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A feckless troupe of exotic dancers and their piano player led by a bumbling manager stumble upon a castle after encountering a ferocious storm. The castle, inhabited by Count Gabor, his assistant, and a vampire, is little refuge for the traveling showgirls as they slowly fall under the spell of the
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referred to the film as only being four years old but resembling a film that was 50 years old. The review concluded that it was a "pathetically tatty rehash of vampire clichés" and that the "Acting, direction, and photography are unspeakable.". "Tube." of
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undead demon. Vera, one of the reluctant dancers and the living doppelgänger of the vampire's dead wife, Margherita
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