Friday 16 March 2012

THE VAMPIRE'S NIGHT ORGY (1974)


It's a bad omen of things to come when the bus driver, transporting several people to a new job on an elegant estate, falls dead at the wheel. The passengers decide to delay their arrival by a day and detour to a small village for a good night's rest. Arriving, they find a deserted community. Luis (Jack Taylor), another man who found his way to the town earlier in the day, is equally bewildered. Ernest (I. Gonzalez), one of the men who ventures out that night for a smoke and a stroll, finds out the hard way that the town actually comes alive at night - with the undead. The next morning, the survivors awaken to a village more like a village should be. They are greeted by Boris (Jose Guardiola), or, the Major, as he's better known. He explains that the death of a beloved member of the community placed all the citizens in the cemetery the previous night. As the villagers anguish in the background over what to feed their guests, Boris says simply; "The Countess will provide." The weary travelers later rave about the unusually sweet and tender meat they're treated to...

Ernest returns...changed. He whispers to Marcos (Manuel de Blas), one of the other men from the bus, that the problem of the driver's corpse has been dealt with. Marcos, in turn, telegraphs just what likely happened to him. As they prepare to take their leave, Luis finds his car out of commission. Ernest is also unable to get the bus started and the group must return to the village. They soon find themselves at the home of the Countess, a charming woman who seems hungry for companionship and news from the outside world. She offers the stranded company the use of her home - and even some cash to tide them over. That night she takes young Cesar (David Aller) to her bed and vampirizes him, throwing his body off the balcony and into the courtyard below where some hungry vampires wait to devour him. Ernest lures two of the men outside with news that the bus is fixed. Entering, the door slams shut and the undead pop up from the seats, hungrily feeding on the unwitting victims.

The lovely Alma (the lovely Dianik Zurakowska) has been remarkably immune from all the grisly happenings, that changes when she finds a finger in her evening meal, courtesy of a recent "accident" by the cook. She, along with Luis, make plans to leave that evening with another woman from the ill-fated bus trip and her daughter, Violet (Sarita Gil). But before they can depart, Violet defies orders and goes out to play with her mysterious little playmate (Fernando Romero) who's led her off into the graveyard - and night is approaching.

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