The two Count Yorga films are interesting examples of early 1970s transitional horror. Alterations to the movie's soundtrack were also required to lessen the impact of violent scenes that remained in the film. With Yorga stunned by the action, Baldwin uses the moment to throw Yorga off the balcony, and he lay motionless on the pavement below, dead. It is the sequel to the 1970 film Count Yorga, Vampire. Bruddah tosses Jason's body into the throne/coffin room for the brides, including Ellen and newly vampiric Mitzi, to feed upon. Though Count Yorga is referred to as "the Deathmaster" in publicity for this film, a later film called The Deathmaster, also starring Robert Quarry as a vampire, has no relation to the Count Yorga series. Robert Quarry is second only to Bela Lugosi in my book as far as vampire lords go, even beating out bonafide legend Christopher Lee whose Dracula performances are legendary. In this edition I discuss my favorite scenes from the film Count Yorga, Vampire! "[6] Kenneth Turan of The Washington Post called it "as good a horror film as we have had for some time" and "90 minutes of supremely diverting entertainment. Bob Kelljan's 'Count Yorga, Vampire' is often unfairly overlooked in an era dominated by English and European vampire movies. Metacritic Reviews. ; Made of Iron: Barring a gunshot and a fatal stab, the man can take a lot of punishment. Meanwhile, the pastor falls for Yorga's charms and reveals the others' suspicions that he is a vampire, alerting Yorga of danger. The end result is Count Yorga, Vampire, a wonderfully fast-moving, edge of your seat scare ride that keeps you taunt until the shocking end. Before becoming a genre icon Quarry would go on to appear in the blaxploitation zombie revenge film SUGAR HILL, as well as several Fred Olen Ray pictures in the 80s Quarry performed in radio plays before joining the Army in 1943. ; Piet Plagiarism: After Yorga finishes feeding on Erica and making her into his bride, Brudah carries her body like this in her newly vamped form down into Yorga's throne room . Donna becomes hysterical during the proceedings and Yorga uses hypnosis to calm her. His performance and demeanor as a Bulgarian Count in this film is truly outstanding. Yorga pushes Donna's mother into Michael's stake and flees, when Michael tries to give chase Yorga ambushes him outside the room intending to choke him to death. However, she notices something wrong and pulls away. Awards There's something compelling about this vampire movie that I find kind of hard to explain. First they are dismissive, then skeptical, and finally stunned and frightened when faced with the realization of what they must do to rescue their women. That film did not fare as well with critics, despite being a favorite of this writer. He lives in a large house somewhere in California and terrorizes young women and their boyfriends. After the party is over, Erica and Paul offer to drive the Count home. In these scenes, director Robert Kelljan tries to play the dreamy horror thing a la the same year's Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971), but it proves rather vague and none of it coheses into a solid script. Bob Kelljan's "Count Yorga,Vampire" is an effective horror film which has plenty of suspense and atmosphere.Robert Quarry("Madhouse")is simply outstanding as a deadly vampire Count Yorga and there are some sexy vampiresses.The film may be a little too tame for some people's tastes,but there is enough thrills to satisfy horror fans.Highly recommended. He is about to take her when he hears Baldwin scream his name, who seemingly has escaped the brides. Just as he does, Erica, now a vampire and completely under Yorga's control, and a fellow redheaded vampire charge into the room to kill him. He takes it to heart but is rejected as a deluded prankster following a recent rash of such calls. COUNT YORGA brought the vampire to modern-day America in full bloody color as culture and fashion were shifting: the free love era of the late 60s was giving way to the cocaine and disco fueled 70s, and the popularity of pornographic films was inspiring a new era for libertines. The times were a-changing, and audiences found themselves growing bored with the boilerplate vampire tales that low-budget studios had been cranking out through the 60s. The sance turns slightly chaotic, and Donna's friends begin to suspect that there's something odd about the Count, especially when they learn that he had been dating Donna's mother, requested that she not be cremated, as her earlier wishes had it, but didn't turn up at the funeral. Prepare to meet Count Yorga. Thomas is tricked into walking into the quicksand pit and promptly sinks to his death. "[3] Variety called it "a solid follow-up" to the original and "a handsome-looking film which rings the bell on both the shocker and satirical level. On the next day, they have no recollections from the previous night and Erica has lost blood. Tags: AIP, American International Pictures, Arch