1970 : 5 (0) Gas-s-s-s Sound/Sound Designer . As Yorga reunites Donna with her mother, Michael finds Paul's mutilated body while navigating the crypt. Furthermore, Yorga had insisted that her mother be buried rather than cremated per the deceased's wishes. Things get spooky when a group of. 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. From there, the audience moves along to a seance in a hip Los Angeles home. This was really the first vampire film that treated them as swift and animalistic. Not bad at all--and it stacks up quite well compared to the Hammer Dracula films. Overseeing the seance is Count Yorga, a mysterious Bulgarian mystic who has recently moved to the states from Europe. It later was released on DVD by MGM in 2005 as part of its Midnite Movies series. Low-rung vampire pic "Counts" on Quarry to elevate it. Yorga quickly kills him by choking him to death, then having his servant Brudah (who has seemingly supernatural strength himself) break his back. The ending, which I won't spoil, is also a bit confusing as to what actually takes place. Even Van Helsing had a hard time convincing his peers and the authorities of supernatural goings-on in the 1800s, and that became increasingly difficult in the 70s and 80s. [2] The disc was a double-feature release, pairing the film with Count Yorga, Vampire. The Brute: Pretty much Yorga's strongman. The story is classic vampire stuff, and basically we follow Count Yorga as he involves himself with various other members of high-class society. 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!) Count Yorga continues to prey on the local community while living by a nearby orphanage. But aside from the present-day (well, 1970) atmosphere and setting, this is a movie useful only as a cult hit. He hypnotically seduces budding starlets, and other attractive gals, to be his eternal lover - adding to harem of the undead. Meanwhile, Yorga goes to claim Mitzi, killing her boyfriend near their boat house before feeding on her once more, draining her completely and adding her to his vampiric harem. Robert Quarry, however, is as convincing a vampire as both of those great actors. 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. The Return of Count Yorga ups the ante and sees the sardonic Count on the streets of San Francisco, his sights set on an orphanage as a potential source of sustenance. His performance and demeanor as a Bulgarian Count in this film is truly outstanding. Notable exceptions include Universals SON OF DRACULA, which transported the action to 1940s Louisiana, and 1957s proto-feminist teenage horror shocker BLOOD OF DRACULA which featured Sandra Harrison as an adolescent atomic-age vampire cast away to an all-girls boarding school. Welcome to the Catacombs of Horror. Yorga and Baldwin fight with Baldwin surprisingly seeming stronger than before, however, Yorga gains the advantage. with some remnants of the original plot left in. This isnt the tragic, romantic vamp featured in so many gothic tales; Quarrys take on the Count displayed both a dry sense of humor, a proto-Studio 54 sleaziness, and a mouth full of fangs. Falling into a suit of armor, Baldwin grabs a metal mace and knocks Brudda out with a violent blow to the face. In the dark, this is still a pretty intense film. In one scene, Yorga is seen watching a Spanish-language version of The Vampire Lovers on his television. Its easy to pick out where the money shots would have occurred, had. This is listed as Count Yorga, Vampire, but the opening title thinks it's going to be called "The Loves of Count Iorga"; the explanation in the Trivia section gives us the full story on why that is. The truck then climbs to a gated mansion in the Southern California hills.[1]. The film ends with the ominous implication that Cynthia has joined them, Baldwin now their new leader and the surviving vampires are resting within the manor, where they will proceed to spread the vampirisim to the unwitting orphanage and soon to the rest of the town. 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. 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. But Quarry didnt find success until taking on the role of the dashing, dark, and deadly Count Yorga for AIP. That made this film surprisingly effective. 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. Good versus evil can you guess which side wins..? 