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      Uncle Was a Vampire

      1959 1h 26m Comedy Horror List
      Reviews 43% 100+ Ratings Audience Score An old vampire (Christopher Lee) curses his nephew (Renato Rascel) with the family thirst; only a gardner's (Sylva Koscina) kiss can free him. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Sep 20 Buy Now

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      Ivan A The movie is adorable! I laughed from the beginning to the end! Renato Rascel and Christopher Lee do a great conedic duo!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/24 Full Review Audience Member Baron Osvaldo Lambertenghi (Renato Rascel, who represented Italy in the 1960 Eurovision contest and acted in several films) has sold his ancestral castle and stays on as a porter, which he does without complaint until the day that his uncle Baron Roderico da Frankurte (Christopher Lee) arrives. Roderico is a vampire, in case you didn't read the title. Osvaldo tries to tell the guests, but they think he's crazy, at which point he gets bitten too. This was made nearly instantly after Hammer's Horror of Dracula and if he wasn't a big enough box office star to get people to show up, Sylva Koscina from Hercules is here as well. So is Susanne Loret (Atom Age Vampire), Kai Fischer (The Hellfire Club) and Lia Zoppelli (who was in Toto and Cleopatra) are also on board. Director Steno is mostly known for comedy films, like his films with Toto, Banana Joe with Bud Spencer, Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot with Edwige Fenech and Man, Beast and Virtue, which had Toto and Orson Welles in the same movie. For Hammer fans, you can almost consider this a lost Lee Dracula, except that the humor and the horrible dubbing Lee got may take you out of the movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member An Italian heir must sell his castle in order to pay back taxes; the castle is converted into a hotel. The heir gets a job as a bellhop at his former residence. Soon after he starts this new job, his rich German uncle (played by Christopher Lee) who he's not previously met, arrives as a guest. After learning of his uncle's vampiric state, the bellhop devises a way to kill the vukodlak so he as the nephew can inherit the riches. The plan backfires and the uncle, wanting to rid himself of the vampire-curse, transfers it to his nephew. A lot of comedy ensues as the bellhop attempts to gain control over his new powers. One of the best non-Abbott and Costello horror-comedies of the 1950s. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Christopher Lee at his comedic best--This Funny Italian Vampire Flic Delivers!! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis An old vampire (Christopher Lee) curses his nephew (Renato Rascel) with the family thirst; only a gardner's (Sylva Koscina) kiss can free him.
      Director
      Steno
      Genre
      Comedy, Horror
      Original Language
      Italian
      Runtime
      1h 26m
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