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Upír z Feratu

Upír z Feratu (1982) Movie Poster
Czechoslovakia  •    •  90m  •    •  Directed by: Juraj Herz.  •  Starring: Jirí Menzel, Dagmar Havlová, Jana Brezková, Petr Cepek, Jan Schmid, Zdenka Procházková, Blanka Waleská, Zdenek Ornest, Ilja Racek, Vít Olmer, Miloslava Ebrová, Kveta Straková, Zuzana Langerová.  •  Music by: Petr Hapka.
     A doctor is shocked when his beloved nurse (Mima) signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a rally-driver. A fellow doctor makes him believe that human blood is being used as fuel for Mima's ever winning car, but does that really work?

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Image from: Upír z Feratu (1982)
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Image from: Upír z Feratu (1982)
Image from: Upír z Feratu (1982)
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This is a very unusual but interesting Czech vampire movie from 1981 - a doctor discovers that a hyper-modern formula 1 racing car is not run by fuel but with human blood! He's trying to find out the mystery of the bloodthirsty car together with a vampire hunter, but a mighty racing organization is already hunting them.

This plot sounds rather like a trashy 50's b-movie horror, but in fact is a very witty comment on the modern fetishes of speed, high tech power and mobility - and also, as usual for cultural artifacts of the Cold War area, a critical view on capitalism. There are some remarkable, terrifying scenes like a dream sequence with the car eating the doctor or a surreal sex sequence. The experimental electronic score is also outstanding, and only the acting seems a bit wooden sometimes.


Review by Mikew3001 from the Internet Movie Database.

 
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