Italy, France, 1959
85m
35mm film, Ultrascope, Ferraniacolor, Technicolor, 2.35:1
mono (Western Electric), Italian
An Italian comedy horror film directed by Steno. English language prints credit production manager Pio Angeletti as the director.
Plot Summary
Impoverished vampire Count Osvaldo Lambertenghi hits on a brilliant idea to both boost his flagging fortune and ensure a steady supply of victims – he decides to turn his castle into a hotel.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Steno; Pio Angeletti [on US prints]
Copyright MCMLIX [1959] Maxima-Film
Maxima Film, Mountfluor Films, Cei Incom
A Film Produced by: Mario Cecchi Gori
Assistant Producers: Antonio Sarno, Adriano De Micheli
Production Manager: Pio Angeletti
Production Supervisor: Umberto Santoni
Story and Script by: Edoardo Anton, Marcello Fondato, Sandro Continenza, Dino Verde, Stefano Vanzina, Renato Rascel
From an Idea by: Mario Cecchi Gori
Assistant Director: Mariano Laurenti [credited as “Assistant Artistic Director” on US prints]
Continuity: Emilio Miraglia
Director of Photography: Marco Scarpelli
Camera Operators: Pasqualino De Santis, Sandro D'Eva [real name: Alessandro D'Eva]
Film Editing by: Eraldo Da Roma
Assistant Film Editor: Emilio Miraglia
Negatives: S.P.E.S., director E. Catalucci
Music Score by: Armando Trovajoli and Renato Rascel
Music Directed by: Armando Trovajoli
Music Publishers: Rascel-Roma
Songs by: Renato Rascel and Bruno Martino
Sound Engineers: Umberto Picistrelli, Mario Amari
Costumes by: Ugo Pericoli
Make-up by: Eligio Trani
Hairdresser: Gustavo Sisi
Optical Effects: S.P.E.S., director E. Catalucci
Settings and Properties: Andrea A. Tomassi [Andrea Tomassi on US prints]
Scenery by: Giorgio Giovannini
Production Secretaries: Antonio Sarno, Adriano De Micheli
Interiors shot at Centro Incom
Locations: Castello Brown, Portofino, Genoa, Liguria, Italy *; Hotel dei Castelli, Sestri Levante, Genoa, Liguria, Italy *
Cast
Renato Rascel (Baron Osvaldo Lambertenghi)
Sylva Koscina (Carla)
Lia Zoppelli (Letizia)
Kai Fischer [Kay Ficher on US prints] (Lellina)
Franco Scandurra (Professor Stricker)
Carlo Very [real name: Carl Wery]
Antie Geerk [real name: Antje Geerk]
Federico Collino
Susanna Loret [real name: Susanne Loret. Susan Loret on US prints] (Susan)
Angelo Zanolli
Antonio Mambretti
Ivana Gilli
Franco Giacobini
Fiorella Ferrero
Leonardo Porzio [not credited on US prints]
Laura Rosci [not credited on US prints]
Francesco Tenzi [real name: Lamberto Antinori]
Christopher Lee (Baron Roderico da Frankurten)
Leonardo Porzio *
Laura Rosci *
Rik Van Nutter *
Alternative Titles
Agárrame ese vampiro – Spanish title
Hard Times for Dracula
Hard Times for Vampires
My Uncle the Vampire
Uncle Was a Vampire
Links
See also
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1958)
References
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.123-124
- The Christopher Lee Filmography by Tom Johnson and Mark A. Miller pp.88-91
- Cinematic Vampires by John L. Flynn pp.133
- Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008 by Bruce G. Hallenbeck pp.213 – credits
- Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart p.173
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.55
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.82, 88, 94, 120, 123, 300, 340
- The Films of Christopher Lee by Robert W. Pohle Jr and Douglas C. Hart pp.82-83
- Horrorshows: The A-Z of Horror in Film, TV, Radio and Theatre by Gene Wright p.197 – credits, review
- Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969 by Roberto Curti pp.30-34 – credits, review
- Italian Horror Films of the 1960s: A Critical Catalog of 62 Chillers by Lawrence McCallum pp.209-212 – credits, review
- Lord of Misrule (new edition) by Christopher Lee pp.188-189
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.511 – credits