Archambault, Bill Marx, Bob Kelljan, George Macready, Horror, Judy Lang, Michael Macready, Michael Murphy, Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Samuel Z. Arkoff, The 1970s, vampires. "[5] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Those who saw 'Count Yorga' will be disappointed. The climax is also pretty memorable, and there are a few other scenes (like when the protagonists try to keep Yorga around for sunrise) that come across as pretty original. Count Yorga continues to prey on the local community while living by a nearby orphanage. The non-polished production aspects lend the film a somehow more realistic and accessible feel. Youll receive instant access to exclusive insider movie content, member only deals, first dibs at limited editions, and more. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Cast Crew Details Genres Cast He hypnotically seduces budding starlets, and other attractive gals, to be his eternal lover - adding to harem of the undead. For the rest of the decade he mainly concentrated on TV before sadly having his career cut short by cancer. Variety wrote that Robert Quarry had an "aristocratically handsome look and plays the part with a certain sinister intelligence (and) even a sly humor that befits a guy who has been around for several hundred years," adding that "The dialogue has a believable sound to it, and the playing of the principals is low-key and convincingly realistic. The ending, which I won't spoil, is also a bit confusing as to what actually takes place. Count Yorga, himself, is a very close-cut Dracula clone in the traditional sense of things. O'Connor to join him in a rescue-mission at Yorga's mansion. One of the female character turned within the movie. The two split up, and Yorga confronts Hayes. Quarry plays the title character, a Bulgarian migr hired by some young adults to conduct a seance. Directed by Bob Kelljan. Robert Quarry is the main reason to watch this early 70s, California-set vampire favorite. It's a classic vampire feel with a typical plot and silly actors, but that is what makes a fun horror movie. The last shot of the movie is Tommy playing with his ball in front of the orphanage accompanied by a haunting rendition of the song the children sang at the beginning of the film. They take on Yorga and his harem of vampire brides, but just as it appears our modern-day Van Helsing has defeated evil once and for all, a final shock predating CARRIE by several years finds evil triumphing over good, in line with the nihilistic themes of the New Hollywood that would take over the film world throughout the 70s. Lesson to be learned: If your girlfriend or fiance happens to develop sudden listlessness after attending a seance conducted by a smooth-talking count from Bulgaria, or perhaps develops a yen for consuming dead house cats, you may want to heed the advice of your doctor friend when he tells you that the count in question may be nothing less thana vampire! As the vampire women are forced back toward a cellar, Erica glances ominously at Donna. She wears a variety of clothing in the film prior to her turning, but upon ultimately joining Yorga's coven. Will they succeed in their intent? The brides wear a variety of night robes. The following day when Paul and Erica return to the city, Paul tells Michael about the attack. The films climax features our heroes storming Yorgas home at dusk, having overslept despite their plan to attack during daylight hours. and apparently eats the family cat, but that scene seems to have been removed from the version I saw on Comet channel. Quarry would appear in another independent production, THE DEATHMASTER in 1973 which featured the actor as a vampire hippie guru modeled after Charles Manson. It was a letdown for Quarry as well. "[6] David Pirie of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote that Count Yorga had been resurrected "with considerably more enterprise and panache than before." And whoever did the make-up job on the count's slow-motion assistant deserves an Oscar for walking decomposition. Memorable moments include Quarry enduring a late night tete-a-tete with Perry and Macready and Lang experiencing a gruesome encounter with her cat. Count Yorga, Vampire (1970 - 93 minutes) opens with a ship arriving in the docks of Los Angeles. the detectives attempt to shoot them point blank, but their bullets prove ineffective as the undead women continue to give chase. Yorga returns to the manor, awakens his brides and unleashes them through the household as he psychically calls Cynthia to him. This time, the Count (played by Robert Quarry), having purchased an old mansion in California, is terrorising the nearby Westwood Orphanage. 