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. He also intends to take a new wife, while feeding his bevy of female vampires. Just as he is about to kill Baldwin via choking, Cynthia's memories of the brides killing her family resurface, causing her to realize Yorga was responsible for their deaths. Meanwhile, Erica and Paul drop off Yorga at his home. At the time this film was made, vampires were almost always slow and hypnotic. The film opens with a narration by character actor George Macready, whose son, Michael Macready, produced the film and also played "Michael". Featured in The Count Yorga Collection Order in the UK: https://bit.ly/3BmH1cl Order in the US: https://bit.ly/3zjmHWu Count Yorga, Vampire was among the fi. When Michael awakens, he finds Donna gone and that it is nearly evening when he calls to awaken Hayes. Directed by Bob Kelljan. They restrain her and call Hayes, who finds that Erica has suddenly lost a lot of blood and begins an emergency blood transfusion. 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. Their angry boyfriends decide to team up together to try and put an end to the Count's midnight snacks. very average vampire plot, but it's not campy enough for Vincent Price, so you won't see him in here. He bites one of the pretty guests, Mitzi, outside the event room before going inside and introducing himself to those present. 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. 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. Yorga returns to the manor, awakens his brides and unleashes them through the household as he psychically calls Cynthia to him. The low budget is revealed occasionally such as when two men carry on a conversation done entirely in voiceovers as they are shown walking, in long shots, through L.A. (these scenes afford priceless glimpses at the city at that time, however) and in the Volkswagon minibus scenes in which the actors are clearly emoting during daylight hours for a scene that takes place late at night! Directed by Kelljan, COUNT YORGA was shot independently for a budget of less than $100,000 and distributed by Samuel Z. Arkoffs American International Pictures. Thomas Yvonne Wilder as Jennifer Produced by Michael Macready Music by Bill Marx Directed by Bob Kellian Photographed by Bill Butler Cynthia herself is subdued, but unharmed and carried by the brides to Yorga's residence where she awakens. Its the greatest cult movie newsletter in the world! He also has a certain moral flexibility. The fact that there is a costumed vampire at the party, leads to amusing tension and the viewer knows that the Count will be teaching these people a thing or two about real vampires as the movie continues. Yet COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE has found itself a B-movie oddity, relegated to late, late showings on UHF stations throughout the 80s and 90s and all but forgotten if ever seen by a generation that reveled in the modern horror era of slashers and special makeup effects. Yorga goes to the orphanage during the costume party. Cynthia's mother, father and sister, Ellen, are fed upon by the undead horde. Donna mentions in conversation with her friends that Yorga was her mother's boyfriend. Marx composed quite a few exploitation scores throughout the 70s, returning for the following years sequel RETURN OF COUNT YORGA, its pseudo-sequel THE DEATHMASTER, as well as Kelljans SCREAM BLACULA, SCREAM, ACT OF VENGEANCE (aka RAPE SQUAD), and the sci-fi cheapie, THE ASTRAL FACTOR. This film's color palette is one aspect of this transfer I found exceptionally pleasing. As played by Robert Quarry, he is quite creditable and effectively gave Christopher Lee (Hammer Film's Dracula incarnate) a run for his money. 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!) Count Yorga, Vampire (1970): Near the end of the film, two of Yorga's female vampire try to ambush Micheal. Paul did not see their attacker, and Erica does not remember anything. Everyone at the seance agrees that the Count is refined, well-mannered, and eloquent. The story features Quarry returning as the infamous vampire Count Yorga, along with his servant Brudah, both of whom have been revived by the supernatural Santa Ana winds. A drive-in favourite from the moment it was released, a sequel soon followed. Indie sleeper thanks to Robert Quarry's absolutely commanding performance as the lead blood-sucker. It was followed by a sequel, The Return of Count Yorga. "[3] Roger Greenspun of The New York Times called Robert Quarry "the best chief vampire I have seen in years. Yet here and there one can find some competence, some of which is intriguing enough that you keep watching the movie despite its shortcomings. The film was released on VHS home video (full screen format) in 1993 by Orion Home Video, which once held home video distribution rights to many titles in the American International Pictures catalog. The films climax features our heroes storming Yorgas home at dusk, having overslept despite their plan to attack during daylight hours. Some good