Track of the Vampire

• Directors: Stephanie Rothman; Jack Hill
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Horror
• Themes: Vampires
• Release Year: 1966
• Country: YU/US
• Run Time: 80 minutes

Plot

This low-budget vampire quickie is distinguished mainly by the presence of director Stephanie Rothman, who emerged from Roger Corman's New World Pictures (for whom she directed the exploitation classic The Student Nurses) to become an acclaimed feminist filmmaker. The piecework story incorporates footage shot by original director Jack Hill, combined with incongruent elements from a Yugoslavian supernatural thriller titled Operation Titian which Corman obtained for a song, tied loosely together by new vampire material shot by Rothman. This may partially explain why the ancient Slavic vampire featured in the film decides to possess the body of a cheesecake photographer in California, who then murders his models in the name of Art. As one might imagine, this is pretty difficult to follow, but there are some good performances -- particularly from William Campbell as the haunted shutterbug -- and some fairly suspenseful scenes. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide

Cast

Sid Haig; Jonathan Haze; Sandra Knight; Marissa Mathes; Lori Saunders; Sidney Hayers; William Campbell

Credit

Stephanie Rothman - Director, Jack Hill - Director, Mark Lowry - Composer (Music Score), Ronald Stein - Musical Direction/Supervision, Alfred Taylor - Cinematographer, Jack Hill - Producer, Stephanie Rothman - Screenwriter, Jack Hill - Screenwriter