Gianna Maria Canale
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Synopsis by Cavett Binion. This Italian vampire tale stars Gianna Maria Canale as an ancient, sultry bloodsucker who, much like real-life kinswoman Countess Bathory, can only maintain her youthful appearance through the regular consumption of a serum derived from virgins' blood.
- Riccardo Freda
The Devil's Commandment. A French journalist ties drained corpses to a mad doctor's plot to give a countess (Gianna Maria Canale) eternal youth.
- (9)
- Robert Davidson
- Horror
When four young women are found in Paris with the blood completely drained, the ambitious and snoopy journalist Pierre Lantin decides to investigate the cases of the killer known as The Vampire. Inspector Chantal does not approve Lantin's behavior.
- (1.9K)
- Horror
- Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava
- 1963
The journalist Pierre Lantin (Dario Michaelis) begins to investigate, and becomes more involved when his fiancee, the dancer Nora Duval is kidnapped. As Inspector Chantal (Carlo D’Angelo) examines the crime scene, Lantin arrives predicting that the crime was committed by The Vampire.
Lust of the Vampire, also known as I Vampiri or The Devil's Commandment, is the first Italian horror movie with sound and only the second horror movie ever produced in Italy at that time. The horror movement in Italy only really took off after the release of Black Sunday !
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- Athena Cinematografica, Titanus
- Riccardo Freda
Jul 8, 2023 · Horror ≣ ItalyOriginal title ≣ I Vampiri≣ Director ≣ Riccardo Freda | Mario Bava≣ Cast ≣ Gianna Maria Canale | Carlo D'Angelo | Dario Michaelis | Wandisa Gui...
- 2 min
- 581
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The Devil's Commandment (Italian title: I Vampiri, "The Vampires") inaugurated Italian gothic horror cinema in 1957, a time when horror film production around the globe had slowed to a trickle. Only three years later, horror film production would rise to one of its highest points in history.
