Vampyres (film)

Infobox Film
name = Vampyres


caption =
director = José Ramón Larraz
producer = Brian Smedley-Aston
writer = D. Daubeney,
Thomas Owen
starring = Anulka,
Marianne Morris,
Murray Brown
music = James Clark
cinematography = Harry Waxman
editing = Geoff R. Brown
distributor = Cambist Films (USA, theatrical),
Cinépix Film Properties Inc. (Canada, theatrical)
released = 1974
runtime = 87 min
country = flagicon|UK UK
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:52182
imdb_id = 0072354

"Vampyres" (1974) is an erotic and bloody lesbian vampire film directed by Spanish film director José Ramón Larraz on location in England.

Alternative titles are:
*"Blood Hunger"
*"Daughters of Dracula" (USA)
*"Satan's Daughters"
*"Vampyres, Daughters of Dracula"
*"Vampyres: Daughters of Darkness" (USA)

Plot

A glamorous, and frequently nude, lesbian vampire duo named Fran (Marianne Morris) and Miriam (Anulka) waylay various unsuspecting travellers, of both sexes, to their Gothic mansion, in order to satisfy their insatiable thirst for blood.

Tagline

They shared the pleasures of the flesh, and the horrors of the grave!

Production Notes

This low budget exploitation film has become something of a cult film classic. Effective use is made of erstwhile Hammer Horror set Oakley Court. Eroticism and graphic violence are interspersed with poetic dream-like sequences, as when Fran and Miriam, after showering away the blood from their latest victim, flee to a nearby cemetery ( Denham churchyard) at break of dawn.

Though initially heavily censored in the UK it is now available uncut on DVD with a (frequently hilarious) commentary from the director Larraz and the producer Brian Smedley-Aston.

Anulka was Playboy's Miss May 1973 whilst Marianne Morris appeared naked in the October 1976 edition of British Men's Magazine Mayfair.

A novelisation was published in 2001 by Tim Greaves, a fan of the film. [Greaves, Tim. (2001). Vampyres A Novelisation, Fab Press. [http://www.fabpress.com/vsearch.php?CO=FAB032] ]

Cast

*Marianne Morris .... Fran
*Anulka Dziubinska .... Miriam
*Murray Brown .... Ted
*Brian Deacon .... John
*Sally Faulkner .... Harriet
*Michael Byrne .... Playboy
*Karl Lanchbury .... Rupert
*Margaret Heald .... Receptionist
*Gerald Case .... Estate Agent
*Bessie Love .... American Lady
*Elliott Sullivan .... American Man

External links

*imdb title|id=0072354|title=Vampyres
*amg movie|id=1:52182|title=Vampyres

References

Rigby, J. (2000) "English Gothic: a century of horror cinema". London: Reynolds and Hearn Ltd.