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| Credits | |
| Title: | Nocturna |
| Directed by: | Harry Tampa |
| Written by: | Harry Tampa; Nai Bonet |
| Produced by: | Vernon Becker; Nai Bonet; Irwin Yablans |
| Music by: | Norman Bergen; Reid Whitelaw |
| Cinematography: | Mac Ahlberg |
| Edited by: | Ian Maitland |
| Production | |
| Distributors: | Compass International Pictures Nai Bonet Enterprises |
| Released: | June 1st, 1979 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 85 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula is an independent American feature film of the vampire fiction and horror-comedy genres. It was written and directed by Harry Tampa based on a story treatment by Nai Bonet, who also stars in the film as the female lead, Nocturna. The movie was produced by Nai Bonet Enterprises and distributed through Compass International Pictures. It premiered in the United States on June 1st, 1979. The film also stars John Carradine in the role of the infamous vampire lord, Count Dracula, with Yvonne De Carlo as Jugulia Vein.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Nai Bonet | Nocturna |
| John Carradine | Count Dracula |
| Yvonne De Carlo | Jugulia Vein |
| Theodore Gottlieb | Theodore |
| Sy Richardson | RH Factor |
| Antony Hamilton | Jimmy |
| Ivery Bell | The Moment of Truth |
| Michael Harrison | The Moment of Truth |
| Norris Harris | The Moment of Truth |
| William H. Jones, Jr. | The Moment of Truth |
| Adam Keefe | BSA President |
| Monica Tidwell | Brenda |
| Tony Sanchez | Victim |
| Thomas Ryan | Policeman |
| Al Sapienza | Musician |
| Jerry Sroka | Musician |
| A.C. Weary | Musician |
| Ron Toler | Taxi driver |
| John Epstein | John |
| Albert Ottenheimer | Doctor Bernstein |
| Toby Handman | BSA member |
| Shelley Wyant | BSA member |
| Irwin Keyes | Transylvania character |
| Marcus Anthony | Transylvania character |
| Frank Irizarry | Disc jockey |
Notes & Trivia[]
Nocturna lobby card.
- The tagline to this film is "When Transylvania drags, Nocturna is ready to bite the Big Apple!"
- Nocturna (1979) redirect to this page.
- This movie is not to be confused with the 2015 film Nocturna, which also deals with the subject of vampires, but is a tad-less silly.
- There are a total of twenty-seven credited cast members in this film.
- Production on Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula began on September 5th, 1978. Principal shooting concluded in October, 1978.
- The movie was shot on-location in parts of Manhattan, New York City, New York. [1]
- Director and screenwriter Harry Hurwitz is credited as Harry Tampa in this film.
- Producer Vernon P. Becker is credited as Vernon Becker in this film.
- Actress Yvonne De Carlo is best known for playing the role of Lily Munster on the CBS television series The Munsters.
- The central setting of this film is Transylvania in the year 1979.
- This movie opened on the same day as Don Coscarelli's Phantasm.
- 1979 was a big year for vampire movies. In addition to this film, there was also John Badham's Dracula, and Werner Herzog's Nosferatu, The Vampyre - both of which were loose adaptations of Bram Stoker's seminal novel Dracula. On the comedy side of vampire fiction, 1979 also saw the release of Love at First Bite, directed by Stan Dragoti and starring George Hamilton in the role of Dracula.
- This is not the first time that actor John Carradine cut his teeth... err... fangs... on playing the role of Count Dracula. He also portrayed Dracula for the Universal Monsters film series in House of Frankenstein in 1944 and House of Dracula in 1945.
Recommendations[]
Vampire films
External Links[]
- Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula at AMG
- Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula at IMDB
- Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula at Wikipedia
- Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula at Letterboxd.com
- Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula at Themoviedb.org
References[]
- ↑ IMDB; Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula (1979); Filming & Production.