Vampyres_ A Tribute to the Ultimate in Erotic in Horror Cinema - Greaves, Tim.pdf - ENCYKLOPEDIE, KATALOGII FILMOWE - DO TRANSLACJI - bartyys

In 1993 I researched and published "Vampyres: A Tribute to the Ultimate

in Erotic Horror Cinema", a book brimming with behind the scenes

anecdotes, exclusive interviews and many previously unseen photographs.

It proved more popular than anticipated and the following year a revised

and expanded edition appeared. It is the 2nd edition that is presented

here on this DVD.

Almost a decade later VAMPYRES continues to enjoy cult celebrity. Since

the book went out of print there have been two noteworthy festival

reunions in England, the first bringing together José Larraz and

Marianne Morris for the first time in almost 25 years, a second

assembling producer Brian Smedley-Aston and cast members Marianne

Morris, Brian Deacon and Sally Faulkner. In the intervening years the

"elusive" Vampyre, Anulka Dziubinska, has also been located and

interviewed from her domicile in the United States.

In 2000 Anchor Bay premiered the film on DVD, stimulating interest all

over again. Regrettably it was not the fully uncut version everyone anticipated

it would be and there was sufficient cause for Blue Underground to re-release it

with the precious missing seconds restored and even more supplementary materials.

I myself continue to hold the film in high esteem and in 2001, with the blessing

of writer/director Jose Larraz, I adapted the film into a novel

(published in England by FAB Press).

Back in 1974, for most of those involved, VAMPYRES was just another job.

Little could any of them have known it would still hold the spotlight

almost 30 years later. Long shall it continue to do so.

Tim Greaves (2003)

Vampyres_ A Tribute to the Ultimate in Erotic in Horror Cinema - Greaves, Tim.pdf