Count Yorga, Vampire

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*Violent* *No Strong Language* *Sexual Situations* *No Nudity* *Not Particularly Gory*</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1970/Color/  Min./Thorn EMI/</B><B>HBO Video & Erica Productions & Orion Pictures & Carolco/</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Director...........Bob Kelljan</B></div> <div> <B>Screenplay.....Bob Kelljan</B></div> <div> <B>Music..............William Marx</B></div> <div> <B>Producer.........Michael MaCready</B></div> <div> <B>Executive Producer</B></div> <div> <B>Special Effects by James Tanenbaum</B></div> <div> <B>Make-up by Mark Rogers & Master Dentalsmith</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Dramatis Personae</U></B></div> <div> <B>Yorga............Robert Quarry     </B></div> <div> <B>(Not Available)  Roger Perry</B></div> <div> <B>                 Michael Murphy</B></div> <div> <B>                 Michael MacReady</B></div> <div> <B>                 Donna Anders</B></div> <div> <B>                 Judith Lang</B></div> <div> <B>                 Edward Walsh</B></div> <div> <B>                 Julie Conners</B></div> <div> <B>                 Paul Hansen</B></div> <div> <B>                 Sybil Scotford</B></div> <div> <B>                 Marsha Jordan</B></div> <div> <B>                 Deborah Darnell</B></div> <div> <B>Narration........George MaCready</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Critique</U></B><B>: Count Yorga is a steady yet unremarkable vampire story. In general, the Vampire brides worked great. The vampires descending on professor Hayes is a pretty frightening scene. There is also an astonishing back breaking scene and a couple of real chills in the seance scene. Yorga himself was one of the most elegant and articulate vampires we have seen. But there is no doubt, you've got to search for reasons to watch this film. Check out the pile of ashes in the end with a face drawn in it. By 1970, voice over narrators discussing the legend of the vampire should have gone the way of the Dodo if not the Edsel. One consistent point of interest is the onslaught of 1970's memorabilia. For instance, it's 1970 so they cut away before the lesbian kiss was consummated. James describes himself as a "bug specialist". Try finding one today (he didn't mean entomologist). You'll howl when you see Doctor Jim not just endlessly firing up cigarettes, but waving one in Erica's face. Now, a film without a lesbian kiss is no good and smoking is banned. In this respect, Yorga can be considered a kind of junque archive for the seventies. Sex in a Microbus! Groovy.</B></div> <div> <B>Good line: "Proofs are the stuff of mathematics."  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Plot Summary</U></B><B>: Port of Los Angeles. In ancient belief a vampire was a malignant spirit who rose nightly to suck blood from the throats of the living. Hypnotism, cunning, night-sight were advantages. Only a wooden stake or sunlight can kill the living dead. At a seance, Count Yorga, the lover of Donna's dead mother (who died of pernicious anemia) tries to lead his guests to seeing the dead woman, Carl pretends to fall asleep, the group calms down for Donna's sake, and Yorga tries to contact Donna's mother, who soon makes contact. As Yorga demands she show herself Donna collapses screaming. Count Yorga, chided for being a poor dinner guest, admits to a stomach disorder but "may have a snack later". On Feb 17 Donna is to wed nerdman Michael. Count Yorga was Donna's mother's boyfriend for a few weeks before she died, although he didn't attend the daytime funeral. Yorga gets a ride home from two dinner guests. At Yorga's mansion, his hideous domestic Gunther greets him at the gate with a vicious German Shepherd before the party heads for the mansion where Yorga invites Paul and Erica in for drinks which jealous Paul refuses. The VW bus becomes stuck in mud and Erica and Paul struggle to free it. After Paul notes that the mud in which they are stuck wasn't there on the way in they settle in for a night of sex in Paul's cool van candles and all. Paul thinks for a moment that there's someone outside, but decides it's nothing. The night sounds reach a crescendo as Yorga approaches the van. Paul is soon overcome leaving Erica to Yorga. The next day, Erica doesn't remember anything about the night before, but complains of dizziness. Paul only knows that something rapped him on the head. Count Yorga had disappeared by the morning which baffled them as did the fact that Erica had lost quite a bit of blood through some puncture marks on her throat. He tells her to eat plenty of steak to let the blood build up. Paul calls Erica, but her apartment has become a pig sty and Erica has become zombie-like. The trio of friendsy find her eating a live cat and rush her to the hospital where she immediately receives transfusion. During the transfusion, Erica raves about being afraid of something. Yorga, meanwhile, presides over his lesbian mistresses. Yorga says he's from Bulgaria. The doctor, Jim, says that based on the puncture marks and blood tests, Erica was bitten by a vampire. He asks, "can you prove there are no vampires?" Paul and Jim are appropriately skeptical. Jim goes to dig out the folk lore books. There does seem to be some pretty good evidence. Yorga calls to Erica from his castle and then he appears in her room. He seduces her and soon is feasting away. When Paul returns to the room, he finds Erica's gone and goes out alone to Yorga's castle. When Clea tells Jim (Hayes) about a story in the paper of a baby found drained of blood, that about does it for him. Paul arrives with the Minibus again, but soon learns that one shouldn't run off to a vampire's lair without making preparations. Michael, Donna and Dr. Hayes arrive at Yorga's castle. Bruda and Yorga invite them in. The impolite guests try to keep Yorga up until daybreak. Yorga admits that he believes in vampires. James informs Michael that they will have to drive a stake into Yorga. Yorga calls to Donna from his coffin and she arrives at daylight. Michael awakens late and the fearless friends find Donna has gone. She is grabbed by Bluda in the woods and molested. Michael and James arrive after dark. Bluda comes to Yorga, who is a bit chagrined about his activities. James is apprehended breaking in to the castle, but Yorga takes him up to the drawing room to talk about vampires. Soon they agree that this sparring is silly and Yorga shows him the vampirised women in the cellar. James holds Yorga off with a cross and stake. However, the women soon come to his aid and he is overwhelmed. After stumbling over the dying Paul, Michael has a run in with Bluda. Donna gets to have a brief reunion with her vampirised mother until the harried Michael stumbles in to interrupt the proceedings and bring on the climax.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>