Grave of the Vampire
Encyclopedia
Grave of the Vampire is a 1972 American horror film
directed by John Hayes
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The film is also known as Seed of Terror (American reissue title).
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
directed by John Hayes
John Hayes (director)
John Hayes was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Hayes is best known for directing low-budget drive-in B-movie features and later, exploitation films.-Career:...
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The film is also known as Seed of Terror (American reissue title).
Plot
Several years after his death by electrocution in the late 1930s, ghoulish rapist/murderer Caleb Croft (Michael Pataki) rises from his crypt and brutally assaults young Leslie Hollander (Kitty Vallacher). Leslie becomes pregnant by Croft and delivers a baby boy, whom she nurses with bottles of blood. The child matures into the ruggedly handsome James Eastman (William Smith), who sets out on a mission to find and kill his diabolical father. Enrolled at college, James discovers his father is posing as Professor Lockwood. Following a séance hosted by the professor for his students, James confronts his monstrous dad in a chilling, no-holds-barred showdown between good and evil.Cast
- William SmithWilliam Smith (actor)William Smith is an American actor who has appeared in almost 300 feature films and television productions.Smith began his acting career at the age of 8 in 1942...
as James Eastman - Michael PatakiMichael PatakiMichael Pataki was an American character actor.-Early life:Pataki born in Youngstown, Ohio. He attended the University of Southern California with a double major in Political Science and Drama...
as Caleb Croft - Lyn Peters as Anne Arthur
- Diane Holden as Anita Jacoby
- Lieux Dressler as Olga
- Eric MasonEric MasonEric Mason is a British actor. His television credits include: Z Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor Who, Bergerac, Sea of Souls, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Minder in episode Come in T-64, Your Time Is Ticking Away and The Bill....
as Lieutenant Panzer - Jay AdlerJay AdlerJay Adler was an American actor in theater, television, and film.Born in New York City, New York, he was the eldest child of Yiddish theater stars Jacob and Sara Adler, and the brother of the more famous Luther and Stella.Jay Adler died at age 81 in Woodland Hills, California and was buried in the...
as Old Zack - Jay ScottJay ScottJay Scott was the pen name of Jeffrey Scott Beaven , a Canadian film critic.Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Scott fled to Canada in 1969 as a draft dodger. He settled in Calgary, and began writing film reviews for the Calgary Albertan a few years later...
as Paul - William Guhl as Sergeant Duffy
- Margaret Fairchild as Miss Fenwick
- Carmen ArgenzianoCarmen ArgenzianoCarmen Antimo Argenziano is an American actor who has appeared in over 50 movies and around 100 television movies or episodes....
as Sam - Frank Whiteman
- Abbi Henderson as Carol Moskowitz
- Inga Neilsen
- Lindis Guinness
- Kitty Vallacher as The Unwilling Mother