Atom Age Vampire

Infobox Film
name = Atom Age Vampire


caption = A promotional film poster for "Atom Age Vampire."
director = Anton Giulio Majano
producer = Mario Bava
writer = Alberto Bevilacqua
Gino De Santis
Anton Giulio Majano
Piero Monviso
starring = Alberto Lupo
Susanne Loret
Sergio Fantoni
music = Armando Trovajoli
cinematography = Aldo Giordani
editing = Gabriele Varriale
distributor = Manson Distributing Corp
released = May 29 1963
runtime = 105 mins
country =
awards =
language = Italian
budget =
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amg_id = 1:3235
imdb_id = 0054285

"Atom Age Vampire" (original title "Seddok, l'erede di Satana") is a 1963 black-and-white Italian horror/science fiction film directed by Anton Giulio Majano and starring Alberto Lupo.

Plot outline

Despite the implication of its American title, the film appears to have no direct connection with the "atom age" of the early 1960s. The title was apparently chosen to indicate to potential audiences the modern-day time period of the story.

When a singer (Susanne Loret) is horribly disfigured in a car accident, a scientist (Alberto Lupo) develops a treatment which can restore her beauty by injecting her with the glands of a murdered woman. While performing the procedure, however, he falls in love with her.

This film is now one of many which are considered to be in public domain and, as such, is freely available to download legally from the Internet.

Cast

Technical details, premiere dates, running time and DVD release

"Atom Age Vampire" was filmed in 1.66:1 aspect ratio on 35-millimeter film and was first shown in Los Angeles on May 291963, over two years after its 1960 production and original 1961 premiere in Italy. The running time of the Italian version was 105 minutes, but in its 1963 U.S. theatrical run, the film was shorn of 18 minutes, clocking in at 87 minutes. It lost an additional 15 to 18 minutes by the time it was released on videocassette and DVD, where the timing is generally given as 69 or 72 minutes. This public domain film has had a number of DVD releases, the earliest coming on March 202001, paired with the unrelated U.S. horror/suspense title, "Bloodlust!".

References

* Wingrove, David. (1985). "Science Fiction Film Source Book". Longman Group Limited.

External links

*imdb title|id=0054285|title=Seddok, l'erede di Satana
*google video|-7573559012926163868|Atom Age Vampire
* [http://www.archive.org/details/AtomAgeVampire Free Download] from the Internet Archive