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Vampyres

  • 19741974
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  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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Vampyres (1974)
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Horror
Two mysterious women lure various passers-by to their rural mansion in the English countryside and hold them captive in order to feed on them to satisfy their insatiable thirst for blood.Two mysterious women lure various passers-by to their rural mansion in the English countryside and hold them captive in order to feed on them to satisfy their insatiable thirst for blood.Two mysterious women lure various passers-by to their rural mansion in the English countryside and hold them captive in order to feed on them to satisfy their insatiable thirst for blood.
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4K
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    • José Ramón Larraz
    • Diana Daubeney(screenplay)
    • José Ramón Larraz(uncredited)
    • Thomas Owen(story)
  • Stars
    • Marianne Morris
    • Anulka Dziubinska
    • Murray Brown
    • José Ramón Larraz
    • Diana Daubeney(screenplay)
    • José Ramón Larraz(uncredited)
    • Thomas Owen(story)
  • Stars
    • Marianne Morris
    • Anulka Dziubinska
    • Murray Brown
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 85User reviews
    • 60Critic reviews
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    Anulka Dziubinska and Marianne Morris in Vampyres (1974)
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    Anulka Dziubinska and Marianne Morris in Vampyres (1974)
    Anulka Dziubinska and Marianne Morris in Vampyres (1974)
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    Michael Byrne and Marianne Morris in Vampyres (1974)
    Brian Deacon and Sally Faulkner in Vampyres (1974)
    Anulka Dziubinska and Marianne Morris in Vampyres (1974)

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    Marianne Morris
    Marianne Morris
    • Fran
    Anulka Dziubinska
    Anulka Dziubinska
    • Miriam
    • (as Anulka)
    Murray Brown
    Murray Brown
    • Ted
    Brian Deacon
    Brian Deacon
    • John
    Sally Faulkner
    • Harriet
    Michael Byrne
    Michael Byrne
    • Playboy
    Karl Lanchbury
    Karl Lanchbury
    • Rupert
    Margaret Heald
    • Receptionist
    Douglas Jones
    • Manager
    Gerald Case
    • Estate Agent
    Bessie Love
    Bessie Love
    • American Lady
    Elliott Sullivan
    • American Man
      • José Ramón Larraz
      • Diana Daubeney(screenplay)
      • José Ramón Larraz(uncredited)
      • Thomas Owen(story) (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The house is Oakley Court, used for exteriors in several Hammer films, and for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). It was later turned into a luxury hotel.
    • Goofs
      Harriett complains the castle looks rundown and scary, but no windows are broken or walls cracked, and the grounds appear to be well-kept.
    • Quotes

      Playboy: This is too good to be true.

      Miriam: Nothing's too good to be true, it's just that life is too short.

    • Alternate versions
      The original UK cinema version was heavily cut by around 3 minutes by the BBFC and the 1989 video was pre-cut but lost a further 26 secs with edits to a lesbian shower scene, sexual thrusting during the sex scene between Fran & John, the stabbing of Rupert, blood being licked from John's arm wound, closeups of Fran & Miriam's naked bloody bodies in the pre-credit scene, and the stripping and stabbing of Harriet in the cellar. The cuts were fully waived for the 2003 UK Anchor Bay DVD.
    • Connections
      Edited into FrightMare Theater: Vampyres (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Vampyres (Main Title)
      Written by James Kenelm Clarke (as James Clarke)

      Performed by James Clarke Orchestra

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    7/10
    Two gorgeous Vampyres coerce unsuspecting drivers to their castle for a good time , being well realized by the Spanish director Jose Ramon Larraz
    In 1974 director José Ramón Larraz released this blood-soaked erotic film called Vampyres , which told the story of a lesbian vampire couple who would waylay and kidnap various passers-by, both male and female, to take them captive at their luxurious rural manor . British terror movie about two Vampyre women who cause dreadful murders , being originally directed by the Spanish craftsman Jose Ramon Larraz . This horror as well as semi-exploitation movie deals with a lesbian vampire couple (Marianne Morris , Anulka) abducts motorists and drivers , (Murray Brown , Brian Deacon , Michael Byrne) , to hold them at their large mansion in the English countryside in order to kill and feed on them to satisfy their insatiable thirst for chew their blood . Their starving wishes seem to carry out terrible deaths , which are impossible to stop . As they feed them wine, have passionate sex, and then stab them to death while drinking their blood . The alluring female Vampyres shared the pleasures of the flesh , bloody hungry , and the horrors of the grave . They unleash their fantastic skills and become even more violent and sadistic . A couple that has not yet found a place to park their camper attempts to find out the rare events leading to an old mansion in bloody results which end in death .

    This frightening movie deliberately told contains thrills , chills , suspense , sleazy images and lots of violence and gore , including obnoxious killings . Jose Ramon Larraz master of arty gore and soft-core , brings this ghastly and stylish story plagued with eerie intrigue , nudism and depraved gore murders executed in a luxury mansion ; in fact , the house is Oakley Court, used for exteriors in several Hammer films , and for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) , it was later turned into a resort hotel . It is a straight horror film that features gallons of sleaze upon sleaze and a lot of sexualised violence . The screenplay is credited to Diana Daubeney, director José Ramón Larraz's wife Diana ; according to Larraz and producer Brian Smedley-Aston , she didn't actually write a word of it . She was credited because, as a British citizen, she filled a UK production quota . This is an English exploitation from Hammer Vampyres vein , as Jose Larraz takes here and there from ¨The Vampire Lovers" , ¨Carmilla¨, ¨Countess Dracula¨, and ¨Twins of Evil¨ , among others . Sometimes weak screenplay is added to well-staged murders and some gory special effects . Furthermore , a scary and thrilling musical score creates a real terror . Colorful cinematography in Hammer style with glimmer as well as lurid colors .

    This much-loved 70s shocker was professional and stylistically directed by Jose Ramon Larraz . The recently deceased (2013) Larraz started in cinema world by casual way when he meets the famous director Josef Von Stenberg running a cinematographic course in Brussels . Larraz was a director of horror and erotic films and former comic book illustrator and fashion photographer . Worked in England as Joseph Larraz, and in Spain, using the pseudonym Joseph Braunstein . Larraz subsequently shot horror classics , cult obscurities, euro-trash , and even some sexploitation . As he filmed his first movies in England , plenty of terror , suspense and sex , such as ¨Whirlpool¨ (1970) , ¨Deviation¨(1971) , ¨La Muerte Incierta¨(1972) , ¨Scream or die¨(1973) and ¨Symptoms¨ with Angela Pleasence and Peter Vaughan . He also shot soft-cores and then Jose Ramon returns Spain filming horror and semi-exploitative movies such as ¨Estigma¨ , ¨Ritos Sexuales Del Diablo¨, ¨Al Filo del Hacha¨ and ¨Descanse en Piezas¨ , imitating the American Slashers of the 70s and 80s . His most successful film is this ¨Vampyres¨ about bloodsuckers who get victims to pull over hitchhiking , played by Playboy young models with sexy bodies , blending arty house , horror and erotic situations .¨Vampyres¨ rating : Acceptable and passable terror movie . Most hardcore Euro horror fans will appreciate the kinkiness of this film as that is what gives it its distinctive flavour .
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    • Release date
      • October 4, 1979 (Spain)
      • United Kingdom
      • Spain
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Oakley Court, Windsor Road, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Essay Films
      • Lurco Films
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    • 1 hour 27 minutes
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