Fangs of the Living Dead(1969)Movie Review

Trailer here.

Fangs of the Living Dead a.k.a.Malenka is a 1969 horror film directed by Amando de Ossorio and starring Anita Ekberg.

The films begins with a man called Dr. Luciani who received a call from his fiance, Sylvia(Ekberg). She tells him that she has inherited a castle and a title of Countess. She has to go to the place to sign papers. She goes to the local inn and the locals in there are startled when she tells them that she is going to be staying at the castle. A local person tells her that Count Walbrooke is expecting her. He is her uncle. She meets him and she looks around the castle. Sylvia is visited by a servant, Blinka(Adriana Ambesi) who seems to be about to bite her when the count appears and he is really angry. He takes her away and whips her.

Sylvia realises that Blinka is a vampire. She wants to leave but the Count doesn't want her to. A relative of Sylvia's was called Malenka and she was burned at the stake for being a witch. Walbrooke tells her that she must never marry. He tells her that Malenka created vampires. He informs her that he is Malenka's husband and he is undead. He tells her of some family curse which means she has to stay at the castle and can't marry. Sylvia breaks off her engagement to Dr. Luciani. Luciani and his firend Max go to the castle to see her. She won't see them. The locals are superstitious. They know that something dodgy is going on. The Count is snacking on some of the local ladies. He wants to dine on Sylvia next.

The Count tells her to drink his blood. Syvlia rescues Blinka from the dungeon. Blinka tells her that there is a tunnel . She enters it but gets caught by a girl vampire called Berta.She runs but the vamp lady is on her heels. Sylvia goes to the inn where Luciani and Max are. She tells them about Berta.They talk to the local doctor about it and he tells them to get a sharp wooden stake and stake the vamps with it.The doctor, Luciani, Max go to Bertha's grave. The Count sends one of his henchmen to get Sylvia. Berta rises from her grave. The doctor tries to get her but she runs off. Sylvia is kidnapped and brought back to the castle.

Luciani talks to the Count. He gets knocked out by one of his sidekicks. The doctor and Max see Blinka. The Count tells Luciani that he has a plan. He is going to get Sylvia declared insane because he wants the castle for himself. Blinka warns Sylvia that the vampire thing is all a lie. Luciani kills the Count and he burns. A portrait of Malenka burns too. 

This is a film that is very light on plot. It is not bad in parts and I did like the ending. This is made by the same guy who directed Tombs of the Blind Dead, which is why I watched it. It is a fun Spanish movie and worth a look if you enjoy Euro horror. I will give it a 5/10.

Alligator(1980) Movie Review

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Alligator is a 1980 horror movie directed by Lewis Teague and starring Robert Forster, Robin Riker and Michael V. Gazzo.

The movie begins with a girl buying a baby alligator. Her father throws it down the toilet and it ends up in the sewer. Twelve years later, A cop called Madison(Forster)  is working on a case where the remains of a body have been found. A man who has a pet shop has been dumping dead dogs in the sewer. The alligator has been living on them and has ingested the chemicals which were used, resulting in it becoming huge and hungry. The pet shop owner has been bringing them to a pharma company who are using them in experiments. Madison is investigating them. He goes into the sewers to see what is going on. He brings an officer with him. They look around and spot the alligator and they run. The officer gets taken by the alligator.

Madison wakes up in the hospital. He wants to find his officer. He visits an alligator specialist, Dr. Kendall(Riker). She just happens to be the same girl who bought the alligator all those years ago. She is interested in finding it too. A journalist is poking his nose around and he is interested in Madison. He wants to know what happened to the officer and he goes into the sewers and meets the alligator who eats him for dinner. He had taken pictures, though, and the alligator is in them. The police and swat teams decide to go into the sewers and get the monster. Kendall shows up. The cops don't find the giant alligator. It breaks out of the sewer and roams the streets.

The cops look for it as it wanders around. Madison gets suspended because of a rich man called Slade(Dean Jagger). He is the one who has been bankrolling the experiments and he doesn't want the cops to discover what has been going on. The alligator ends up eating some more people and it heads for Slade's house where it wreaks havoc. It attacks his guests and Slade, killing them. Madison and Kendall realise it is going back into the sewers. Madison goes in after it. It comes at him. He sets a bomb and it attacks him. He tries to get out and is saved by Kendall. They escape and the bomb goes off , killing the alligator. Of course, this isn't the end of the story as there are baby alligators down there...

This is a fun monster movie. There is a huge alligator and lots of action. I think that you get exactly what you expect and that's okay here. It's entertaining and I liked the cast. I will give it a 5/10.