WAMPYR

(Martin)

1978, regia di George A. Romero

Scheda: Nazione: USA - Produzione: Laurel Entertainment, Libra Films - Distribuzione: Star, Multivision, Videogram, Fonit Cetra Video, Anchor Bay Entertainment Inc., Home Box Office Home Video, Image Entertainment Inc., Laurel Productions, Libra Films International - Soggetto: dal testo di George A. Romero - Sceneggiatura: George A. Romero - Fotografia: Michael Gornickr - Montaggio: George A. Romero - Musiche: Goblin, Maurizio Guarini, Massimo Morante, Donald Rubinstein, Claudio Simonetti - Effetti speciali: Tom Savini - Formato: Panoramico Color (e B.N.) - Durata: 95'.

Cast: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Elayne Nadeau, Tom Savini, George A. Romero, Sarah Venable, Francine Middleton, Roger Caine, James Roy, J. Clifford Forrest jr., Robert Ogden, Donaldo Soviero, Donna Siegal.

Trama e commenti: cinematografo.it - mymovies.it - kataweb.it: «Convinto di essere un vampiro, il diciassettenne Martin, colto da impulsi irresistibili, aggredisce e uccide donne giovani e carine. L'edizione italiana di questo bel film di G. A. Romero, ironico e incline al grottesco, č frutto di un'invereconda manipolazione: č stato tagliato, rimontato e rimpolpato con musiche dei Goblins. Da vedere soltanto nell'edizione originale: Martin, di 95 minuti».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - tvguide.com: «Considered by many to be George Romero's greatest work, Martin is a shocking, thoughtful reworking of the vampire myth set in a dying American steel town. Martin (John Amplas) is a shy, alienated 17-year-old who thinks he may be a vampire--a theory which seems to be confirmed by the opening scene. Aboard a Pittsburgh-bound train, Martin waylays a female passenger, injects her with sodium pentothal, and, while she is in a stupor, violates her. Lacking fangs, he then cuts her wrist with a razor blade and drinks her blood. (The gruesomely realistic special makeup effects are by Tom Savini, here working on the first of his many films for Romero.) When Martin arrives in Pittsburgh, he is confronted with his elderly Old World cousin, Tata Cuda (Lincoln Maazel), a religious zealot who is convinced the boy is an 84-year-old vampire, the product of a family curse. Calling Martin "Nosferatu," Tata Cuda is determined both to save the boy's soul and to destroy him. Martin has no friends in his new life; he only...».

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