Filmed on sets familiar from republics junglebased serials and played by a. It is altogether typical of republic pictures that the studio s 1945 horror effort the vampire s ghost was interrupted midfilm by a barroom brawl. This vampire, with a very cloying attitude toward his own immortality, is not to be messed with. Set in a coastal african village, the story concerns one webb fallon john abbott, an unprepossessing sort who holds the region in thrall because of his vampiric tendencies. The vampires ghost is making it way to dvd and bluray thanks to olive films in time for halloween. The vampire s ghost just doesnt sound like her style, although an editor could have rechristened it. Like all those other movies i just mentioned it will be streaming on netflix for just a day or two longer. Poverty row studios such as republic did much the same, with at least an understandable lack of resources applied to them. Well, not exactly, but its also not a typical disappointing 40s zpicture. The main characters are a journalist and his friend who become involved in trying to uncover and stop a bizarre underground apache gang, known as the vampires who are not the mythological beings their name suggests. Time to brush up on your french, because this upcoming movie will star actors from france and will, of course, be in french. I was always kind of curious about it but it was never around.
This is an alphabetical list of film articles or sections within articles about films. Read the full synopsis of the vampires ghost, 1945, directed by lesley selander, with john abbott, charles gordon, peggy stewart, at turner classic movies. The great new england vampire panic two hundred years after the salem witch trials, farmers became convinced that their relatives were returning from the grave to feed on the living. With john abbott, charles gordon, peggy stewart, grant withers. The vampires ghost doesnt actually feature a ghost, which is slightly disappointing when you consider how neat the combination promised by the title would be. But is only a slight disappointment since this rarelyseen film from republic pictures does manage to feel like more than a halfhearted cashin on val lewton and universal classics of the age.
Todays episode features the largely forgotten 1945 gem, the vampire s ghost. Directed by lesley selander dragonfly squadron and written by john k. The vampire s ghost, starring john abbott gigi, charles gordon road to alcatraz, grant withers rio grande and peggy stewart the runaways, grabs the viewer by the throat and doesnt let go. A 400yearold vampire john abbott living in africa sets his sight on a new girl but the voodoo locals and her boyfriend try to stop him. The vampire s ghost cast starring roy barcroft, charles sullivan, frank oconnor, floyd shackelford, jim thorpe. The vampires ghost 1945 horror movie directed by lesley. I bet most of us didnt even know societies like this existed. The vampire s ghost 1945 the vampire s ghost 1945 gothchick. A hallucinatory sequence near the end sketches a larger historical context in which all the great tyrannical regimes were actually run by monsters, with the french revolution and stalinism linked to vampirism and nazism to lycanthropy. The public s thirst for vampires seems as endless as. Give it a minute or two and you will see the haunting differences in this twisted tale of free will against a backdrop that worships death.
This seems to be an almost forgotten film, even though its based on a story and scripted by leigh brackett. Luckily, sites like amazon seem to be picking up the slack. Butler, and starring john abbott, charles gordon, peggy stewart, grant withers, emmett vogan and adele mara. Filmed on a mixture of cheap sets and republic pictures back lot, the vampires ghost immediately appears to be an unevenly stitchedtogether tale of vampirism. Sava was a serbian vampire who lived in an old mill and fed on unwary travelers and millers who approached the mill after dark. Butler drums across the river and leigh brackett the big sleep, the long goodbye based on an original story by brackett, the vampires ghost is the quintessential 1940s horror film when an ominous shadow and a widened eye conveyed all one needed to know of the. Here are a few examples of ways you can filter the charts. Olive films to resurrect 1945s the vampires ghost on dvd.
