Kulay dugo ang gabi (1964)

Kulay dugo ang gabi: Directed by Gerardo de Leon. With Ronald Remy, Amalia Fuentes, Eddie Fernandez, Eva Montes. The first color horror picture produced in the Philippines.

“u0026quot;Dr. Marcou0026quot; (Ronald Remy) is a vampire who wants to revive a woman he loves named u0026quot;Katrinau0026quot; (Amalia Fuentes) back from the dead. In order to do that he needs to perform a heart transplant and the only acceptable donor is her twin sister u0026quot;Charitou0026quot; (also played by Amalia Fuentes). In the meantime, Dr. Marco must keep Katrina alive and so he has people killed so that their blood can be given to her. Naturally, these deaths cause concern among the local populace which makes it quite a bit more difficult for Dr. Marco to complete his operation. Anyway, what I found remarkable about this film was the unique technique of using red-tinted film to signify the presence of vampires. Rather interesting indeed. Likewise, the heavy use of smoke to imitate fog wasnu0026#39;t too bad either. On the other hand, being originally produced in Tagalog and dubbed into English caused the dialogue to seem a bit flat. Additionally, the heavy influence of Roman Catholicism was probably a bit too strong in my opinion. But this was a movie made in the Philippines so perhaps this was customary during this specific time period. In any case, this wasnu0026#39;t a bad movie but the overall production values seemed to be somewhat lacking. That said I rate the movie as slightly below average.”