Drácula em Veneza

In VAMPIRE IN VENICE, Professor Paris Catalano (Christopher Plummer) is obsessed with tracking down the infamous blood-drinker of the title (Klaus Kinski). When Catalano finds a strange family in Venice, who were originally from Transylvania, he believes he's hit pay dirt.

This leads to the backstory being told, while Donald Pleasence makes an appearance.

When a medium is called in, resulting in a seance, the so-called "Prince of Putridity" returns! Death and doom are the result!

Kinski is quite convincing and threatening in his undead role. His interesting facial features have always made him the perfect villain, whether in horror or crime thrillers. He pulls off being pure eeevil with ease! Plummer is doggedly heroic as the Van Helsing-like Catalano.

While not a bad movie, it does tend to drag on interminably in spots...

I haven't seen this film for years but it has left lasting images and atmospheres in my mind. I seem to recall the score being really interesting aswell. The camera and cinematography from what i can remember was amazing.- Showing gondalas sailing through the fog in Venice, a stunning location to say the least. It also boasts one of the prettiest actress's ever, in the shape of De Rossi. All this together with Kinski creeping around as Nosferatu makes for essential viewing.

Nosferatu (dir. F. W. Murnau, 1922) is regarded as a masterpiece. To be honest, I enjoyed Werner Herzog's remake (1979) far more - Klaus Kinski's performance in the title role was perfect; repellent and charismatic in equal measure. So I've been looking forward to seeing this hard-to-get-hold-of "sequel" for years.

Oh dear, what a disappointment. This film is a confused mess.

If "Vampire in Venice" were less conventional, it could be Art-house or Surrealist Cinema. And then its fogginess might be to its advantage. But... it just isn't.

Whereas its' predecessors were directed with a spark of genius, "Vampire in Venice" had a history of directorial dithering - and boy does it show. Despite some excellent cinematography, great sets and a (potentially) strong cast, the film is so weakly directed that it falls apart almost immediately. The cast is wasted. The plot is incongruous. The characters are under-developed and their motivations are anyones' guess. The whole is deeply unsatisfying. Of course, Barabara De Rossi is utterly gorgeous, Plummer has some gravitas and Kinski is OK, but without a firm hand at the rudder, we are on a gondola to nowhere.

Only the film's few saving graces allowed me to watch to the end. One for the curious only, I fear.

This Nosferatu a Venezia 1988 deals with Professor París Catalano : Cristopher Plummer is looking for the disgustingly terrible count Dracula who long time disappeared at a 1786 carnival in Venice . Ultimately , Catalano follows the tracks in a Venetian palace , as Dracula suddenly shows up while looks for a lover : Barbara Del Rossi to suck . Then Professor Catalano and Dr Barneval : Yorgo Voyagis go after him through a deadly chase , as they discover by means of a medium season that Nosferatu/Dracula is seeking the eternal death along with an immortal love .

This is a thrilling mystery and a chilling psycho-drama of lust . This Italian film is a sort of sequel to Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 though very inferior to excellent film directed by Herzog that at the same time was a modern remake to 1922 silent classic Nosferatu by W. R. Murnau . This Nosferatu a Venize 1988 is a captivating and strange experience with scary images , imaginative sets and gorgeous photography from a very foggy Venice . It is a really atmospheric film with scary and creepy frames , though extremely disjointed, including a lot of flaws , failures and gaps . It features the great klaus Kisnki as the rodent-like Dracula/Nosferatu , though without make-up, only protruding teeth, as he puts his usual grim faces , gestures and rare gesticulation . When Kinski played this Nosferatu he was at his best period , having played for Werner Herzog important films as Firzcarraldo, Woyzeck , Cobra Verde , Aguirre Wrath of God . Co-stars Christopher Plummer as the astute professor who visits Venice to investigatigate the last known appearance of the vampire and he attempts to put a final to his life once and for all . Kinski and Plummer are well accompanied by a good cast as Barbara De Rossi, Yorgo Voyagis , Mickey Knox , brief appearance by Donald Pleasence and beautiful Elvire Audray who some years later committed suicide .

It packs glamorous and brilliant cinematography by Tonino Nardi, filmed , of course , on location in Venice , Veneto, Italy . As well as senstive and mysterious musical score by Luigi Ceccarelli and the great Vangelis in his ordinary style . The motion picture was regularly directed , it seem to be the shooting was an extreme chaos allegedly due to continuous interruptions, and requirements of a demanding Kinski , and with various directors as Mario Caiano , Maurizio Lucidi , Luigi Cozzi , even Klaus Kinski filmed some scenes , and eventually producer Augusto Caminito completed. Rating : 5.5/10 .Average but acceptable and passable .

I'm a tremendously massive fan of the works and persona of Klaus Kinski, but apparently I should praise myself lucky that I never had to work with him or maybe even meet with him person. Kinski allegedly was an incredibly arrogant individual and literally an impossible person to interact with professionally. During this particular period – the late 80s – he also was at the heights of his violent temper, which (nearly) ruined all the movies he starred in. Director David Schmoeller made the ironic short film "Please Kill Mr. Kinski", based on the disastrous experience that he had with him during "Crawlspace" in 1986 and even the long-running professional relationship with the acclaimed director Werner Herzog got destroyed in 1987 during the filming of "Cobra Verde". According to the documentaries Herzog and Kinski got into several vicious fights and openly threatened to kill each other. Also this "Nosferatu in Venice" suffered enormously from Kinski's eccentric quirks. He chased away the initially hired director Mario Caiano, he physically assaulted two of the lead actresses and he refused to cut his hair or wear any make-up. And yet, it's a Kinski film and I'd move heaven and earth just to see it!

I liked "Nosferatu in Venice" a lot, but not exactly because it's a good film… I'm much more fond of the whole idea and concept of the film. What a brilliant idea to set a vampire movie in the wonderful city of Venice! And not just any ravenous and mad-as-hell vampire, but a melancholic vampire figure like Nosferatu! That's just fantastic. The story initially follows Prof. Catalano, who's searching for the mysteriously vanished Nosferatu, but at the same time the professor is convinced that he is fed up with his immortal and roaming existence. Deep in the basement of a Venetian family mansion there is a tomb, and the heiress thinks that Nosferatu is buried here. They hold a séance to awaken him, but he resurrects somewhere on a tropical island. Nosferatu promptly travels to Venice, hoping to find love and eternal peace. "Noferatu in Venice" is slow-brooding and talkative, and thus definitely not recommended for the nowadays new generation of horror/vampire movie fanatics that swear by fancy computer-generated effects and monstrous transformations. This movie thrives on macabre atmosphere, moody set-pieces and sober cinematography. The plot is very messy and often doesn't make a lick of sense, and yet it's captivating from start to finish. This is also a very unconventional vampire story. Kinski's Nosferatu doesn't suck the blood from the virgin's necks, but he impales old ladies on fences and tears off the lips of jealous boyfriends. Kinski doesn't have to do a lot apart from demonstrating his naturally sinister charisma. The cast contains another two phenomenal actors, Donald Pleasance and Christopher Plummer, as well as a couple of beautiful actresses, like Barbara De Rossi.