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LAKE OF DRACULA

LAKE OF DRACULA
dir. Michio Yamamoto, 1971
82 min, Japan
In Japanese w/ English subtitles

Plagued by nightmares about a vampire for 18 years, a young girl Akiko tries to get on with her life living by a lake and befriends a boat operator. One day a mysterious package arrives - an all white coffin! When the boat operator complains to the shipping agent they return to find the coffin empty. Not long after, the boat operator is attacked by the same vampire that's been haunting Akiko.

Akiko is visited by her doctor boyfriend who her sister is also in love with. The doctor is called to a nearby hospital to treat a women with two strange bite holes on her neck. Akiko's dog goes missing and she finds it's body in a field next to the murdered boat operator. Akiko flees his reanimated corpse and is knocked out in the chase. Taken to the vampires abode, she finds herself face to face with the ghoul.

Originally released in 1971 the film eventually made it's way to the states and ran on TV under the name JAPULA (yikes) as well as LAKE OF DEATH.

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With Hammer's runaway freight train success in the 60's it's no wonder Japan wanted in on the action. Yamamoto's Bloodthirsty Trilogy, as it would come to be known, sent the bloodsuckers East. Scored in gothic bossa-nova by Riichiro Manabe (GODZILLA VS HEDORAH) the films are a one of a kind treat for fang-fans the world over.