Vampyr, The: A Soap Opera

Release date:	1992 UK
Running time:	116' (cover 115') - Source: VHS PAL
Rating:	UK: 15
Main Crew:	Director: Nigel Finch (Stonewall 1996) Producer: BBC TV Score: Heinrich Marschner Writer: Nigel Finch / Janet Street-Porter / Charles Hart (Libretto) / W.A. Wohlbrück             (Text) / based on John Polidori's "The Vampyre" Director of photography: Chris Seager
Cast:	Use the dropdown menu to see the full cast Omar Ebrahim / Ripley, the Vampyr Fiona O'Neill / Miranda Davenant, the Heiress Richard Van Allen / Davenant, Miranda's Father Philip Salmon / Alex, Miranda's Secret Lover Winston / High Priestess of Satan Willemijn Van Gent / Ginny, the Fashion Model Roberto Salvatori / Berkeley Colenton Freeman / George Roy Gregory / Police Inspector Charles Hart / Dornan Sally Ann-Shepherdson / Emma, the Office Executive Angela Hart / Twin Liz Cook / Twin Sarah Jane Wright / Susie Richard Stuart / Blunt Richard Caldicot / Vicar Robert Stephens / Narrator Acolytes: China Gordon / Moya Griffiths / Hayley Kaye Leigh Mathey / Miranda / Pia Satanists: Richard Ashley / Hema Chavda / Pamela Craine Michael Eton / Yvonne French / Anna Golden Clive Hopkins / Bernard Jamieson / Gillian Jesson Audrey Kirby / Vanita Nichols / Cliffe Obaseki Helen Sheals / Guy Standeven / Lionel Stevens Janet Varley Synchronised Swimmers: Mark Jarvis / Clare Pember / Allan Wolleston Jayne Wolleston Car Wash Attendants: Sjaak Van Der Bent / Maurice Clarke / Tarcissius Januel
Summary:	German composer Heinrich Marschner's full-blooded 19th Century romantic opera has been revamped as a glitzy modern horror story in this sensational, cliff-hanging adaption. Librettist Charles Hart - whose credits include "The Phantom Of The Opera" and "Aspects Of Love" - sets the scene amid the trendy young high-flyers of the City of London where Ripley (Omar Ebrahim), the evil vampire aroused after a 200 year long sleep, seeks three young women donors to satisfy his salacious blood lust. This is a glamorous, sinister world where "Dynasty" meets "Dracula" to provide a heady cocktail of light music and dark deeds, sex, gore and stunning special effects.
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