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Vampires (The) AKA I Vampiri AKA The Devil's Commandment AKA Lust of the Vampire (Blu-ray) (1957)
Beautiful Parisian girls were his victims!Director: Riccardo Freda (as Robert Hampton), Mario Bava (uncredited)
Year of Copyright: 1957
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The Radiance edition is the most comprehensive, but the French edition has some exclusive extras that are not English-friendly.
GENERAL NOTES:
The film exists in at least four versions:
- the Italian original (~81 minutes);
- the shorter German version (~77 minutes). Exclusive material turns up in the theatrical trailer depicting the fate of one of the characters that was changed by order of the Italian censors during production, but that footage does not appear in the German version;
- the English export version (a rare print of which was shown at one of the Mario Bava retrospectives in the 1990s);
- the British edit of the export version titled "Lust of the Vampire" (~65 minutes);
- the American version titled "The Devil's Commandment" that cuts footage and replaces it with saucy footage for adult audiences (~72 minutes).
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray ALL Limited Edition United Kingdom- Radiance Films - No cuts - includes the Italian version (81:31) with a thirteen-second RAI logo, the U.K. cut of the export version (65:36) with twenty-six seconds of exit music on black, and the U.S. version with added scenes (72:18).
- Blu-ray B France- Sidonis Calysta - No cuts - original Italian version (81:31)
- Blu-ray B Black Sunday United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts - original Italian version (81:18)
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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 21/10/20
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 13/10/24UPDATE LOG:
21/10/20: Initial entry.
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28/05/22: Added France.
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