2016 Daily Grindhouse - All Rights Reserved | Design by, COUNT YORGA AT FIFTY: HOW A SKIN FLICK BECAME THE INFLUENTIAL VAMPIRE MOVIE OF THE 70s. Count Yorga continues to prey on the local community while living by a nearby orphanage. Madden tries to find a way to him, but he gets lured in by a voice from the shadows (thinking it is Baldwin) and then killed by Tommy who stabs him in the same way he murdered Jennifer. Screen:'Count Yorga, Vampire' and 'The Crimson Cult' Bow at Local Theaters", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Count_Yorga,_Vampire&oldid=1146722089, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 26 March 2023, at 15:41. Tired of the same old vampires? The film ends with a shot of Michael's bloodied and lifeless corpse. Thomas Yvonne Wilder as Jennifer Produced by Michael Macready Music by Bill Marx Directed by Bob Kellian Photographed by Bill Butler Quarry watches as two of his undead brides ALMOST make out and Lang has a self-caressing sequence as she's falling under his spell. The film was released theatrically in the US by American International Pictures in 1971. Lang is attractive and reasonably good (soap fans will be interested to know that her daughter Katherine Kelly Lang has played Brooke on "The Bold and the Beautiful" for many years!) The Return of Count Yorga (1971) - HD Remastered Trailer [1080p] 26 views Sep 22, 2022 2 Dislike Share Save Blazing Trailers 6.54K subscribers Get it at Amazon! These are minor quibbles, however, as The Return of Count Yorga certainly worked for some audiences in 1971 when it was released, but it wasn't as big of a hit as its predecessor. When not hard at work slinging margaritas, he tries to squeeze in as much adventure, excitement and romance as he can. Yes, this little horror flick, despite an underlit fight scene with the count's lupine manservant Brudah, is a pretty perfect outing. Yorga has all of. it's a your typical horror film. They also wear no shoes . The first character to suggest that the Count may be a vampire is Dr. Jim Hayes (Roger Perry); when the good doctor (whos in bed with an attractive, but daft young lady) calls the police to tell them theyre most likely dealing with a vampire, hes laughed off the phone as the 47th nut talking about vampires. A coffin is loaded to a truck at the Port of Los Angeles. In the midst of their escape, they encounter Brudda and managed to shoot him to death. Good subdued erotica, as the bat-toothed girls slink around in filmy gowns. Transposing the vampire legend into modern-day Los Angeles was not without its hurdles for the writers. Count Yorga, Vampire (also known as The Loves of Count Iorga, Vampire) is a 1970 American vampire horror film written and directed by Bob Kelljan and starring Robert Quarry, Roger Perry and Michael Murphy. Not only is Count Yorga very obviously . He eliminates each of the friends one by one until it's up to two remaining friends to become reluctant vampire hunters to save Donna from an existence of living death. a Bob Kelljan production, it's written and directed by him. An opening grave yard is truly beautiful and spooky. Pianist Bill Marx was brought on to compose the films score, arguably one of the more traditional elements in this modern vampire tale with screeching strings and creepy organs to punctuate the supernatural happening. Everyone at the seance agrees that the Count is refined, well-mannered, and eloquent. In one scene, Yorga is seen watching a Spanish-language version of The Vampire Lovers on his television. The film opens with a narration by character actor George Macready, whose son, Michael Macready, produced the film and also played "Michael". Yorga distracts Hayes and strengthens his hypnotic control over Donna. Iorga/Yorga was named after Romanian historian and politician Nicolae Iorga, though he's supposed to be Bulgarian. After taking the Count home, Paul and Erica are waylayed, and next the day, a listless Erica is diagnosed by their doctor as having lost a lot of blood. Yorga awakens Donna telepathically and has her sabotage Michael's alarm clock before having her come to the mansion. They resign themselves to spending the night in their van. "Count Yorga" doesn't distinguish itself in any interesting ways from this pack. During the seance, Count Yorga builds a strong bond between Donna, the grieving daughter, and himself. Some of the older brides wear dirty gowns most likely because they were drained and buried with them on all at once. Brudah attacks him, but Michael mortally stabs him and manages to reach the throne room. In my book, this little indie effort more than holds its own against the better known Hammer neck-biters of the same era, and is not to be missed. Donna cannot recall seeing Yorga at her mother's funeral. Cynthia's mother, father and sister, Ellen, are fed upon by the undead horde. He bites one of the pretty guests, Mitzi, outside the event room before going inside and introducing himself to those present. After the sequel The Return of Count Yorga, a third Yorga film was planned, which would have featured a broken Count living in Los Angeles's sewers and creating an army of undead street people, but it never materialised. | By what name was The Return of Count Yorga (1971) officially released in Canada in English? Robert Quarry ('Dr Phibes Rises Again') is excellent as Yorga. Indie sleeper thanks to Robert Quarry's absolutely commanding performance as the lead blood-sucker. 