El Vampiro
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El vampiro is a 1957
Mexican horror film, directed by Fernando Méndez
. The film is about Marta, a young woman, who travels to her childhood village, only to find that one of her aunts is dead and another is under the influence of Mr. Duval, who later turns out to be a vampire
whose name is the Count Karol de Lavud.
It is possibly the first movie to actually show a vampire with elongated canines
. F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu (Max Schrek) had elongated incisors; Tod Browning
's Dracula
(Bela Lugosi
) did not show his teeth at all.
This film can therefore be seen as a link between the Universal
and the Hammer
presentations of vampires.
1957 in film
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue-Awards:...
Mexican horror film, directed by Fernando Méndez
Fernando Méndez
Fernando Méndez is a Argentine footballer currently playing for Cobreloa of the Primera División in Chile....
. The film is about Marta, a young woman, who travels to her childhood village, only to find that one of her aunts is dead and another is under the influence of Mr. Duval, who later turns out to be a vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
whose name is the Count Karol de Lavud.
It is possibly the first movie to actually show a vampire with elongated canines
Canine tooth
In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dogteeth, fangs, or eye teeth, are relatively long, pointed teeth...
. F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu (Max Schrek) had elongated incisors; Tod Browning
Tod Browning
Tod Browning was an American motion picture actor, director and screenwriter.Browning's career spanned the silent and talkie eras...
's Dracula
Dracula (1931 film)
Dracula is a 1931 vampire-horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Bela Lugosi as the title character. The film was produced by Universal and is based on the stage play of the same name by Hamilton Deane and John L...
(Bela Lugosi
Béla Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
) did not show his teeth at all.
This film can therefore be seen as a link between the Universal
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
and the Hammer
Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic "Hammer Horror" films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies and in later...
presentations of vampires.