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Genres:
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Drama /
Horror /
Romance /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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Don Sharp
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Actors:
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Brian Oulton,
Clifford Evans,
Peter Madden,
Noel Willman,
Jennifer Daniel,
Noel Howlett,
Isobel Black,
Edward de Souza,
Barry Warren,
Jacquie Wallis
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Duration:
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88 min.
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Rating:
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(6.5/10)19
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Plot Summary:
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Gerald [Edward de Souza] and Marianne [Jennifer Daniel] Harcourt are motoring thoroughly Europe on their honeymoon when their car runs finished of petrol. Looking over over the valley from his chateau window, Dr Ravna [Noel Willman] sees them, but cannot do anything before Gerald goes for help, leaving Marianne in the car. Gerald gets a trawl to the nearest hotel, where they take a lodge for the night. There are no other guests, put by representing Professor Zimmer [Clifford Evans], who spends much of his time drinking. The owners, Anna [Vera Cook] and Bruno [Peter Madden], try to baby the new... lyweds' stay a happy undivided, but they are obviously troubled by
something and haven't had guests in a extensive set, attested to before the sheets over the clobber and remarks , "Zero on any occasion stays here anymore." But no one choice say why. While Gerald and Marianne cover tea in their room, a epistle arrives as regards them. It is from Dr Ravna, winsome them to dine with him. When Bruno tells them that Dr Ravna's table is the superb in the country, they choose to inquire into.Gerald and Marianne arouse the pheasant and wine to be flavourful, Dr Ravnos to be a charming hostess, and his son Carl [Barry Warren] is a fine pianist. When Carl plays one of his own compositions, Marianne is almost entranced. As an added astonish, Dr Ravna says that he's sending fitting for some petrol championing their car, but it may carry several days. Gerald and Marianne return to their hotel. It's late, and Marianne is tired, but not unoriginal enough not to hear Anna sobbing in a room down the amphitheatre. Marianne peeks in and sees Anna sitting on the floor, booming past some clothes and photos of her daughter Tania, who has been irreparable to Ravna.The next day, Carl Ravna and his sister Sabena [Jacquie Wallis] drop close the pension to invite Gerald and Marianne to a party they are giving on Saturday night. It's contemporary to be a cheery. Ravna is bringing in a chef from Paris and an orchestra from Vienna, and Carl and Sabena offer to accommodation Gerald and Marianne formal clothes so they don't have to worry about their put on one's best bib. Gerald invites them in as regards a bend the elbow, but they bid someone rapidly when Professor Zimmer informs that the meteorological conditions is changing...the sun is coming finished.It's a masked ball. Marianne is given a Stygian screen, and Gerald is given a red beast fa‡ade. Carl and Marianne sashay and dance. When Marianne takes a tea break and wonders where Gerald has gone, Carl switches his mask in return anecdote like that being jaded by Gerald and, without saying a not to mince words, he leads Marianne upstairs, where he abruptly pushes her into a margin and locks the door. Marianne is alone, except for the sake of Dr Ravna, who mesmerizes her and then bites her neck. Gerald is chatting downstairs with Sabena and drinking a two shakes of a lamb's tail too much champagne. He wonders where Marianne is, but Sabena offers him one more "special" class of champagne. Gerald drinks it and begins to handle faint, so Sabena takes him upstairs so that he can lie down.The party-goers in a flash be a chip off the old block chase off the mark their masks, change into white gowns, and enter a ceremonial apartment where Ravna introduces Marianne as a new disciple. When Gerald wakes up, there is no bear witness of any ally, and everyone denies knowing Marianne. Carl tells Gerald that he came alone, drank too much, and had to sleep it off. They chuck out Gerald discernible, where he is later found laying in the road by Professor Zimmer who takes him reject to the hotel. Bruno also denies knowing Marianne, and all her clothes are gone. Not even the constabulary believe him. Exclusive Zimmer remembers, and he tells Gerald that Marianne is being held at Ravna's chateau. Zimmer knows close by the vampires. He tells Gerald nearby his own daughter who was made into a vampire by Ravna.That gloom, Gerald goes to the chƒteau. He happens upon Tania [Isobel Black] and asks on her help. Tania leads him straight to Ravna, who calls as far as something Marianne. Marianne, obviously entranced, doesn't want anything to do with Gerald. To develop it, she spits in his eye to eye. Ravna then tells Tania to "get" Gerald. Tania scratches his chest, monochrome blood. As she bends well-advanced to taste his neck, Gerald pushes her away and makes a waspish on his chest using his own blood. At that moment, Zimmer enters the room. They latch on to Marianne and take her back to the breakfast. Zimmer has placed crosses drawn with distillation of garlic on all the entrances to the chateau, which seals the vampires also gaol. Tonight is the well-shaped moon, he says, and Capricorn is in conjunction with Saturn, a perfect night for performing a ritual that he's been working on to exterminate the vampires. While Zimmer prepares, Ravna summons Marianne, who starts walking back to the manor-house. When Gerald discovers that Marianne is gone, he and Framer Xavier [Noel Howlett] pursue. Zimmer summons a scourge of bats that fly into the citadel and piece all the vampires to destruction, which releases Marianne from her trance.NOTE: US construction has the following story interwoven with the inseparable on.The Stanghers live in the same village as Dr Ravna. Rosa Stangher [Virginia Gregg] sews robes for Dr Ravna, although neither she nor spouse Otto [Horst Ebersberg?] distinguish what he uses them for. Daughter Theresa [Shiela Welles] wants to pace entirely payment a while, but her father is worried more her being out by oneself. When he finds that his mate in truth sent Theresa to Ravna's fortress that afternoon to know for sure him that his robes were prepared, Otto is definitely angry. Rosa refuses to believe the gossip about Ravna. Theresa's boyfriend Anton [Carl Esmond] drops by. When he finds that Theresa has received a music carton as a gift from Ravna, he gets wrathful and warns her to
never go to the chateau again. Later, as Theresa listens to the music, she feels strangely compelled to put on her shawl and go bankrupt for a walk, but her mother stops her and sends her to bed. Theresa has also been invited to the ball. Her mother helps her get ready, but her father refuses to let her pronounce. The day after the ball, the town is happy and alive again. Anton and Theresa are requital together. The whole world is usual to church. While Theresa gets her hat, Anton burns the musicbox. [Basic Summary through bj_kuehl]Read more Less
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