La Furie des vampires

Original title: La noche de Walpurgis

1971
13
1h 26m

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Elvira and her friend Genevieve travel through the French countryside in search of the lost grave of a medieval vampire, Countess Wandesa.Elvira and her friend Genevieve travel through the French countryside in search of the lost grave of a medieval vampire, Countess Wandesa.Elvira and her friend Genevieve travel through the French countryside in search of the lost grave of a medieval vampire, Countess Wandesa.

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5.3/10

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Genevieve Bennett
(as Bárbara Capell)

Andrés Resino

Inspector Marcel
(as Andre Reese)

Yelena Samarina

Elizabeth Daninsky
(as Helena Samarin)

José Marco

Pierre
(as Jose Marco)

Betsabé Ruiz

Pierre's Girl
(as Betsabe Sharon)

Barta Barri

Muller
(as Barta Barry)

Luis Gaspar

Distraught Man
(as Louis Caspar)

Ruperto Ares

Mayor
(as Rupert Aros)

María Luisa Tovar

First Female Victim
(as Maria Tovar)

Julio Peña

Dr. Hartwig - Coroner
(as Julio Pena)

Patty Shepard

Countess Wandesa Dárvula de Nadasdy
(as Paty Shepard)

Carlos Aured

La Sombra de Satán
(uncredited)

Eduardo Chappa

Tramp
(uncredited)
…

Director
- León Klimovsky
Writers
- Paul Naschy
- Hans Munkel
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Trivia
Generally regarded to have kickstarted the Spanish horror film boom of the '70s, due to its box-office success upon release.

Goofs
Though the setting of the story is supposedly France, the architecture of the buildings shown is clearly Spanish, the actual location of the shoot.

Quotes
Inspector Marcel: How are your studies going to finish the thesis? You must be close to it, right?
Elvira: The subject is very broad. It is not that simple. I must work hard.
Inspector Marcel: If I remember correctly, it was about research on black magic, witchcraft, the diversity of Satan cults and the Inquisition in France. That was it, wasn't it?
Elvira: More or less. Lately, Genevieve and I discovered something about Wandesa Darvula de Nadasdy, a Hungarian countess who lived in the 15th century. She is shrouded in legend... a horrible legend...

Alternate versions
The Anchor Bay DVD entitled "Werewolf Shadow" incorporates previously missing footage that only appeared in Spanish prints of the film. The material is mostly centered on Elvira's boyfriend and his attempts to locate her once she has gone missing. One scene shows him receiving a letter from Elvira, and another long sequence involves a conversation he has with the mayor of the local burg that Wandessa has been terrorizing.

Connections
Featured in Wolfman Chronicles (1991)

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6/10

It's the extras on the disc that tip the scales

This barely keeps afloat and is so slow in parts that when one of the characters falls asleep at the table we think for a moment she has dropped off in a state of boredom. And it is such a shame about the pacing because there are decent moments, lovely girls, lots of nudity and blood, even a little gore. The slo-mo gliding of the lady vampires is good too and there are a few minutes somewhere in the middle where it looks as if the film is rising to some altogether different level. But no we are soon back to a plodding Mr Naschy and the plodding script. It's the extras on the disc that tip the scales and the interview with Mr Plod is welcome and goes some way to helping one understand his popularity!