suspense, especially in the stranded van awaiting something to happen, but what? However, the visible snags are all part of the charm, for the most part. The films climax features our heroes storming Yorgas home at dusk, having overslept despite their plan to attack during daylight hours. These films opened with a horse-drawn carriage making its way through the countryside, and ended with the honorable Van Helsing doing away with eviluntil next time that is. It's also kind of slow and surprisingly dry with its tone. Not only is Count Yorga very obviously . On the one hand, they are early examples of the modernised gothic, taking the genre out of the costume drama and into the real world (at one point in Return, Yorga watches Hammer's The Vampire Lovers on TV - an amusing comment on the difference between the cozily distant gothic and the modern day . having been bitten by the count, begins her transformation by devouring her pet cat was all but removed from the film, but is now available in all of its uncut gory glory. The sequence resembles a Bob Newhart/Benny Hill Halloween special. In England Hammer released some classics like 'The Vampire Lovers' and 'Vampire Circus', while Europe gave us some gems by Rollin, Franco and Larraz. Amazon.com: The Count Yorga Collection (Count Yorga, Vampire, & The Return of Count Yorga) [2-Disc Limited Edition | Blu-ray] : Robert Quarry, Donna Anderson, Roger Perry, Yvonne Wilder, Bob Kelljan: Movies & TV Movies & TV Blu-ray Movies $4236 FREE Returns FREE delivery Thursday, March 30 Or fastest delivery Wednesday, March 29. Yorga awakens Donna telepathically and has her sabotage Michael's alarm clock before having her come to the mansion. In the midst of their escape, they encounter Brudda and managed to shoot him to death. LOL, at least I thought it was pretty funny. Erica gets bite marks on her neck, but she can't remember what happened. Count Yorga, Vampire Special Effects . Leave your expectations of lavish special effects, intricate plotting, and deep character development at the door. Meanwhile, memories of the attack on her family slowly start to resurface in Cynthia's mind as she stays within Yorga's manor. We first meet Count Yorga at a seance he holds for a group of friends, one of which has just lost her mother. His "Count" positioning gives him that old world nobility aesthetic, complete with a cloaked outfit. Some friends gather at the mansion of Robert Quarry (Count Yorga) so that they can hold a sance and Donna Anders (Donna) can contact her recently deceased mother Marsha Jordan. Both films were presented in the widescreen format, and included original theatrical trailers. 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 and apparently eats the family cat, but that scene seems to have been removed from the version I saw on Comet channel. 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. Its gory, sexy modern sensibility would go on to inspire American International Pictures releases throughout the 70s, as well as 80s vampire classics and beyond. However, as he turns to leave, Donna hisses and lunges at him, fangs bared, fully transformed into a vampire; he was too late to prevent Yorga from turning her (although there are no bite marks on her throat). They dated a few weeks shortly before her death. The Return of Count Yorga 1971 Directed by Bob Kelljan Synopsis The DEATHMASTER is Back from the Grave Count Yorga continues to prey on the local community while living by a nearby orphanage. So stop trying to call your lawyers, Bram Stoker's estate. With his last breath, Hayes tells Michael where Donna is. One of them is Donna's mother, whom he made into an undead servant. . Count Yorga, Vampire From fun-loving perk girl to a undead bride. That night, Yorga visits Erica while Paul sleeps downstairs. They also wear no shoes . Will their boyfriends be able to stop him? O'Connor to join him in a rescue-mission at Yorga's mansion. Paul decides to go to Yorga's house and disappears and Donna's mate Michael 'Mike' Thompson (Michael Macready), Jim and Donna decide to pay a visit to Count Yorga late night. Made on a decidedly low budget, this contemporary vampire story is noted for placing a Dracula-like figure in a modern setting for perhaps the first time and for the captivating performance of Quarry in the title role. Their van gets stuck in the mud outside of Yorga's mansion, although Paul insists the road was dry a minute ago. Robert Quarry is the main reason to watch this early 70s, California-set vampire favorite. Director Bob Kelljan Writers Bob Kelljan Yvonne Wilder Stars Robert Quarry Mariette Hartley Roger Perry See production, box office & company info Search on Amazon Count Yorga, Vampire is a super low budget vampire movie from 1970 about a vampire by the name of, you guessed it, Count Yorga. 