Screenplay:
Piero RegnoliCinematography:
Mario BavaCast:
Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo d'Angelo, Dario Michaelis, Wandisa Guida, Renato Tontini, Antoine Balpêtré, Miranda Campa, Paul Muller, Riccardo Freda (more)Plots(1)
A mad scientist captures young women in Paris and drains them of their blood in service of an evil Duchess. Also known as Lust of the Vampire, Riccardo Freda’s I vampiri mixes the Bathory and Frankenstein stories to create its gothic tale, Italy’s first horror film. Made as a challenge by Freda at breakneck speed, cinematographer Mario Bava would complete direction and post-production of the film, adding his signature in the process. With its baroque imagery and stunning visuals, I vampiri forged the path for Italian horror and remains a landmark of Italian cinema history. (Radiance Films)
(more)Cast
Gianna Maria Canale
Italy
Best movies:
The Silent Enemy (1958)
The Son of Spartacus (1962)
Napoleon (1955)
Carlo d'Angelo
Italy
Best movies:
Everybody Go Home (1960)
The Great War (1959)
The Great Silence (1968)
Dario Michaelis
Argentina
Best movies:
The Mattei Case (1972)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Lust of the Vampire (1957)
Wandisa Guida
Italy
Best movies:
Lust of the Vampire (1957)
Renato Tontini
Italy
Best movies:
Woman of Rome (1954)
Lust of the Vampire (1957)
El Alamein (1958)
Antoine Balpêtré
France
Best movies:
The President (1961)
Le Corbeau (1943)
The Red and the Black (1954)
Miranda Campa
Switzerland
Best movies:
Una breve vacanza (1973)
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
Family Diary (1962)
Paul Muller
Switzerland
Best movies:
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
El Cid (1961)
Purple Noon (1960)
Riccardo Freda
Egypt
Best movies:
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
Lust of the Vampire (1957)
Charles Fawcett
USA
Best movies:
War and Peace (1956)
Come September (1961)
Barabbas (1961)
Armando Annuale
Italy
Best movies:
Roman Holiday (1953)
Il Generale Della Rovere (1959)
La dolce vita (1960)