1970 : 5 (0) Gun Runner Producer . Yorga takes her away, preparing to turn her into his new bride while leaving his army of brides to finish off Baldwin. Anyway, that's the setup in Bob Kelljan's surprisingly shocking, intelligent and believable horror film from 1970, "Count Yorga, Vampire." See production, box office & company info, Cool horror bits, add up to a strange mix, but a fun film, Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Return of Count Yorga. Yorga is simply looking to put together an undead harem that he can voyeuristically watch make love from the throne in his dungeon and he does, in a sexy sequence probably leftover from the scripts original iteration. Yorga awakens in his manor and heads to his basement which has been converted into a throne room where his two vampiric brides lie on slabs. Marx was not a prince of darkness, but Hollywood royalty all the same: the adopted son of Harpo Marx and Susan Flemming, Marx had begun arranging music for his father at 16. In England Hammer released some classics like 'The Vampire Lovers' and 'Vampire Circus', while Europe gave us some gems by Rollin, Franco and Larraz. Jennifer, suspicious about Tommy's involvement with the Nelsons' disappearance and his visits to Yorga's mansion, loses her patience and slaps Tommy who stares at her in a vengeful manner. Originally released in 1970, the first of his movies, Count Yorga, Vampire was a quiet, laid back kind of movie that felt more in line with the Dracula stories that had come before, yet managed to find a firm fan-base, and almost became a huge franchise. It was followed by a sequel, The Return of Count Yorga. The rest of the cast are pretty much unknown to me apart from Michael Murphy, an Altman semi-regular who also later appeared in 'Manhattan' and 'Magnolia'. . The early 70s were a great period for vampire movies. They transported Christopher Lees Count and Peter Cushings Van Helsing to swinging London, sinking his fangs into a modish group of attractive young people (including Caroline Munro) in DRACULA A.D, 1972. He awakens them and commands them to have sex. While I wouldn't call this a classic vampire movie, it does have enough offbeat touches to make it worth a look for B horror fans. Hayes finds Erica's body among them, finding no heartbeat or pulse when he examines her. Its the greatest cult movie newsletter in the world! Erica babbles incoherently, apparently afraid of something. She strikes Yorga in the chest with Baldwin's battle-axe. AIP insisted that they needed an unrestricted GP rating for the film in order to get the film released into the largest possible number of theaters, most importantly drive-in theaters. Its revealed that Yorga insisted that Donnas mother not be cremated so that he could add her to the undead harem that he keeps in the old-world dungeon of his thoroughly modern home. When a weakened Mitzi stumbles into the room, Yorga leaves as the others attend to her. Excellent too are Roger Perry and the entire cast, except for Perry's bed partner who gets more lines than she can handle. At the time, AIP was reportedly grooming Quarry to carry Prices torch as their new in-house horror star. I was a bit surprised by this rather low budget 1970s incarnation of vampire films. He also intends to take a new wife, while feeding his bevy of female vampires. Yeah, it sucks that you're dead, but still, what a way to go, right? Though Yorga is dead, his evil lives on as those who know of him are either dead or turned into vampires and will carry out his curse. The story is classic vampire stuff, and basically we follow Count Yorga as he involves himself with various other members of high-class society. Starring Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley, Roger Perry. However, the visible snags are all part of the charm, for the most part. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Sign up for our 100% Free Daily Grindhouse Newsletter. We first meet Count Yorga at a seance he holds for a group of friends, one of which has just lost her mother. He becomes infatuated with Cynthia. Time capsule material. