#count yorga

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Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) dir. Bob Kelljan

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Robert Quarry as Count Yorga in The Return Of Count Yorga

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By Josh Ryals

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Count Yorga, Vampire has one of the most vampire acting motherfuckers of all time who isn’t outed immediately when everyone he meets starts disappearing or losing blood because it’s 1970. Some good interplay between the Count and his would be destroyers but little between the humans themselves.

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Movie Macabre 111 - Count Yorga, Vampire

Movie Macabre Season 01 - Episode 11 (111) Original Air Date: 05 December 1981

Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) Written and directed by Bob Kelljan

Starring: Robert Quarry Roger Perry Michael Murphy Michael Macready Donna Anders Judy Lang

"A couple invites a Count from Hungary, who recently immigrated to America, to conduct a seance for the woman's recently deceased mother, oblivious to the fact that he is actually a vampire." (IMDb)

Count Yorga is a fairly standard Dracula story. Foreign man arrives and starts bewitching some women. Some men are suspicious and planning to kill the foreigner based on their suspicions. Unfortunately, the movie never really does anything interesting or unique with the premise.

There's nothing to the story beyond the surface level. Visually, the movie is forgettable. Count Yorga's house has some good sets, but nothing particularly special. Perhaps, for the time, this was a more interesting movie. While there was a proliferation of vampire movies in the 60s and 70s, the ones that have stood the test of time are the ones that put their own unique spin on the idea. Count Yorga never seems to have its own point of view, relying solely on the standard Dracula story to keep it going.

After seeing the movie, I learned that the original intention was to film a softcore vampire film (as if the film needed to be any shallower). Ultimately, the best thing I can say about Count Yorga, Vampire is that it's not the worst movie of all time. It's mostly competently made (except for the terrible day-for-night shots). The character motivations are at least logical. Just skip this one.

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Count Yorga Vampire (1971)

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On August 24, 1974, The Return of Count Yorga debuted in Mexico.

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Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) - Original Italian poster art by Sandro Simeoni.

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This week on Content Abnormal we present Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce in "The Canary Trainer", one of The New Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes!

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Robert Quarry in "Count Yorga, Vampire" (1970)

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On February 20, 2009, cult film icon and Count Yorga, Vampire star Robert Quarry died in Los Angeles, California.

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Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) - VHS