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| AIP - March 2 1966 | Rated: Unrated |
| Runtime: 80 minutes | Genre: Horror |
| PLOT DESCRIPTION An artist in Venice, California named Antonio Sordi becomes convinced he is the descendant of 15th century vampires in this strange film. It's an interesting, surreal piece of low-budget exploitation as Sordi murders women, drains them of their blood, and then dips them in wax and paints them. Lori Saunders is a ballerina whom Sordi becomes convinced is the reincarnation of his ancestor's dead lover. | |
| The film had a convoluted production history, initiating as a 1963 Yugoslavia-made spy thriller co-financed by Roger Corman, who deemed the final product unreleasable. Numerous horror sequences were later shot and edited into the film, first by Hill in 1964, then by Rothman in 1966. Corman approved of Rothman's version and the film was given a brief theatrical release by American International Pictures. | |
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