The Velvet Vampire

1971
R
1h 20m

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Lee and his wife Susan accept the invitation of mysterious Diane to visit her secluded desert estate. Tensions arise when the couple, unaware that Diane is a vampire, realize that they are b... Read allLee and his wife Susan accept the invitation of mysterious Diane to visit her secluded desert estate. Tensions arise when the couple, unaware that Diane is a vampire, realize that they are both objects of the pale temptress's seductions.Lee and his wife Susan accept the invitation of mysterious Diane to visit her secluded desert estate. Tensions arise when the couple, unaware that Diane is a vampire, realize that they are both objects of the pale temptress's seductions.

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5.3/10

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Susan Ritter
(as Sherry Miles)

Celeste Yarnall

Diane LeFanu

Gene Shane

Carl Stoker

Jerry Daniels

Juan

Sandy Ward

Amos

Paul Prokop

Cliff

Chris Woodley

Cliff's Girl

Robert Tessier

Biker
(as Bob Tessier)

Johnny Shines

Bluesman
(as Johny Shines)

Director
- Stephanie Rothman
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Trivia
Roger Corman was so impressed with Celeste Yarnall that he offered her the lead role in his next horror feature for New World Pictures. But she backed out at the last minute because she was offered a small part in Michael Winner's The Mechanic (1972). She took that role because Winner promised her a better part in his next movie Scorpio (1973), however he ended up giving that role to Gayle Hunnicutt. Yarnall admitted passing on Corman's film turned out to be a bad career move.

Goofs
During Lee's second dream, he is nude when he gets out of bed, but the elastic band of underwear is seen on his waist along the bottom of the screen in the next shot, while he undresses Diane.

Quotes
Lee Ritter: Pretty deserted around here huh?
Gas station attendant: The way the desert is.

Connections
Featured in Nightmare Theatre's Late Night Chill-o-Rama Horror Show Vol. 1 (1996)

Soundtracks
Evil Hearted Woman
Written by Johnny Shines (as Johny Shines)
Performed by Johnny Shines (as Johny Shines)

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6/10

Dreamy and Sexy Vampire Movie

Uneven pacing and some bad acting detract from The Velvet Vampire's bizarre and dreamy tone as a modern vampire lures a young married couple to her isolated desert home for a weekend of debauchery and neck biting.

Thematically very similar to the better Daughters of Darkness, but there's a lot of new stuff here. For one, the titular vampire has no problems with sunlight or mirrors. For all we know she might not even be a real vampire and could just be some insane woman.

There's not a lot of narrative drive in the film, so if you're someone more interested in plot driven horror films, you might want to think twice before giving this one a spin. If you like slower, more dreamlike films, you'll like it a lot.