Directed by William Beaudine
Written by Carl K. Hittleman
1966/USA
Circle Productions Inc.
First viewing/Amazon Prime
[box] William ‘Billy the Kid’ Bonney: What’s wrong with her, Doc? What are those marks on her neck?
Dr. Henrietta Hull: Well, if I didn’t know better, I’d say it was the work of a vampire.
William ‘Billy the Kid’ Bonney: Vampire?[/box]
I just had to watch the companion piece to Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter (1966).
Billy the Kid has gone straight. His sweetheart Elizabeth is waiting for the arrival of her Uncle James, whom she has never met. Unbeknownst to her, a vampire (John Carradine) has assumed the identity of her uncle and has settled on Elizabeth as his undead bride. Billy must save the day.
John Carradine was like the Energizer Bunny – he just kept going and going. Here he plays history’s least sexy vampire. He’s by far the best part of the movie – not to say that he’s very good.
The title sells it for me completely. I will have to watch this.
Don’t blame me if you are not impressed! Kind of an old-fashioned Western but with a vampire twist!
I love this movie so much! I taped it off late-night TV in the 1990s and I had that VHS tape for a while and I used t watch it every so often.
Say any mean thing you want to say about it. I won’t argue. I can’t. Everything you say is true. It’s pretty bad. But I love it anyway.
Directed by William Beaudine, who goes all the way back to the silent era when he directed Mary Pickford in Sparrows. He also directed several of Bela Lugosi’s infamous Poverty Row Horror movies. And the Bowery Boys. And a lot of television. His IMDB page lists almost 400 credits!
Yes, Beaudine was such a prolific director! But he mostly made B films so you never hear about him.
Kind of an old-fashioned Western but with a vampire sour lemon twist!?
Damn those get ya in titles…much like Cowboys V Aliens.
I’m a sucker for a juicy title!