Uncle Was A Vampire

2128. UNCLE WAS A VAMPIRE (1962-ITAIY). COLOR. WITH CHRISTOPHER LEE, RENATA RASCEL, SYLVA KOSCINA. THE COMEDY AND HORROR MOVIE GENRES UNITE PERFECTLY IN THIS CLEVER SPOOf CLASSIC VAMPIRE FILMS. THE SCENARIO RECORDS THE PREDICAMENT Of OSVALDO, A PINT-SIZED AND LIKABLY DIMWITTED BARON WHO IS HEAVILY IN DEBT TO THE TAX MAN. TO PAY OfF HIS OBLIGATION, OSVALDO HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO SELL HIS ANCESTRAL CASTLE FOR $80 MILLION LIRE. THE CASTLE IS PROMPTLY REFURBISHED INTO A POSH HOTEL AND THE PENNILESS OSVALDO SIGNS ON AS A LOWLY BELLHOP. ENTER OSVALDO’S UNCLE RODRIGO, WHO COMES ONTO THE SCENE IN A MOST UNUSUAL MANNER. RODRIGO DOES NOT WALK UP TO THE HOTEL’S FRONT DESK AND REGISTER LIKE ANY NORMAL HUMAN BEING. THAT IS BECAUSE RODRIGO IS NO MERE MORTAL. HE IS A VAMPIRE, AND HE ARRIVES AT THE CASTLE IN A STEAMER TRUNK! IT SEEMS THAT EVERY OTHER HOTEL GUEST IS AN ATTRACTIVE YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR HAVING THE BLOOD SUCKED OUT Of HER BY THE THIRSTY RODRIGO. THIS SITUATION RESULTS IN OSVALDO’S SCAMPERING ABOUT AND FINDING HIMSELF IN VARIOUS PRECARIOUS COMICAL SITUATIONS AS HE SCHEMES TO POUND A STAKE THROUGH THE HEART Of HIS BLOODSUCKING RELATIVE. PLAYING RODRIGO IS NONE OTHER THAN FRIGHT FILM FAVORITE CHRISTOPHER LEE, WHO HAMS IT UP HILARÂIOUSLY AS HE SPOOfS HIS HORROR FILM PERSONA. DUBBED INTO ENGLISH. 94 MINUTES. COMEDY