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. It was a letdown for Quarry as well. Donna mourns her mother a second time before Michael collects her. 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. Some of the older brides wear dirty gowns most likely because they were drained and buried with them on all at once. "[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. As she mocks him for "not loving her anymore" and soon starts laughing cruelly at him when he sense something wrong, her fellow brides attack Jason from behind. The actor clearly relishes the chance to perform this type of role and brings a gravity to it, despite some of the lighter and campier aspects of the movie. Macready, who produced and directed the film (and enlisted his more famous father to provide a ripe, flavorful voice-over), while nice enough looking, is almost laughably expressionless and wooden during most of his screen time. Tommy claims that nothing has happened. He becomes infatuated with Cynthia. 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. Several ingredients really help to lift this modern-day tale above the raft of similar competitors. That night, he returns to his manor and a makeshift throne room overlooking several coffins, greeted by Brudda, Yorga's hulking, disfigured valet, and the female vampires from the cemetery. That's because around this same time period, vampire films were getting a bit stale and silly--with too many Hammer Dracula films (the franchise was getting weaker due to so many sequels) as well as dumb films like OLD Dracula and the Blacula films (which weren't terrible, but they sure were silly). He is about to take her when he hears Baldwin scream his name, who seemingly has escaped the brides. Tired of the same old vampires? Good subdued erotica, as the bat-toothed girls slink around in filmy gowns. Quarry was never a fan of Vincent Prices over-egging the pudding (note: both men penned cookbooks) and opted to play Count Yorga straight albeit with a certain sarcastic wit. Erica babbles incoherently, apparently afraid of something. Robert Quarry makes your blood run cold as the modern day Count Dracula, and Roger Perry is driven and pretty funny as Dr. Hayes, the modern day Dr. Van Helsing. An old school vampire living in the early seventies. Despite knowing how dangerous their chances are, they stock up on stakes and makeshift crosses before heading to Yorga's mansion as night falls. First of all, the sets and atmosphere are great. 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. For the rest of the decade he mainly concentrated on TV before sadly having his career cut short by cancer. 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. Iorga/Yorga was named after Romanian historian and politician Nicolae Iorga, though he's supposed to be Bulgarian. He lives in a large house somewhere in California and terrorizes young women and their boyfriends. He also intends to take a new wife, while feeding his bevy of female vampires. User Ratings It is no mystery, due to the title of the film, that he is a vampire. It is extremely well acted by every cast member; Robert Quarry makes for an exceptionally sinister neck nosher indeed, and he is well matched by Roger Perry as Dr. Hayes. Michael reaches upstairs and confronts Yorga and Donna's mother. Again, nobody gets a happy ending. Seeing Dracula in seventies Los Angeles makes for a rather different atmosphere surrounding the tale, but it's definitely a welcome one and one that has influenced many films since the release of this one. She strikes Yorga in the chest with Baldwin's battle-axe. My dad was also a fan of this one as well. Count Yorga (Robert Quarry) finds himself with a bit of a quandary on his hands. I said why dont you just make a regular horror film out of it? 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. A woman named Donna hosts a sance in hopes of contacting her recently deceased mother. 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. It was even more surprising since it was originally supposed to be a pornographic vampire film called THE LOVES OF COUNT IORGA. 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. During the seance, Count Yorga builds a strong bond between Donna, the grieving daughter, and himself. He praised the acting as being "of a generally high standard" and the castle set as "skilfully utilised to give the impression of a labyrinth of Borgesian proportions," though he criticized "a totally unnecessary and feeble attempt to make the Count into a sympathetic figure through such lines as, 'The most fragile emotion ever known has entered my breast.'"