USA, 1966
80m
35mm film, black and white
mono, English
An American horror film directed by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman. It began life as the Yugoslavian film Operacija Ticijan (1963) with additional material shot by Hill in 1964 and more footage directed by Rothman two years later. A television version, titled Track of the Vampire, adds 11 additional minutes of footage.
Plot Summary
An artist who believes that he's the reincarnation of a vampire murders young women and boils their bodies in a vat.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Jack Hill, Stephanie Rothman
© [not given on screen]
Executive Producer: Roger Corman
Produced by: Jack Hill
Production Manager: Bart Patton
Screenplay by: Jack Hill, Stephanie Rothman
Script Supervision: Sharon Compton
Photography: Alfred Taylor
Film Editor: Candace Kane
Music Supervised by: Ronald Stein
Sound: Gary Kurtz
Makeup: William Condos
Title Design: Cinefx
Art Direction: James Brunner
Locations: Belgrade, Serbia *; Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA *
Cast
William Campbell (Antonio Sordi)
Marissa Mathes (Daisy Allen)
Linda Saunders [real name: Lori Saunders] (Dorean)
Sandra Knight (Donna Allen)
Carl Schanzer [real name: Karl Schanzer] (Max, the artist)
Biff Elliot (cafe manager)
Sid Haig (Abdul the Arab)
Jonathan Haze (beatnik)
Fred Thompson (beatnik)
David Ackles (carousel operator)
Thomas Karnes
Frank Church
David Miller
Jess Nichols
Lowe Stephens
Alternative Titles
Track of the Vampire – US television title
Links
Includes extracts from
Operacija Ticijan (1963)
Portrait in Terror (1965)
Extracts included in
AIP: Fast and Furious (1985)
Shiver & Shudder Show (2002)
Son of Svengoolie: Track of the Vampire (1966) (1981).
References
Periodicals
Castle of Frankenstein no.9 p.6
Books
American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography by Rob Craig p.379
American International Pictures: A Filmography by Robert L. Ottoson pp.204-205 – credits, synopsis, review
The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.175-176
Cinematic Vampires by John L. Flynn pp.155-156
Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures by Mark Thomas McGee pp.303
Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.41-42 – credits
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.40 – credits
Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990 by Brian Albright p.245
Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.66-67
