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The Vampire and the Ballerina

Original title: L'amante del vampiro
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  • 1h 25m
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5.6/10
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The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960)
Horror
A troupe of beautiful young dancers find themselves stranded in a sinister, spooky old castle, not knowing that it is home to a group of vampires.A troupe of beautiful young dancers find themselves stranded in a sinister, spooky old castle, not knowing that it is home to a group of vampires.A troupe of beautiful young dancers find themselves stranded in a sinister, spooky old castle, not knowing that it is home to a group of vampires.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
580
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  • Director
    • Renato Polselli
  • Writers
    • Ernesto Gastaldi(screenplay)
    • Giuseppe Pellegrini(screenplay)
    • Renato Polselli(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hélène Rémy
    • Tina Gloriani
    • Walter Brandi
  • Director
    • Renato Polselli
  • Writers
    • Ernesto Gastaldi(screenplay)
    • Giuseppe Pellegrini(screenplay)
    • Renato Polselli(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hélène Rémy
    • Tina Gloriani
    • Walter Brandi
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    • 20User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Hélène Rémy
    Hélène Rémy
    • Luisa
    • (as Helene Remy)
    Tina Gloriani
    • Francesca
    Walter Brandi
    Walter Brandi
    • Herman
    Isarco Ravaioli
    • Luca
    Gino Turini
    • Giorgio
    • (as John Turner)
    Pier Ugo Gragnani
    • Professor
    • (as Ugo Gragnani)
    Brigitte Castor
    Lut Maryk
    Ombretta Ostenda
    Bava Sanni
    Marisa Quattrini
    Giorgio Braccesi
    Titti Valeri
    Stefania Sabatini
    Franca Licastro
    María Luisa Rolando
    • Countess Alda
    • (as Maria Luisa Rolando)
    • Director
      • Renato Polselli
    • Writers
      • Ernesto Gastaldi(screenplay) (story)
      • Giuseppe Pellegrini(screenplay) (story)
      • Renato Polselli(screenplay) (story)
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    • Trivia
      Casting for the film involved Gino Turini who put in part of the money for the film and Hélène Rémy as the film was originally going to be a co-production deal with France. Writer Ernesto Gastaldi once noted that the casting of Tina Gloriani was due to her being the director's lover at the time.
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      Featured in Shiver & Shudder Show (2002)

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    6/10
    Well paced vampire madness
    Before television presenters, members of parliament, glam rockers, Hollywood producers, cigar-toting disc jockeys, Australian artists and weird haired American actors, all a young person had to worry about was attacks by classic monsters. This cautionary tale warns us that if you're looking after a troupe of ballerinas, it's best not to put them up in a village where there's a vampire on the loose.

    A young, non-dancer girl from the village is attacked first and brought to the huge mansion all the girls are staying in. Turns out half the village believe there's a vampire loose, whereas the other half think that's a load of crap, including the dance troupe leader's uncle – and it's his house all these scantily clad girls are lounging about. So he sits them all down and tells them the story of a curse – you know, the one you've heard about a million times.

    The village girl dies and there's a creepy scene where she wakes up in the coffin shortly before being buried. Later that night the vampire turns up and offers to take her to his castle to start a new life as a bloodsucker, but this is a ruse when he stakes her instead – looks this vamp doesn't want any rivals. But never mind that – these vampire attacks have inspired the dance troupe to do a vampire themed performance, so we get a great Fame-like sudden improvised dance workout!

    Of course two of these girls have boyfriends and some of them end up in the vampire's castle getting their necks sucked on and one of the boyfriends gets seduced by a female vampire. It's this kind of thing that gets in the way of one's marriage plans, so the boyfriends have to band together to take on these anaemic goth bastards.

    An early Italian horror with a lot of campy atmosphere, fast paced and gorgeous looking. It's not scary but it has a beautiful cheese level. And the vampire looks like a contemporary Mickey Rourke! Some of the 'vampire melting' effects are quite good too.

    Due to it being so early, there's not too much gore and no nudity, but that doesn't stop them trying! There's even a slightly implied lesbian relationship between the two main girls (and it seems to be symptom of vampirism in that it makes you bisexual). It's short too, which is good after sitting through so many gialli.
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    • Release date
      • October 31, 1962 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • The Vampire's Lover
    • Filming locations
      • LUCE Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production company
      • Consorzio Italiano Film (CIF)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1(original ratio)
      • 1.66 : 1

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