[7]. But the two despite working together once again in 1974s MADHOUSE had a contentious relationship, supposedly incited by Price discovering AIPs plan to replace him. | "Film Reviews: The Return Of Count Yorga". By the time the police arrive, all of the evidence has been cleared away. Count Yorga, Vampire doesn't distinguish itself by being particularly innovative, stylish or even excessively gory, but it is a lot of fun, Kelljan employing the genre's most recognised tropes to create a consistently entertaining flick - often witty, sometimes scary, occasionally camp, frequently sexy (the film was originally intended to be a soft-core movie, before being severely edited), and always enjoyable. 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. There's something compelling about this vampire movie that I find kind of hard to explain. The next morning, Jennifer, the Nelsons' mute maid, finds the massacre scene along with Tommy and calls the police. 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 distracts Hayes and strengthens his hypnotic control over Donna. 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. Hayes finds Erica's body among them, finding no heartbeat or pulse when he examines her. [9] This plan was dropped, however, and Quarry appeared as the artificially young Dr. Biederbeck. Horror / Thriller (1970) 90 minutes ~ Color Sixties' couples: Michael and Donna, and Paul and Erica become involved with the intense Count Yorga at a Los Angeles seance, the Count, having latterly been involved with Erica's just-dead mother. A coffin is loaded to a truck at the Port of Los Angeles. The sight of this rotting mass dragging a girl under a tree may be the movie's most frightful as audience imagination takes over. Transposing the vampire legend into modern-day Los Angeles was not without its hurdles for the writers. The film contains some truly startling moments (such as the count's toothy grimace as seen through a van's window), restrained but effective use of gore, a deliciously downbeat ending, and even a nice little shocker as a final capper. It's at least the equal of a Christopher Lee. after giving the count a ride home, Paul and Erica get stuck and camp in their VW bus, and get attacked. In the meantime, Quarry is the bad guy with a clichd side-kick who resembles a monster and has super strength. 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. 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. 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! 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. One reason for that is that in some significant ways the movie isn't very good. Too old to be hippies in 1970, the group could best be described as proto-yuppies Paul (Michael Murphy), Mike (Michael Macready), Donna (Donna Anders), Erica (Judith Lang), Peter (Mark Tapscott), and Judy (Sybil Scotford) They have gathered so that Donna can contact her late mother through the psychic abilities of the titular Count Yorga, who before her untimely death was her mothers lover. Erica visits Dr. Hayes to have the mysterious bite wounds on her neck inspected. COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE (Bob Kelljan, 1970) ***, My Friend Will Have a Hamburger and a Quart of Blood, Please, Another Terrific Vampire Flick from the Sexy 70's, Different take on the legendary Dracula story. One of the orphans, Tommy, wanders into the nearby cemetery where he faintly hears a voice ordering, "Rise, rise, it is time." Paul (Michael Murphy) and Erica Landers (Judith Lang) drive Count Yorga home in an isolated manor and in the return, their Kombi gets mysteriously stuck in the mud. Cynthia hugs Baldwin, believing the ordeal over. Count Yorga is one who's not to be trifled with. However, despite my fear that this would be another stale film, this one turned out to be better than average and well worth a look. The rock bottom budget is really evident in a number of scenes, from the lighting to the sloppy camera work. In contrast to her exuberant personality on the night before, Erica now seems despondent and listless. Yorga tells Cynthia that there was a car accident and she was left in his care by her family. That evening, Reverend Thomas phones Jennifer, but it is revealed she lies dead on her bed with a large knife sticking out of her chest. Most of the clichs of the vampire sub-genre are here, and it's only really the setting that has been changed. When the women don't respond to their question and continue tho silently advance on them. When we think of great vampire portrayals, normally the names of Lugosi and Christopher Lee immediately pop into our heads. 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