Spain, 1972
88m
35mm film, Eastmancolor
mono, Spanish
A Spanish horror film directed by José María Elorrieta.
Plot Summary
In a small village, Dr Dora Maeterlick is called upon to treat the father of Baron Carl von Rysselbert who has fallen sick with a strange blood disease. But when the doctor's assistant, Erika, falls in love with the Baron, The truth comes out – he's a vampire responsible for the many deaths that have been plaguing the area.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: José María Elorrieta
Arco Film, Lacy Films, Seseña Films
Producer: Riccardo Vazquez
Script: Joseph De Lacy [real name: José María Elorrieta], Enrique González Macho, FermÍn Sandoval
Director of Photography: Pablo Ripoll
Editor: Enrique G. Palacios
Music: Vittorio Gelmetti, Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Art Director: M. Soriano
Locations: Pedraza, Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain; San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Madrid, Spain
Cast
Nicholas Ney (Carl von Rysselbert)
Ines Skorpio [real name: Inés Morales] (Veronica)
Loretta Martin [real name: Loreta Tovar] (Margaret)
Beatriz Lacy [real name: Beatriz Elorrieta] (Erica)
Pamela Taff [real name: Susan Taff] (Mayor's assistant)
Irenne Mie
Anthony Escribano [real name: Antonio Jiménez Escribano] (Baron von Rysselbert)
Diana Sorel (Dr Materlick)
Jesús Alesanco
Francisco Bonmatí
Francisco Correa
Rosario Royo (Baron von Rysselbert's housekeeper)
Marisa Tovar [real name: María Luisa Tovar] (widow of victim on bicycle)
Rafael Vaquero
Ricardo Vázquez
José Villasante
Alternative Titles
Aquelarre de vampiros – working title
The Curse of the Vampyr
Horrortrip – West German title
