The Vampire Happening
The Vampire Happening German Gebissen wird nur nachts is a 1971 West German comedy and horror film directed by Freddie Francis.
In the early 1970s, Italian producer Pier A. Caminnecci was looking for a film for his wife Pia Degermark whose previous film Elvira Madigan 1967 was a critical and financial success. Caminnecci set up an international production for her in West Germany directed by British director Freddie Francis and written by German screenwriters August Rieger and KarlHeinz Hummel The script features a subplot based on Theophile Gautiers short story La Morte AmoureuseThe film was not well received. Allmovie gave the film one and a half stars out of five, stating that it is not considered to be one of the crown jewels of the genre In his book ComedyHorror FilmsA Chronological History, author Bruce G. Hallenbeck referred to the film as sort of a ripoff of Polanskis The Fearless Vampire Killers and doesnt come within lightyears of Polanskis vision ........
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