Outback Vampires
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| image = Outback Vampires.jpg
| caption = Guild Home Video VHS cover
| director = Colin Eggleston
| producer = James Vernon
Jan Tyrrell
| writer = David Young
Colin Eggleston
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| narrator =
| starring = Richard Morgan
Angela Kennedy
Brett Climo
John Doyle
| music =
| cinematography = Gary Wapshott
| editor = Josephine Cook
| company = Cine Funds Limited
Somerset Film Productions
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| released = {{Start date|1987}}
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| country = Australia
| language = English
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Outback Vampires is a 1987 Australian comedy horror film directed by Colin Eggleston. It features Richard Morgan, Angela Kennedy, Brett Climo and Richard Carter. It was written by Colin Eggleston and David Young. It was filmed in Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
In the film, a trio of travelers are stranded in a strange small town. They are instructed by the locals to visit the mansion of a local aristocrat. The visitors discover that the house is occupied by a family of eccentric undead people, that the mansion's design keeps changing, and that the haunted house is seemingly celebrating a never-ending Christmas.
Cast
- Richard Morgan as Nick
- Angela Kennedy as Lucy
- Brett Climo as Bronco
- John Doyle as Sir Alfred Terminus
- Maggie Blinco as Agatha / Frau Etzel
- David Gibson as George
- Antonia Murphy as Samantha
- Lucky Grills as Humphrey
- Richard Carter as Stinger
- Andy Devine as Jock
- David Whitford as Ambrose
- Annie Semler as Mavis
Plot
Whilst on their way to a rodeo festival, Lucy (Angela Kennedy), Nick (Richard Morgan) and Bronco's (Brett Climo) car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town. The odd-ball locals send them to Sir Alfred's (John Doyle) mansion on the top of hill.
Once inside the mansion, things become even weirder. Sir Alfred's wife seems quite deranged, his daughter almost psychotic and his son is extremely eccentric. After becoming separated, Lucy, Nick and Bronco are taken on a surrealist journey through the mansion, which is still decorated with Christmas decorations.
The scenes in the house are shot in blue-tones, characters are able to climb on walls, people are told to "follow the bouncing ball", doors suddenly vanish and there is a music-video style performance by a band at one point. The three friends must band together to find a way out of this haunted house and rid the town of this undead family once and for all.
Production
The film was also known as The Wicked and Prince at the Court of Yarralumla.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143788/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas|title = The Wicked (TV Movie 1987) - IMDb| website=IMDb }}
The film was not released in cinemas and aired on TV 18 June 1988.Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p117
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0143788}}
- [http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C824938 Outback Vampires] at AustLit
- [http://thecinerarium.com/2013/12/10/outback-vampires-1987/ Outback Vampires] at [http://thecinerarium.com/ The Cinerarium]
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Category:1987 comedy horror films
Category:1987 television films
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:1980s Australian films
Category:1980s Christmas comedy films
Category:1980s Christmas horror films
Category:Australian monster movies
Category:Films directed by Colin Eggleston
Category:Australian comedy horror films
Category:Films set in the Outback
Category:Films shot in Australia
Category:Films set in country houses
Category:English-language comedy horror films
Category:English-language Christmas comedy films
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