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"Fangs of the Living Dead" aka "Malenka" (1969). Directed by Amando de Ossorio.
Now this is an odd bad movie, in some ways it is not bad at all...there is some cool vampire stuff with nice creepy atmosphere and it's scary and weird. The good sequences seem very Bava-influenced. Certainly the lighting is very spooky during the scary moments. But most of the movie seems like a comedy spoof of vampire films, with broad goofy humor.
Overall, the total effect is more cozy than scary and its cheeseball logic puts it squarely in idiot territory. The American version has a comedy ending that is supposedly not present in the original Italian release. The version with the "straight" ending is supposed to be far better, but I have only seen the US release
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