An interpol detective is brought into investigate a series of deaths around a grotto under a castle. The regional authorities fear it will impact on tourism, but are unable to solve the "crimes" or mysteries. The locals seem to think it has something to do with a vampires curse from centuries before. Good, but really odd "horror" film plays more like one of the German crime films that were made about the same time. To be honest I kept wondering why I never saw this listed in the rolls of the Bryan and Edgar Wallace film series that ran from the late 1950's to early 1970's. Its a not a scary film and I don't really think it even tries to create any sort of horror movie tension, though it does create the sort you would find in a murder mystery. I would recommend it if you watched it while divorcing yourself from the notion that the film was really a horror movie. (I'd also suggest trying this on a dark and stormy night with some popcorn)
Review of Night of the Vampires
