Martin

I found this on a list of best overlooked horror from the 70's. It has a high review score on IMDB and most reviews call it a great vampire movie. After watching it I have no idea why. It's very low budget, which is fine but there isn't much story and it is definitely not a vampire movie and it's barely even a horror movie. The whole story is this kid who thinks he's a vampire goes to live with his extended family who's uncle also thinks he's a vampire and believes he needs to save his soul then kill him. As far as I can tell though he's not, he's just a mentally ill serial killer who's uncle is crazy and reinforces his delusions. It's pretty slow moving with only a couple of stalking and kill scenes and none of it is scary. There are some decent blood FX for the 70's and there are some disturbing kills they are just very few. There is also weird scene transitions from color to black and white that appears to be his delusions of him in the 1922 Nosferatu film seemingly reinforcing that he's just crazy. It's still not the worst movie and it's somewhat watchable, just be prepared for a slower character study film and not full on vampire horror. Nothing woke.