# Lust of the Vampire (1957)

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**Original title**: *I vampiri*
**Runtime**: 78 min
**Genres**: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Riccardo Freda
**Written by**: Mario Bava, Piero Regnoli, Riccardo Freda
**Starring**: Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo D'Angelo, Dario Michaelis, Paul Müller, Wandisa Guida, Angelo Galassi

> *The mad scientist who killed for fun! Beautiful girls were victims of his evil mind!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Vienna 1892, the Danube’s last breath before winter. A carriage stops at an iron gate where the lantern’s flicker reveals white gloves stained red. The scientist watches through his lens as a girl’s shadow shrinks against the castle’s tower.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, dread

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