Vampire in Venice

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Huntin P @PaxVobiscum80 Sep 14, 2026 An endearingly silly vampire movie, erotic and camp, but also gothic and melancholic. The kind of thing one first encounters, late at night, on television, and thinks, what on earth is this? A horror movie with elements of the 1980s music video, or television commercial. A vampire is woken from his slumber and returns to Venice to terrorize the family with whom he shares an ancient bond. Christopher Plummer, he of Sound of Music fame, is the obligatory expert in vampirism, and at least three actresses provide an abundance of jiggling pulchritude, but really all eyes are on Klaus Kinski's vampire. He displays some of his old manic energy, his lustiness and grotesquery, but this is largely a sedate Kinski, an old vampire who likely could have used another forty years before being awoken. A world weary vampire, worn down by his own cravings. "Doesn't the light frighten you?" "It is the night that frightens me." As the youngsters say today, this is a good background movie. See more DanTheMan 2 @DanTheMan2150AD Oct 26, 2023 I have very fond memories of Hertzog's Nosferatu from last year's Spooky Season, a film that I have now come to prefer over the silent original. Unfortunately, Nosferatu in Venice is an unholy mess, it's a monumental muddle with flashes of brilliance, but it's rendered bereft of any coherency. Despite the script's ambitions, the dialogue is often poor if not ridiculous but often benefits from the delivery and halfway decent performances from Christopher Plummer and Donald Pleasance. Other areas of notability include the brisk pace of the film, Augusto Caminito's direction and Tonino Nardi's cinematography which captures the canals and Gothic architecture to great effect and a passable score from Luigi Ceccarelli, although the use of Vangelis' mask is what really stands out. As for Kinski, he completely sinks the film, certifying that he is indeed genuine scum. Just some of his antics in this film include: causing multiple directors to quit, refusing to wear his makeup or the fangs and sexually assaulting multiple people, footage of which is included in the film... Jesus Christ. Nosferatu in Venice is anything if not ambitious. Confusing and scattershot, with some awkwardly constructed scenes and goofy editing choices, though the atmosphere of Gothic dread certainly helps somewhat leaving it as an oddly poetic, if completely nonsensical, take on vampirism. See more andy f @RT81936104 Feb 13, 2022 A sprawling hugely atmospheric kind of sequel to "Nosferatu". No Herzog, but an Italian team deliver a stunningly spooky Venice - it's beautiful to watch. Kinski in one of his last movies struts and snarls with aplomb (the fraught atmosphere on set probably helped) and Christopher Plummer and Donald Pleasance add gravitas. No masterpiece, but it is hugely underrated. See more Dec 26, 2014 A mess in how it flagrantly disregards established vampire lore and the proceedings of the first film and how it introduces characters and concepts only to just as quickly drop them. I understand this all stems from Kinski losing his shit and accosting cast and crew, but somehow (because of the aforementioned quirks?) the final product manages to be as interesting as Herzog's remake. Plus it benefits from Plummer and Pleasance's presence (scant as the latter's part may be) and sumptuous gothic Venetian settings. See more Apr 26, 2014 Un' immonda trashata! See more Sep 8, 2012 Bound to disappoint both the art film viewers and the horror fans as the film falls into neutral ground between intellectual and brain dead. It is simply too hard to read the director's intentions and even the Venice shots make the film either seem overblown or beautiful. See more Read all reviews

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