complicated) who steals the show from the superstar lead.
The Coldness of the Grave is in my Veins - I Need Fresh Warm Human Blood
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4 авг 2023
