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Martin
| AKA's: | Martin, El Amante Del Terror / Wampyr |
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| Release date: | 1976 USA | Running time: | 94' (cover 94') - Source: DVD (RC 1/NTSC) 91' (cover 95') - Source: VHS PAL |
Rating: | Germ.: 18; UK: 18; US: R | ||
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Director: George A. Romero (Day Of The Dead 1985; Creepshow 1982; Dawn Of The Dead 1978; The Crazies 1973; Night Of The Living Dead 1968) Producer: Laurel Entertainment / Libra Films Score: Donald Rubinstein Writer: George A. Romero Director of photography: Michael Gornick |
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A young man, perhaps seventeen or eighteen years old, is riding on the night train from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh. When the other passengers have retired, he calmly picks the lock on a sleeping compartment door, and breaks into a young woman's room � What follows is a scene of blood and lust, though perhaps not quite in the way you might expect ... |
Martin (John Amplas), charming though seemingly a bit mad, is obsessed by the need to drink blood, and so doing, to satisfy his sexual appetite. A whole series of such assaults follows, each carefully planned, until he meets Mrs. Santini (Elyane Nadeau) with whom he has his first "normal" sexual experience. But watched closely by superstitious, eccentric Cuda (Lincoln Maazel) and championed by Christina (Christine Forrest), family pressures become even tougher ... until Martin has to face the facts that his "stable" relationship is not enough - and is forced to pursue the reality of his bloodthirsty needs ...
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short review: George Romero, the master of gore, made a horror-thriller with several entertaining and witty ingredients. Nevertheless you will find some of his gory trademarks in this film about a shy and sensitive guy who may or may not be a vampire, and his daily struggles to obtain the daily needed share of blood (Yes, vampires are said to behave like that). The whole movie reminds me a lot of the great Vampire's Kiss with Nicolas Cage, there are several resemblances to it. Though it has some funny scenes in it, it is not a vampire comedy, but more of a film about an outsider of society with a deadly dependence.  |
