VAMPYRES (1974) – Episode 225 – Decades of Horror 1970s

"I find you very attractive, but this stroll is becoming rather boring." According to some, that might be a good description of this film. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they feast on Vampyres (1974), an Amicus production. Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 225 – Vampyres (1974) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! https://youtube.com/gruesomemagazine Decades of Horror 1970s is partnering with the WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL (https://wickedhorrortv.com/) which now includes video episodes of the podcast and is available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, and its online website across all OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. A pair of women lure passers-by to their countryside mansion to feed on them to satisfy their need for blood. Directed by: José Ramón Larraz (as Joseph Larraz) Writing Credits: Diana Daubeney (screenplay) (as D. Daubeney); José Ramón Larraz (uncredited); Thomas Owen (story) (uncredited) Selected Cast: Marianne Morris as Fran Anulka Dziubinska as Miriam (as Anulka) Murray Brown as Ted Brian Deacon as John Sally Faulkner as Harriet Michael Byrne as Playboy Karl Lanchbury as Rupert Margaret Heald as Receptionist Douglas Jones as Managervam Gerald Case as Estate Agent Bessie Love as American Lady Elliott Sullivan as American Man In this episode, the boys tackle José Ramón Larraz's Vampyres (1974). These are not your usual vampires, which explains the "y"… maybe. Released three years after, and paying slight homage to, Daughters of Darkness (a much better lesbian vampire film), Vampyres looks great but is definitely less filling. Even so, the Grue-Crew have somewhat mixed reactions. It all depends on how much you appreciate the visuals versus how bored you are with long strolls. And by "appreciate the visuals," of course, they are referring to the cinematography. At the time of this writing, Vampyres (1974) is available to stream from the Classic Horror Movie Channel, Wicked Horror TV, Tubi, Arrow, Flix Fling, and several PPV options. It's available on physical media as a Blu-ray from Arrow Video in Blood Hunger: The Films Of Jose Larraz, along with Whirlpool  (1970) and The Coming of Sin (1978). Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Doc, will be I, Monster (1971), an Amicus production starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in Milton Subotsky's version of a Jekyll/Hyde-based story. Only the names have been changed. We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at [email protected].