Count Yorga Vampire

Crew

T
Tony de Zarraga
Editor
B
Bob Dietz
Sound Recordist
J
James M. Tanenbaum
Special Effects
P
Patty Sue Townsend
Script Supervisor
P
Pat O'Mara
Assistant Camera
N
Nancy Renard
Wardrobe Master
M
Master Dentalsmith
Makeup Artist
M
Mark Rogers
Makeup Artist
J
Jim Getty
Key Grip
J
James Stinson
Props
G
George Garrin
Sound Assistant
B
Bob Wilder
Set Designer
L
Lowell Brown
Sound Recordist

Count Yorga Collection

By the early seventies, the vampire genre was in dire need of some new blood. Hammer Studios' popular Dracula franchise with Christopher Lee had become increasingly formulaic and horror fans were becoming bored by their predictability. But change was in the air and the vampire film would soon enjoy a resurgence led by the arrival of the low-budget sleeper Count Yorga, Vampire in 1970. The movie's unexpected box office success not only spawned a sequel, The Return of Count Yorga (1971), but paved the way for Deathmaster (1972), Blacula (1972) and a number of more sexually explicit vampire thrillers such as Vampyres (1974).