In form dracula is an epistolary novel, told through a series of journal entries, letters, newspaper articles, and telegrams. Set in paris, it stars edouard mathe, musidora and marcel levesque. The great new england vampire panic history smithsonian. The vampires ghost cast starring roy barcroft, charles sullivan, frank oconnor, floyd shackelford, jim thorpe. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. I miss horrorwood, which let me go on and on about oddball favorites like this one. For the record, if youre looking for gloomy castles in transylvania, foggy cemeteries, gothic cathedrals, gargoyles and gypsy caravans wholl have to look elsewhere. It is altogether typical of republic pictures that the studios 1945 horror effort the vampires ghost was interrupted midfilm by a barroom brawl. Republic pictures, well known for its westerns and serials also ventured into the horror genre a few times. The vampire s ghost is a cool little film from 1945 that clocks in at just under an hour. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his life of the past few hundred years. When republic dabbled in genre work away from their serials and westerns, the result was often embarrassing. Here are two moody thrillers from the mid1940s featuring john abbott as a vampire menacing peggy stewart in the vampire s ghost and robert livingston and adrian booth daring to confront the evil ian keith in valley of the zombies. A couple of years ago it showed up on amazon video and i finally got to see it.
One horror title due for an upward bump in reputation is 1945s the vampires ghost, a tiny little b picture thats just under an hour in length. France, vampires in article about france, vampires in by. Vampire s ghost, the 1945 out of 4 unique version of a vampire tale from republic has been forgotten over the years due to its rarity but this here certainly needs to find a new crowd. Meet the reallife vampires of new england and abroad. The vampire s ghost 1945 a priest exposes a vampire s john abbott underworld in a west african plantation town. It s a neat movie with a slightly different take on the vampire legend and i really enjoyed it. Add to that the fact that its got both peggy stewart and adele mara in it, with a story from the great leigh brackett, and its not to be missed.
The vampire from black and white to shades of humanity nosferatu 1922 earliest adaptation of bram stokers dracula. The top 100 sex horror movies of all time flickchart. France, vampires in pop culture f rench records supply only a limited number of texts for vampire researchers. Screenwriter leigh brackett pens a nice twist on the dracula motif, and littleknown actor john abbott is genuinely impressive as what is surely the most lowkey vampire on the books. Oct 23, 2014 vampires are a perennial favorite around halloween, but they can be found yearround in movies and on television, in books and on blogs.
In the african port town of bakunda, the undead are restless. The film was released on may 21, 1945, by republic pictures. Nov 09, 2010 mary shelleys tale of frankenstein can be seen as a morality tale about the dangers of technology at the beginning of the industrial age. The french revolution oversimplified part 1 youtube. Les vampires is a 191516 french silent crime serial film written and directed by louis feuillade. Apr 25, 2012 4 new french vampire film in the works. Melusine reportedly was the daughter of king elinas and his fairy wife. It begins with lawyer jonathan harker s perilous journey to castle dracula in transylvania, and chronicles the vampire s invasion of england, where he preys upon the lovely lucy westenra and harker s fiancee, mina. Meet the reallife vampires of new england and abroad the legend of the blood suckers, and the violence heaped upon their corpses, came out of ignorance of contagious disease. And the weariness delivered by the opening narration from a centuriesold vampire as he drains the blood from out of this uganda native is palpable. Today s episode features the largely forgotten 1945 gem, the vampire s ghost.
Vampire myths go back thousands of years and are seen in almost every culture worldwide. This is how director lesley selanders the vampires ghost begins. The vampires ghost bluray disc details highdef digest. The vampire s ghost is 1945 american horror film directed by lesley selander, written by leigh brackett and john k. This was the time when the phrase dark satanic mills, entered the english language from a poem by william blake referring to the early industrial revolution and its destruction of nature and human relationships. Oct, 2017 which makes the vampires ghost 1945 something worth seeking out. From the vampires sacrifice of the human for personal gain to the vampires sacrifice of self for human gain vampires may not yet be our friends but they are no longer the monsters they once were. Nightveil media the vampires ghost and valley of the. The vampires ghost 1945 a priest exposes a vampires john abbott underworld in a west african plantation town. Sep 28, 2009 the vampire research society is the official united kingdom advisory service on all matters that have to do with vampires. Henryk savaard courtroom speech with added music duration. I first learned about the vampire s ghost from a picture in an article in famous monsters magazine years ago. In a small african port, a tawdry bar is run by a man named webb fallon. China has red eyed monsters with green or pink hair while the greek have lamia.
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