283 Count Yorga , Vampire ( 1970 )

With  the  Count  Yorga  films, AIP   beat  Hammer  to  the  punch  in  setting  a  vampire  story  in  the  present  day. Yorga  as  played  by  Robert  Quarry  is  an  obvious  substitute  for  Lee  as  Dracula. The  film  is  a  bit  talky  at  first  but  once  it  gets  going  it's  very  good. Not  one  for  cat  lovers  though !

Yorga  is  a  Bulgarian  immigrant  who  offers  to  conduct  a  seance  for  Donna, the  daughter  of  his  recently  deceased  lover. When  she  becomes  hysterical  he  talks  her  down and  is  given  a  ride  home  by  two  of  her  friends. Returning  from  his  home  they  are  mysteriously  bogged  down  in  mud  then  he  attacks  them. The  girl's  doctor, Jim  Hayes  ( Roger  Perry )  starts  to  suspect  the  truth  about  him.

Donna  Anders  ( as  Donna )

Sex :  Donna  wears  a  see-through  night-dress

Death : From  blood  loss  after  a  vampire  bite

Donna  was  only  active  in  a  handful  of  films  around  the  beginning  of  the  seventies. She  is  now  80.

Judy  Lang  ( as  Erica )

Sex :  Has  sex  with  boyfriend  Paul  before  Yorga  attacks  them

Death : From  blood  loss  after  a  vampire  bite

Judy  was  best  known  for  a  regular  role  in  Dr  Kildare  in  the  sixties. This  was  her  last  film  before  she  retired  to  raise  a  family. She  is  now  76.

Sybil  Scotford  ( as  Judy )

Sex : No

Death : Survives

This  was  Sybil's  first  film  but  she  never  really  progressed  beyond  bit  parts  and  disappeared  at  the  end  of  the  seventies.

Julie  Conners ( as  Cleo )

Sex : Cleo  is  sleeping  with  Jim  and  there's  a  hint  of  nipple  when  she's  talking  to  him

Death : Survives

Julie  seems  to  have  called  herself  something  different  in  each  film  in  a  brief  career  in  exploitation  pictures.

Marsha  Jordan  ( as  Donna's  mother )

Sex : No

Death : Staked  as  a  vampire

Marsha  was  a  well  known  soft  porn  actress  with  many  film  credits  in  that  genre. She  retired  in  the  mid-seventies  when  the  market  went  harder  and  raised  a  family.

Deborah  Darnell  ( as  Vampire  Woman )

Sex : Big  cleavage

Death : Survives  as  a  vampire

  This  was  one  of  only  two  film  appearances  by  Deborah.

Erica  Macready  ( as  Babette )

Sex : No

Death : Survives

This  is  Erica's  only  film  appearance  and  I  suspect  she  was  the  sister  of  Michael  Macready,  one  of  the  male  stars, doing  a  walk-on  part.