El vampiro de la autopista (1970)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

José Luis Madrid

Writers:

José Luis Madrid (screenplay)
José Luis Madrid (story)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Some kind of sadist, but not human, is murdering people. A doctor is convinced that the killings are the evil workings of a reclusive odd baron who died many years ago. |

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Vampire

Cast

Val Davis	...	Count Oblensky (as Waldemar Wohlfahrt)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barta Barri
Joe Camroy
Susan Carvasal
Victor Davis
Kurt Esteban
Luis Induni
Patricia Loran
José Marco
Luis Marugan
Anthony Ramos
Ada Tauler		(as Adela Tauler)
Mary Trovar

Also Known As:

The Horrible Sexy Vampire
The Vampire of the Highway

Runtime:

90 min | Italy:85 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Cine Films

Ever seen it with Dutch subtitles?

"El vampiro de la autopista" (called "The Horrible Sexy Vampire" in English) is mostly what we would expect from any Euro-horror flick from the early '70s, namely the women who exist only to strip, shower and get killed. What I can't understand is why the vampire strangles people instead of directly drinking their blood (or why he tells his descendant to stop him). As long as we just accept that this movie has basically no purpose accept to teach hot women not to remove their clothes - which itself presupposes that horny men are watching so as to see their big breasts - then it's a pretty fun flick. But not much else (maybe it would have been a little neater had it starred Paul Naschy). I actually got to watch a version dubbed in English with Dutch subtitles. Go figure!