Vampyres (1974)

AKA: Blood Hunger

Film details

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Year1974
CountryUK
GenreVampire
TypeMovie
Runtime87m
CastMarianne Morris, Anulka Dziubinska, Murray Brown, Brian Deacon, Sally Faulkner, Michael Byrne, Karl Lanchbury, Margaret Heald, Gerald Case, Bessie Love

Review

"As an actual work of evocative, erotic horror, Vampyres works surprisingly well. Much of the credit must go to director/writer (under a pseudonym) Jose Ramon Larraz. He creates a narrative filled with unexplained scenes, missing information and wildly suggestive sensuality that keeps the viewer tantalized and teased throughout the running time. He utilizes the incredibly moody settings and countryside of England to give his movie more than a modicum of menace. He then adds those red herrings and scenes of mysterious consequence to keep things unsettled and surprising. Match that with a couple of curvaceous creatures and the aforementioned torrents of red torment, and you've got a good little gothic terror on your hands." - Bill Gibron, Pop Matters

Ranking history

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Lists featuring this film 26 lists

Alex Vorkov's Top 10 Horror Films of 19742017Ranked#3
BFI's 10 great overlooked British horror films of the 1970s2016Unranked—
BFI's Gothic - The Dark Heart of Film2013Unranked—
Cult Labs Forum's Best Horror Films Year by YearUnranked—
FANGORIA's 25 Awesome Horror Films You Probably Haven't Seen (But Really Should)2011Unranked—
FANGORIA's 300 Best Horror Movies2011Unranked—
Filmbar70's Top 102012Unranked—
Final Girl Shocktoberfest Poll2017Ranked#297
Goregirl's Favourite Horror Films of the 1970s2013Ranked#56
Goregirl's Vampire Films2012Ranked#6
James Marriott and Kim Newman's Horror! 333 Films to Scare You to Death2010Unranked—
JarvisCity's 15 Best Horror Movies Of 19742016Ranked#5
Jeffrey Weinstock's The Vampire Film - Undead Cinema (Short Cuts)2012Unranked—
Josh Keown's My Top 75 Vampire Movies of All Time2013Ranked#59
Maxim's Mike Lafavore's 66 Hidden Horror Movies2015Unranked—
Mike Mayo's VideoHound's Horror Show - 999 Hair-Raising, Hellish, and Humorous Movies1998Unranked—
Rue Morgue's 200 Alternative Horror Films2012Unranked—
Satanic Pandemonium's 1970s Horror - 100 Films2013Unranked—
Taliesin Meets the Vampires' Top 100 Vampire Movies2009Ranked#69
Taste of Cinema's Emiliano Serrano Lara's The 20 Best Vampire Movies Every Individual Should Watch2014Ranked#11
Taste of Cinema's Shane Scott-Travis' The 30 Sexiest Horror Movies of All Time2016Ranked#28
Vanessa Morgan's Strange Blood - 71 Essays on Offbeat and Underrated Vampire Movies2019Unranked—
Wales Arts Review's 50 Most Innovative Horror Movies of All Time2020Unranked—
Wales Arts Review's Gary Raymond and Gray Taylor's 50 Greatest Horror Movies That May Have Passed You By2016Ranked#14
WatchMojo's Rebecca Brayton's Top 10 Sexiest Horror Movies Ever2020Unranked—
Wrong Reel Productions' James Hancock's Top 10 Erotic Horror Films2015Ranked#1