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Paris. Young girls are found dead, drained from their blood. A journalist investigates these murders while the beautiful Gisele, from a noble family, tries to seduce him.Paris. Young girls are found dead, drained from their blood. A journalist investigates these murders while the beautiful Gisele, from a noble family, tries to seduce him.Paris. Young girls are found dead, drained from their blood. A journalist investigates these murders while the beautiful Gisele, from a noble family, tries to seduce him.
Carlo D'Angelo
- L'ispettore Chantal
- (as Carlo d'Angelo)
Angelo Galassi
- Ronald Fontaine
- (as Angiolo Galassi)
Antoine Balpêtré
- Professor Julien du Grand
- (as Antoine Balpetré de la Comédie Française)
Armando Annuale
- Un uomo anziano al funerale
- (uncredited)
Larry Boston
- Unknown Role
- (uncredited)
Aristide Catoni
- Porter
- (uncredited)
Riccardo Freda
- Il dottore
- (uncredited)
Bert Goldstein
- Maitre D'
- (uncredited)
Ronny Holiday
- Nora
- (uncredited)
Joy Holliday
- Anita
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was the first Italian made horror film of the sound era.
- Crazy creditsEnglish dubbed version 'The Devil's Commandment' is credited to director Riccardo Freda's pseudonym Robert Hampton.
- Alternate versionsOriginal Italian version is 82-minutes long. US distributor re-edited the film, inserting new footage starring Al Lewis and Ronny & Joy Holliday, shortened it to 70 minutes and released it as "Devil's Commandment". The differences are as follows:
- Alternate opening scene in which Joseph (played by a body double) stalks a women to her apartment, kills her in the bathtub, and has the body disposed of.
- Several dialogue-heavy scenes are cut or trimmed.
- The scene where Lantin brings the police back to the apartment he tailed Joseph back to is cut.
- The scene where the blind beggar is questioned by the police, and the subsequent house raid, are cut.
- A newly-shot sequence where a woman goes to a nightclub and is subsequently killed by Joseph.
- A newly-shot sequence where one of Dr. Du Grand's assistants (Lewis) forces himself on Lorette (played by a body double).
- Added insert shots of rats crawling toward Lorette.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre (2000)
Featured review
The Eternal Youth
When four young women are found in Paris with the blood completely drained, the ambitious and snoopy journalist Pierre Lantin (Dario Michaelis) decides to investigate the cases of the killer known as The Vampire. Inspector Chantal (Carlo D'Angelo) does not approve Lantin´s behavior. Soon Pierre suspects that family Du Grand, who lives in an ancient castle, may be involved with the murders but Inspector Chantal does not give support to his investigations. Meanwhile Pierre avoids the harassment of Giselle du Grand (Gianna Maria Canale), who is the niece of the wealthy matriarch of the family Margherita du Grand.
"I vampire" is a great Italian horror film with a story of the search for the eternal youth. The film was directed by Riccardo Freda, who left the production that was concluded by Mario Bava (uncredited). The beauty of Gianna Maria Canale is impressive more than sixty years later. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Os Vampiros" ("The Vampires")
"I vampire" is a great Italian horror film with a story of the search for the eternal youth. The film was directed by Riccardo Freda, who left the production that was concluded by Mario Bava (uncredited). The beauty of Gianna Maria Canale is impressive more than sixty years later. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Os Vampiros" ("The Vampires")
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- claudio_carvalho
- Oct 7, 2018
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Vampires
- Filming locations
- Titanus Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy(Studio, as Titanus - Appia)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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