Astro-Vampire – Todesmonster aus dem All (1970)

Astro-Vampire – Todesmonster aus dem All: Directed by Al Adamson. With John Carradine, Robert Dix, Vicki Volante, Joey Benson. In the near future with a intergalactic vampire plague threatening earth, an expedition is sent to a distant galaxy in hopes of discovering the plague’s source. Landing on a mysterious planet they discover that Spectrum radiation has turned the atmosphere into a one-color tint. Exploring further, the group discovers living dinosaurs, a race of vampire cavemen, and other strange creatures.

“What I liked most about this crazy movie is the late great Brother Theodoreu0026#39;s manic narration of the intro. He did an even better job narrating the filmu0026#39;s trailer. It makes me wish that more directors would have hired this insane genius and just let him cut loose. The infrequency of Theodoreu0026#39;s screen appearances seemed to have been his own choice. There were plans to cast him as Dracula in Al Adamsonu0026#39;s u0026quot;Dracula vs. Frankensteinu0026quot; (THAT would have been something to see!), but apparently Theodore wasnu0026#39;t comfortable doing material that was written by somebody other than himself. Anyway; the rest of the film was pretty cool, too. The experience of watching it is kind of like channel surfing when every station is showing a cheap science fiction film at the same time. If the way the plot is going isnu0026#39;t to your liking, donu0026#39;t worry. Itu0026#39;ll change in a minute. The lobster man was my favorite. I also liked the stock footage from Hal Roachu0026#39;s u0026quot;One Million B.C.u0026quot; Seeing the spaceship model from Roger Cormanu0026#39;s u0026quot;War of the Satellitesu0026quot; was a surprise. I guess special effects man David Hewitt must have kept it in his basement all those years. There was also the voice of the talented Paul Frees in a few spots. While itu0026#39;s true that the producers of this film were shamelessly padding an obscure foreign film into something (they thought) was releasable(and re-releasable under many other titles), they did it in an entertaining and hilarious way.”