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Meanwhile Vardella comes alive and goes on a killing spree against the descendants of the people who killed her two hundred years before, at which point Von Helsing comes upon the scene and uses a syringe to drug her. After hiding her in the hotel, the Count and Philip go to pick up some ritual tools
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While Groper carries their bags to the room, the couple has tea outdoors at a picnic table, and soon is approached by Von Helsing, who seems anxious to befriend them and to relate the history of the Draculas to them. In the process, he recounts the story and curse of Vardella but the listeners find
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The next day on the road, Philip loses steering control of the car, causing him to drive into a lake; a passing truck driver assists in retrieving what should have been Veronica but to his horror, is a monstrous corpse that looks a lot like the aforementioned Vardella, which he quickly wraps up.
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referred to the film as "An engaging horror film the beginning is a trifle comatose with its self-consciously stylish slow tracks and compositions it gradually gathers momentum while developing a nice line in comic grotesquerie with its furtively lecherous innkeeper" The review commented on
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After being jailed, the truck driver who found Vardella makes a deal to tell police where the body is in exchange for his freedom. He leads the police back to the hotel, where they find the now-alive, drugged body appearing dead. The police intend to have it
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in the film noting that she "gets little chance to display the grand manner in her comparatively brief role, but the acting in general is sound (enormously helped by the fact that the leading players would appear to have dubbed their own dialogue)."
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In the nick of time, two hundred years to the minute since, and in the same place as, the murder of Vardella, Philip and the Count perform the exorcism ritual at the lake. It is unclear if they succeed in bringing back Veronica.
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Philip and the Count manage to retrieve the body and steal the police van which it is in. Vardella awakens from her drugged state and Von Helsing drugs her again, as well as the police officers which have now caught the van.
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In their room, Philip discovers Groper is peeping on them through the window. After beating up Groper and drawing blood, Philip wants to leave immediately but Veronica prefers to stay the night as planned.
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Shifting to present day, a young, newly married British couple, Philip and Veronica, are traveling on their honeymoon and book a room in a hotel owned by alcoholic and voyeur Ladislav Groper.
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back in the show's '90s heyday. The film is bad but not uninteresting, and there is a lot of the fun to be had in simply watching it unfurl with its lousy acting and overwrought direction "
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reads a historical narrative from two hundred years before about the execution of Vardella, a woman accused of witchcraft. As she dies she swears vengeance for her murder.
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To his great relief, Von Helsing reassures Philip that he can help him get his wife back. Having little choice Philip begins to believe in Von Helsing and what he says.
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none of this interesting. He invites himself back the next day and Veronica tells him to come at noon, knowing they plan to be on their way at dawn.
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accepted a salary of $ 1,000 for working one single day. She was forced to work that day for 18 hours.
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In June 2010, Nick Coccellato of Eccentric Cinema gave the film a rating of five out of ten, writing "
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2.0 mono soundtrack. Special features include an image gallery and an audio commentary by producer
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The entire film was shot in 21 days. Many members of the crew appeared in the film as minor roles.
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in late 1966. It was released in Rome, Italy in July 1967, where it was distributed by
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On 28 April 2009, Dark Sky Films released a DVD version of the film in an
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Sources conflict in crediting the production country of the film.
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Vardella, the one way that she can be changed back into Veronica.
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She Beasts, Slapstick and Siegel Shots: Michael Reeves and the
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Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult
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Coccellato, Nick (5 June 2010). Lindsey, Brian (ed.).
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film poster
double feature
The Embalmer
Mike Reeves
Paul M. Maslansky
Barbara Steele
John Karlsen
Mel Welles
Eastmancolor
Miracle Films
Cineriz
Atlanta
London
£
Italian
horror film
Michael Reeves
directorial debut
Barbara Steele
John Karlsen
Ian Ogilvy
Transylvania
Count Von Helsing
exorcise
autopsied
Barbara Steele
John Karlsen
Ian Ogilvy
Mel Welles

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