Count Yorga, Vampire

Count Yorga, Vampire (1970)

Dans les rues d’une ville de Californie du Sud. Un cercueil est transporté vers un manoir lugubre situé aux confins d’une forêt. Le maître des lieux, le comte Yorga, un homme séduisant mais à l’allure sinistre, dirige une séance de spiritisme, à la lueur des bougies. Sont présents Paul et son amie Erica, Michael et Donna, ainsi qu’un troisième couple. Le comte tente d’entrer en contact avec la mère de Donna, qui fut aussi sa maîtresse. Après la séance, il laisse partir ses hôtes mais tend un piège à Paul et Erica, qui se retrouvent prisonniers en pleine nuit dans la forêt. Serein, le couple est soudain alerté par des bruits étranges et brusquement agressé. Paul est assommé, tandis qu’Erica e st livrée aux crocs d’un vampire…

Date de sortie
1970-06-12
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (65)
Durée
1 h 33 min
Genres
Horreur
Réalisateur
Bob Kelljan
Collection
Count Yorga Collection

Distribution

Anecdotes

Count Yorga, Vampire is a 1970 American vampire horror film written and directed by Bob Kelljan and starring Robert Quarry, Roger Perry and Michael Murphy. It was followed by a sequel, The Return of Count Yorga.

Production

The film opens with a narration by character actor George Macready, whose son, Michael Macready, produced the film and also played "Michael".

The film was originally to have been a soft core porn film called The Loves of Count Iorga, and some prints of the film display this as the on-screen title. Quarry told actor/producer Michael Macready he would play the vampire role if they turned the story into a straight horror film. AIP head Samuel Z. Arkoff was responsible for changing the title from Iorga to Yorga to make it easier for buyers to pronounce.

Stephen Farber's 1972 book, The Movie Rating Game, details the problems that the film's distributor American International Pictures had in securing a GP rating (formerly known as M, later renamed to PG) from the Motion Picture Association of America, which initially was divided as to whether to give the film an R or X rating.

The film ended up going before the MPAA ratings board six times before being granted the GP rating, and two or three minutes of violent and sexual content were ultimately removed by AIP. Alterations to the movie's soundtrack were also required to lessen the impact of violent scenes that remained in the film.

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