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. Starting as an actor in the 1960s, he turned to writing and directing. Video Review. In the meantime, Quarry is the bad guy with a clichd side-kick who resembles a monster and has super strength. Yorga goes to the orphanage during the costume party. The Count Yorga Collection Arrow Video 2022 Limited Edition Blu-ray Discuss Compare Release Date: October 25 2022 Country of Release: USA MSRP: $69.95 Buy Physical Copy At: Details by Film Count Yorga, Vampire Year: 1970 Time: 93 Aspect Ratio 1.85:1 Audio English 1.0 PCM Mono Streaming Options Powered by JustWatch The Return of Count Yorga The Return of Count Yorga (1971) Rated PG 97 minutes Cast Roger Perry as Dr. David Baldwin Robert Quarry as Count Yorga Rudy DeLuca as Lt. Madden Mariette Hartley as Cynthia Nelson Tom Toner as Rev. One would think a movie called the best horror film of the year by Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune would end up on countless greatest horror films lists. Count Yorga is one of those films that came from the 70's, in my opinion, a very sexy vampire film, sort of soft core in some ways. From her window, Tommy can be seen walking away from the house. At the party are several of her friends, including Donna's boyfriend, Michael Thompson, Paul, Paul's girlfriend Erica Landers, and close friend and doctor, Jim Hayes. But it's worth remembering that Count Yorga was released back in 1970 at the tail end of a decade-long dominance of the genre by Hammer, whose vampire output had consisted exclusively of period-set tales, and it was to be another two years before they brought their house vampire into modern times with Dracula AD 1972. "[4] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "extremely frightening" and adding, "Persons familiar with the original will find the sequel better photographed, better acted and containing more mayhem a minute. Cynthia tries to run from him, but Baldwin pulls her back and promptly bites her. and even when the bodies start piling up, the police don't seem to be interested. Yorga seals their exit routes while his brides slowly close in on the two. 'Count Yorga, Vampire' is interesting because it is set in contemporary America, quite a rarity at the time. Erica is a young and attractive woman in her age early 20's with shoulder length brunette hair, green eyes, and fair skin color. the guys spend most of the film running around, looking for the girls. Quarry suggested that producer/actor Michael Macready and writer/director Bob Kelljan ditch the softcore element and make a more typical horror picture that could play to teenage audiences in suburban movie houses. What follows is a vampire film with the women predictably the victims/aggressors and the men predictably running around trying to solve things. I said why dont you just make a regular horror film out of it? The film was originally slated to be a s. A couple has "The Count" (Robert Quarry) over to conduct a seance to try to contact Donna's mother. Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) Plot Showing all 4 items Jump to: Summaries (4) Summaries 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. As with many genre pics of the period, the acting and direction are pretty nondescript, and the whole thing looks like it was filmed through a screen door. Falling into a suit of armor, Baldwin grabs a metal mace and knocks Brudda out with a violent blow to the face. Again, nobody gets a happy ending. Their van gets stuck in the mud outside of Yorga's mansion, although Paul insists the road was dry a minute ago. 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. Its easy to pick out where the money shots would have occurred, had YORGA been shot as a skin flick: A love scene in a van on Yorgas estate, the girl-on-girl action in his dungeon, and what was probably intended as a masturbation scene when Erica is visited by the Count by night, a more explicitly erotic sequence inspired by a similar, more transgressive sequence in 1931s DRACULA. In Los Angeles, a group of friends of Donna (Donna Anders) reunites for a sance conducted by Count Yorga (Robert Quarry) to make contact with Donna's mother, who has recently died and was having a love affair with the Yorga. This genuinely frightening movie contains scenes that you won't forget easily. Not owning the rights to the Bram Stoker creation, AIP decided to invent their own vampire myth: the result is Dracula-in-all-but-name, being suave (sporting gracefully graying hair), cunning (even when caught off-guard, he manages to assert himself and turn the tables on interlopers), psychic (amusingly, he doubles as a medium at private sances!) In 2004, MGM's Midnite Movies DVD line (which redistributed much of the American International Pictures horror catalog previously owned by Orion Pictures Home Video) released Count Yorga, Vampire and its sequel, The Return of Count Yorga as a DVD double feature. The Return of Count Yorga(originally titled Yorga Returns) is a 1971 American vampirehorror filmdirected by Bob Kelljan and starring Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Yvonne Wilder, George Macready, Rudy De Luca, Edward Walsh, and Craig T. Nelsonin his feature film debut. Perhaps best of all is the wholly credible reaction of the guys (Michael Murphy and Michael Macready, the latter also serving as producer, and whose father, hissable character actor George Macready, provides the wonderfully dreary intro narration to the film) to the horror that has entered their lives. In April 1991, the film was packaged as a Laserdisc double feature (Catalog Number ID7661HB), paired with the Vincent Price horror film, Cry of the Banshee; both films were