Subgenre Sampler
Vampires: 141 Films to Buy & Rent
Case of the Smiling Stiffs, The (1974)
- Dir. Sean S. Cunningham
- Amusing exploitation vampire flick in which a hungry vampress sates her appetite in a uniquely memorable fashion.
Chosen Survivors (1974)
- Dir. Sutton Roley
Feat. Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord, Richard Jaeckel…
- Sci–fi horror about a group of people who have been flown to a futuristic bomb shelter in the desert, after being chosen at random to survive…
Vampyres (1974)
- Dir. Joseph Larraz
Feat. Anulka , Marianne Morris
- Riding on a mini–wave of lesbian vampire movies, this English sexploitation pic turns up both the flesh and blood quotient on the ‘Hammer’…
Dracula (1973)
- Dir. Dan Curtis
Feat. Jack Palance
- Classy 1973 made–for–TV version, starring Jack Palance as a mournful Count.
Blacula (1972)
- Dir. William Crain
Feat. William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas…
- Dracula is alive, well, African–American and living below the ghettos of 70s Los Angeles. William Marshall has a funky time blood–lusting…
Body Beneath, The (Vampire's Thirst) (1972)
- Dir. Andy Milligan
Feat. Gavin Reed, Jackie Skarvellis
- Grindhouse dir. Milligan creates his best effort and the English equivalent of PLAN 9 into the bargain with this endearingly inept horror.
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Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (1972)
- Dir. Brian Clemens
Feat. Horst Janson, Caroline Munro, John Carson
- British cult TV writer Brian Clemens (THE AVENGERS) assumes directing duties on this spirited historical vampire romp he wrote for Hammer Studios,…
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
- Dir. Alan Gibson
Feat. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
- Christopher Lee's Count incongruously schmoozes with the youth of the 1970s in his never–ending search for the red stuff. Peter Cushing turns…
Vampire Circus (1972)
- Dir. Robert Young
Feat. Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Higgins…
- An even now brutal late Hammer set in plague–ridden 19th century Europe, where a small village unknowingly admits vampires disguised as a…
Daughters of Darkness (Le Rouge aux Levres) (1971)
- Dir. Harry Kumel
Feat. Delphine Seyrig, Danielle Ouimet, Andrea Rau…
- Significant, sultry vampire horror, justly celebrated for its blend of understated dread, unusual eroticism and elegant trappings which has been…