Count Yorga, Vampire

1970
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1h 33m

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5.7/10

3.2K

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A couple invites a Count from Hungary, who recently immigrated to America, to conduct a seance for the woman's recently deceased mother, oblivious to the fact that he is actually a vampire.A couple invites a Count from Hungary, who recently immigrated to America, to conduct a seance for the woman's recently deceased mother, oblivious to the fact that he is actually a vampire.A couple invites a Count from Hungary, who recently immigrated to America, to conduct a seance for the woman's recently deceased mother, oblivious to the fact that he is actually a vampire.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

3.2K

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Robert Quarry

Count Yorga

Roger Perry

Dr. James 'Jim' Hayes

Michael Murphy

Paul

Michael Macready

Michael 'Mike' Thompson

Donna Anderson

Donna
(as Donna Anders)

Judy Lang

Erica Landers
(as Judith Lang)

Edward Walsh

Brudah

Julie Conners

Cleo

Paul Hansen

Peter

Sybil Scotford

Judy

Marsha Jordan

Donna's Mother

Deborah Darnell

Vampire Woman

George Macready

Narration
(voice)

Erica Macready

Babette - the nurse
(uncredited)

Mark Tapscott

Peter (seance guest)
(uncredited)

Stella Thomas

Vampire Woman
(uncredited)

Director
- Bob Kelljan
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- Bob Kelljan
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7/10

Pretty good

Count Yorga (Robert Quarry), a vampire, comes from Bulgaria to 1970 Los Angeles and starts making a coven of beautiful female vampires. Will their boyfriends be able to stop him?

This was a huge hit in 1970 because it was the first modern vampire film. Up until then all vampire films had been set in Europe in the 1800s or early 1900s. This was the first vampire film set in modern day. Still it isn't a great film. It was originally shot with soft core sex scenes which were (pretty obviously) edited out and it was turned into a sleazy PG rated film. It was made on a very low budget (it shows) and suffers from some horrible 1970s fashions and dialogue. Also the makeup on the female vampires is pretty poor. Still this isn't a total disaster either.

The script is actually pretty intelligent considering this was a fairly rushed production. The acting is good--especially by Quarry who makes an imposing vampire. Very subtle performance but he handles the violent scenes quite well too. It moves at a fairly quick pace and has a great bloody climax--pretty extreme for a PG film. This won't impress audiences like it did in 1970 but it's still not that bad.

The 2000 video version I have has "Yorga" spelled as "Iorga".

preppy-3
Jun 9, 2007
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Trivia
This film was originally conceived as a low budget softcore pornography film titled "The Loves of Count Iorga, Vampire". Later, however, the decision was made to film it as a regular horror film with the less erotic title "Count Yorga, Vampire" . This name change explains the poor animation of the name "Count Yorga" in the film's title as it now appears on-screen. The original title and original Iorga spelling were both restored to the film by the 1990s, but all prints of it were still identical to the original 1970 release. Apparently, no additional footage survives from its original porn version of it at all and it is unknown if said version was actually filmed or, if it was filmed, whether or not it was finished or even released if it was (it is worth noting, however, that the characters often pronounce the Count's name within the film as "Iorga" (ee-yor-ga) and not as "Yorga" (yor-ga)).

Goofs
Count Yorga's fangs are inconsistent throughout the entire film: sometimes all of his visible teeth are pointed, but in a few shots only his canines are pointed while his incisors are not.