not letterboxed, but employed a full screen, pan-and-scan process. Enter Robert Quarry, an American actor with transatlantic style and wit. Later, Baldwin finally finds the half-mind-controlled Cynthia and attempts to escape; however, he is nearly beaten by Brudda. Meanwhile, in-house director Roy Ward Baker directed Ingrid Pitt in THE VAMPIRE LOVERS, which featured explicit lesbian eroticism. What makes this picture a better than average vampire film is that it has a very tense and atmospheric plot structure. The film begins by showing us a coffin being removed from a ship, then trucked out to an estate in modern day (circa 1970) Los Angeles. By the end of the 1960s the boom in Old World gothic horror had begun to wane in the face of present day terrors like the Vietnam war. It is flawed, but I still think it is the most effective vampire film I have ever seen. Both drop the pretense that Yorga is anything but a vampire, and Yorga leads Hayes into his basement where his vampire brides lie dormant. He finds Hayes as he lays dying from bite wounds and blood loss. Despite knowing how dangerous their chances are, they stock up on stakes and makeshift crosses before heading to Yorga's mansion as night falls. Cynthia hugs Baldwin, believing the ordeal over. Really, the film is an update of the classic Dracula story, only with more of a seventies horror swing to it. It's also kind of slow and surprisingly dry with its tone. As well as two Count Yorga movies he also directed 'Scream Blacula Scream' and the notorious 'Rape Squad'. A pickup truck snags a boxed-up coffin and head into the city. A low-budget production, it updates its bare-bones reworking of Stoker's story to the then-present of about 1970 and resets the action in Southern California. Cynthia mentions the "Santa Ana winds" which the pastor states are an evil omen. Soon some of them are disappearing, the females falling under the spell of this stranger. She was played by Judy Lang. Cynthia Nelson, a teacher at the local orphanage, talks with the pastor while watching the sun set. Lang becomes intrigued by Quarry, a recent transplant from Bulgaria who lives in a musty castle on a gated estate. Sure, it's done on a shoestring, but director Kelljan gets the most out of the cavernous mansion interiors and clever camera set-ups. Initially conceived as a sort of T & A horror flick, it eventually morphed into a standard horror outing, though some sexually prominent elements remain. Here, the Bulgarian-born Count Yorga is a recent transplant to California, and we first meet him conducting a sance on behalf of Donna, whose late mother was involved with the alleged psychic. Primaries have the right amount of pop to them allowing for rich blues, strong yellows, and . User Ratings Howard Thompson of The New York Times panned the film as "a dull, amateurish vampire brew. Actually, my favorite parts are those between Quarry and Perry where they play cat and mouse. Those who only see 'The Return' will wonder what all the fuss was about in regard to the original. But I loved it so much, this was just such a scary film to me, well, I'd say I grew up since then, so just giving a review from a new perspective. Donna screams, which brings it to a halt. With it obvious now that she's beyond saving, Micheal manages to ward the two vampires back. On the way to the staircase, Michael encounters Brudah in the living room who eventually dies of his wounds. Count Yorga, Vampire was shot on location in Los Angeles, CA, where the story is set. A must see for the classic horror fan. Michael locks them in and drops his cross, believing the danger is over. Count Yorga was something of a departure for vampire films in the seventies due to the fact that it's star isn't a bloodthirsty maniac, but rather a dapper and respectable rich bachelor, who happens to be a vampire. This movie is about what most vampire movies are about cool confrontations with the undead, spiced with some lightweight eroticism. My dad was also a fan of this one as well. America was not to be left out, and Bob Kelljan's 'Count Yorga, Vampire' is a great little movie that is often unfairly overlooked. Reverend Thomas is sent to distract Yorga while Baldwin, Madden and O'Connor sneak in to search the manor, armed with sticks they can cross and hold up to ward off the vampires. "[7] Kenneth Thompson of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote that "the understated acting and the tightly controlled, increasingly staccato tempo make this the most distinctive essay in the macabre since Night of the Living Dead."[8]. Perry gives a skilled, knowing performance as well, obviously aware that a blend of seriousness mixed with levity was called for in the production. Yorga and Baldwin fight with Baldwin surprisingly seeming stronger than before, however, Yorga gains the advantage. Interesting because it is the sequel to the original Paul and Erica Return to the manor, awakens brides. 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