lit vampires italian horror film film directed completed film cinematographer stars film series murders young women found blood drained newspapers describes killer vampire young journalist crimes investigates mysterious family lives castle occupied love lives aunt hides face veil scientist trying find secret eternal youth film developed growth italian film industry allowed market expand local italian audience allow italian film makers explore new genres filmmaking deal producers italian film studio create low budget horror film writing story day filming weeks producers agreed began filming final day shooting left set led cinematographer direct rest film changed plot points added inclusion stock footage film release italy horror film sound era successful italy interpreted audience interested horror films italians film released theatrically united_states united_kingdom respectively english critics predominantly discuss film terms cinematography place film history despite italian horror films british film international hit black sunday released greater horror films began produced italy plot paris series mysterious killings committed young women blood type found dead drained blood killings reported press performed murderer coined vampire journalist begins investigate involved dancer kidnapped inspector examines crime scene arrives predicting crime committed vampire investigates school latest murder happened search clues finds woman followed tall man murder man named begs fix dark room told woman named know saint joseph arrives location spotted manages away joseph arrives clinic professor demands money leave town report happening police assistant woman named arrives states police track end career newspaper headline later reveals professor died unexpectedly funeral procession julian group men arrive reveal body buried joseph joseph corpse taken castle experimented julian attempting discover secret eternal life later meets blind man street asks drop letter dropping letter kidnapped finds locked bedroom skeletons vampire previous victims police try track reassigned following vampire story set cover ball castle castle meets expresses admiration reminds father leaves party pursued photographer states want lead emotions leads entering castle love turns face begins grow old eyes reveals person killed youth short time knowing secret reaches pistol murders calls professor julian young julian states fragile emotional state work begins experimental transfer youth beauty meets day picking painting spots odd behavior writing wrong hand leads return castle investigate begins growing ill previous experiment calls professor julian aid leaves julian lab alarm race castle meets joseph takes joseph police station reveals young women people castle real murderers police arrive looking find denies knowledge joseph police explore castle finding clues leaving begins transforming eyes prompting emergency search castle gun battle professor assistant police leaving assistant professor shot leads police open grave find sent home reveals confessed crimes died shortly production background development time development italian film productions grown italian film productions rose films growth allowed film makers italy approach new genres new styles attempted chief executive officer stated italian film productions aimed european market opposed italian production film director friend cinematographer discussed idea developing horror film horror films previously banned italy 1930s 1940s new taste developing italian film historian stated ghosts monsters taste horrible appears society wealthy accompanied state began exist expand italy years ambition horror film derived desire films style feeling americans german able films past approached film producer idea film despite having treatment ready promising day returned tape treatment complete sound effects convince followed tape promise script pass filmed days convinced producer allowed create pre production screenplay credited fictional writer story film features contributions mentioned writing process uncredited roles film autopsy doctor respectively film set 1950s opposed 18th 19th century lower cost creating period set making film plot feel like actually happen film story uncredited stories includes crimes committed character based legend blood stay young influence acknowledged short story fall house usher suggested parallel decaying dissipated interiors vampire like character took female lead film despite initially wanting role film films worked relationship led leaving wife brazil films return italy female lead role nearly films including iron sins rome production filming began rome film low budget production care horror films crew utilized existing sets single scene river filmed outside studio film shot black white cinematographer felt style better suit special effects film budget worked special effects film credit effects involved aging revealed certain coloured lights revealed effect previously older films contemporary films including man turned stone deal producers failed left set twelfth day production argument producers left production allowing step finish film days reasons leaving production differ range having misunderstanding producers stating taking long film ending different initial ending involved finding heroine hanged changes finish film included changing supporting character journalist lead removing sub plot criminal returns life extended portions film stock footage newspaper presses release released italy april grossed total million italian initial theatrical run film box office success italy france released united_states heavily altered version title devil version film featured new scenes written filmed new_york united_kingdom film released title lust vampire biographer wrote version film titled lust vampire assembled united_states incorporates scenes nudity home media version released italy photo novels similar comic strips use succession panels speech main difference rely photographs films opposed illustrations titled english wanted loved appeared august released uncut time dvd united_states ign gave positive review dvd referring image quality stunning film original cut devil version aired late night television years released dvd bonus feature black sunday blu ray february critical reception contemporary review monthly film bulletin described film bizarre italian effort drug addiction perpetual youth skeletons moments claim genuinely review praised special effects involving transition young aged woman concluded story treatment performance comparable film high class variety described film attempt horror film doesn come moments succeeding chilling review concluded film strictly genre italy noted surprise film avoided banned italian film takes thriller motives effective moments retrospective review wrote important place history ultimate effectiveness film entertaining horror flick discussed film book european exploitation films noted film set standard visual style foundation italian gothic films nature described film little praising transformation scenes filming doors decay great lighting ign wrote interested history italian horror cinema film film showing age incredibly compared gore italy eventually famous book black sunday stated pushing declare neglected masterpiece hugely work sets horror film modern edge sensibility achieve wrote negative review film book italian horror film directors opining film suffered damaging influences cinema turned static scenes opined film spends time character mind dull endless police procedural scenes aftermath influence felt succeed financially italy country audience reluctance italian interpretation horror genre film immortal monster english pseudonym impression film italian attempted gothic horror film years later film horrible crew members direct horror films following screenwriter directed vampire cinematographer directing black sunday italian horror film sound era following lone silent horror film despite film italian film sound era start new wave italian horror productions stated required international success black sunday initiate start horror films italy italian screenwriter suggested film released italy vampire movies flooded screens
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