4.0 out of 5 stars
Atom-Age Camp and Bloodsimple, Aug 26 2002
This review is from: Bloodlust / Atom Age Vampire (Hollywood Horror Collection) (DVD)
Atom-Age Vampire (aka Seddok, Lerede di Satana) is a great piece of Grade Z camp from Italy circa 1960. Susanne Loret and Albert Lupo star as Dr Levin and Jeanette, doctor-patient lovers squeezing out the devoted Betty Paige lookalike, Assistant Monique. Pierre shows up occassionally looking for Jeanette (nevermind he dumped her earlier) as she undergoes the doctor's glandular experiments to regain beauty lost in an automobile disfigurement. As she gets prettier, the doctor gets more hideous for some reason. Poetic, yes, but no explanation is given. Meanwhile Monique gets more desperate until the Doctor uses her glands to keep Jeanette beautiful, and a woeful housekeeper named Sasha sulks through it all as Armando Travojoli's lovely score accompanies it all. ATOM AGE VAMPIRE is one of the greatest of the shoestring Italo-French quickie classics. The dubbed dialogue is priceless ("I want to possess you... creatively!!!", "Can't you convince yourself that she will remain like this.... LIKE THIS!!!!" and a hundred or so variations of lovers sighing "Pierre..." "Jeanette!!"... "Oh, Pierre!!!" Top it with great fashion: leopard fur coats, pre-mod sunglasses, trench coats.
As for BLOODLUST, it's a bit of 60s nastiness adapted from THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME, remade a hundred times. Has some feral moments, and some authehtically scary sections.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
You already know if you'll like it., Sep 13 2001
This review is from: Bloodlust / Atom Age Vampire (Hollywood Horror Collection) (DVD)
What can I say that can't be surmised by the "plot" description? Either you'll love this double feature or you'll hate it. If you know you'll love it before you see it, then you will. If you're not so sure, then you'll hate it.
The plots are thinner than a piece of paper. The characters are as deep as wrinkle on a gnats butt. The acting is as wooden as a... well, you get the point.
Pure schlock, just ripe for the picking.
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