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Nocturna

  • 19791979
  • RR
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
292
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Nocturna (1979)
ComedyHorror
Dracula's granddaughter falls in love with a disco guitarist and runs away to New York City with him.Dracula's granddaughter falls in love with a disco guitarist and runs away to New York City with him.Dracula's granddaughter falls in love with a disco guitarist and runs away to New York City with him.
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
292
YOUR RATING
    • Harry Hurwitz
    • Nai Bonet(story)
    • Harry Hurwitz
  • Stars
    • Nai Bonet
    • John Carradine
    • Yvonne De Carlo
    • Harry Hurwitz
    • Nai Bonet(story)
    • Harry Hurwitz
  • Stars
    • Nai Bonet
    • John Carradine
    • Yvonne De Carlo
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 21User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    Theodore Gottlieb in Nocturna (1979)
    Monica Tidwell in Nocturna (1979)
    John Epstein in Nocturna (1979)
    Nocturna (1979)
    John Blyth Barrymore in Nocturna (1979)
    Antony Hamilton and Monica Tidwell in Nocturna (1979)
    John Carradine in Nocturna (1979)
    Adam Keefe in Nocturna (1979)
    Shelley Wyant in Nocturna (1979)
    Yvonne De Carlo in Nocturna (1979)
    Sy Richardson in Nocturna (1979)
    Theodore Gottlieb in Nocturna (1979)

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    Nai Bonet
    Nai Bonet
    • Nocturna
    John Carradine
    John Carradine
    • Count Dracula
    Yvonne De Carlo
    Yvonne De Carlo
    • Jugulia Vein
    Theodore Gottlieb
    Theodore Gottlieb
    • Theodore
    Sy Richardson
    Sy Richardson
    • RH Factor
    Antony Hamilton
    Antony Hamilton
    • Jimmy
    Ivery Bell
    Ivery Bell
    • The Moment of Truth
    Michael Harrison
    • The Moment of Truth
    Norris Harris
    • The Moment of Truth
    William H. Jones Jr.
    • The Moment of Truth
    Adam Keefe
    Adam Keefe
    • BSA President
    Monica Tidwell
    Monica Tidwell
    • Brenda
    Tony Sanchez
    • Victim
    Thomas Ryan
    • Policeman
    Al Sapienza
    Al Sapienza
    • Musician
    Jerry Sroka
    Jerry Sroka
    • Musician
    A.C. Weary
    • Musician
    Ron Toler
    • Taxi Driver
      • Harry Hurwitz
      • Nai Bonet(story)
      • Harry Hurwitz
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      One of the locations was an empty vault under the Brooklyn Bridge, which was reopened and cleaned out especially for the film after being sealed for 100 years.
    • Quotes

      Jimmy: Nocturna? What sort of name is that?

      Nocturna: It's an old Transylvanian name. It means, uh, "of the night."

    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Love and Bullets/Time After Time/Life of Brian/The Onion Field/Peppermint Soda (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Love is Just a Heartbeat Away (Nocturna's Theme)
      Music and Lyrics by Norman Bergen & Reid Whitelaw

      Performed by Gloria Gaynor

    User reviews21

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    DISCO-TRASH
    Recently stumbled across an old copy of this film at my local video store. The quality of the video was appalling, which was quite appropriate, given how bad the rest of the film is. The acting's atrocious, the humour weak and obvious, and the plot threadbare. I was also dismayed by the over- emphasis on Nai Bonet's naked body. Not that I mind nudity, but there was very little to distinguish parts of this film from excerpts taken from traditional, sexist, male-directed porn.

    The only redeeming feature of this film is the wonderfully kitsch performances by the disco group, and the kitsch- dreamy nature of some scenes. Was also good to see John Carradine, a brilliant actor whose strained facial expressions seem to suggest he knew the limited quality of the material he was working with.
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    • j-thompson4-1
    • Oct 31, 2004

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    • Release date
      • June 1, 1979 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Compass International Pictures
      • Nai Bonet Enterprises
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 25 minutes
      • Mono

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