Mexico, 1962
98m (USA), 110m (Mexico)
35mm film, black and white
Spanish
A Mexican horror film directed by Miguel Morayta [Michael Morayta on English language prints].
Plot Summary
The family of Count Cagliostro has struggled for generations to rid the world of vampires. The current Count entrusts a number of valuable documents to his daughter Ines, and her doctor fiance Richard. Ines goes undercover to infiltrate the castle of Count Frankenhausen but is unmasked by the evil undead Count…
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Miguel Morayta [Michael Morayta on English language prints]
English Language Version Directed by: Manuel San Fernando
© [not given on screen]
Internacional Sono-Film, Tele Talía Films S.A.
Produced by: Raphael Perez Grovas
Story and Screen Play by: Miguel Morayta [Michael Morayta on English language prints]
Director of Photography: Raoul Martinez Solares
Film Editor: Gloria Schoemann
Music Conducted by: Luis Hernandez Breton
Sound: Jesus González Gancy, James L. Fields
Make-up: Armando Meyer
Art Director: Manuel Fontanals
Cast
Begoáa Palacios (Anna “Ines” Cagliostro)
Erna Martha Bauman (Countess Eugenia Frankenhausen)
Raoul Farell (Dr Ricardo Pizarro/Peisser/Pizano)
Bertha Moss (Frau Hildegarde)
Carlos Agosti [Charles Agosti on English language prints] (Count Siegfried von Frankenhausen)
Lupe Carriles (Lupe, The innkeeper)
Francisco A. Cárdova (Gestas)
Rafael Etienne (torture chamber master)
Enrique Lucero (Lázaro)
Antonio Raxel (Count Valsamo de Cagliostro)
N. Leon “Frankenstein” (torturer)
Raoul Farell
Alternative Titles
The Bloody Vampire
Count Frankenhausen
Links
Sequel
La invasión de los vampiros (1963)
References
Books
- American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography by Rob Craig pp.70-71
- Cinematic Vampires by John L. Flynn pp.149
- Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart p.182
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.43
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.42 – credits
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.76-77
