Curse of the Undead ** (1959, Eric Fleming, Michael Pate, Kathleen Crowley) – Classic Movie Review 10,870

‘HIS BODY IS AN EMPTY SHELL THAT HOSTS A LUSTFUL FIEND!.

Co-writer/ director Edward Dein’s 1959 Universal International Pictures black and white mix of drama, horror and romance Curse of the Undead stars Michael Pate as black-garbed gun-packing vampire Drake Robey, who is hired by rancher Dolores Carter (Kathleen Crowley) who thinks he is a gunfighter.

But, when she discovers her mistake, she turns to minister Preacher Dan (Eric ‘Rawhide’ Fleming), who has a plan.

The Western film meets the vampire horror movie with conspicuous lack of success. But, as the cinema’s first vampire Western, it gets some marks for trying something interesting and new at that time.

It is filmed at Universal Studios, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California.

Runtime: 79 minutes.

Also in the cast are John Hoyt, Bruce Gordon, Edward Binns, Jimmy Murphy, Helen Kleeb, Jay Adler, Eddie Parker, John Truax, Frankie Van, Rush Williams, Edward Colmans and Forrest Stanley.

Curse of the Undead is directed by Edward Dein, runs 79 minutes, is made and released by Universal International Pictures, is written by Edward Dein and Mildred Dein, is shot in black and white by Ellis W Carter, is produced by Joseph Gershenson and scored by Irving Gertz.

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