Slaughter of the Vampires (La strage dei vampiri) by Roberto Mauri (Italy/1962)
Duration: 82′ – Genre: Horror
Invited to a party a noblewoman is seduced by a vampire….
Directed and written by a too quickly forgotten genre director a film that rightfully belongs to the Italian-style vampire-gothic series “The Vampires” by Riccardo Freda and “The Vampire and the Ballerina“‘ by Renato Polselli. To be enjoyed above all on a scenic and technical level in which Mauri masterfully succeeds in “telling a nightmare through its lights and shadows and in which the disturbing presences that animate it seem to be the protagonists of an infinite curse.” Filmed in the castle town of Monte San Giovanni Campano, in the province of Frosinone. Semi-unknown cast. Aka”Curse of the Blood Ghouls.” Starring Walter Brandi.
(Antonio DI CARLO)