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'Dinner with a Vampire' is a 1989 Italian television horror film directed by Lamberto Bava and written by Dardano Sacchetti. It was among four films made for the Italian television series 'Brivido Giallo'.

Plot



Four actors win an audition to be in a horror movie and travel to the director's castle for a meeting and to spend the night. Unbeknown to them, the director is actually a vampire. The vampire challenges his guests to kill him. Killing this vampire, however, is achieved only in a unique way.

Cast



*George Hilton as Jurek

*Riccardo Rossi as Gianni

*Patrizia Pellegrino as Rita

*Yvonne Sci as Monica

*Valeria Milillo as Sasha

*Isabel Russinova as Jurek's half vampire companion

Production



Following the success of the film 'Demons' and 'Demons 2' and other foreign horror films in Italy, the company Reiteitalia would announce in July 1986 that a series titled 'Brivido giallo' which would be made featuring five made-for-television film directed by Lamberto Bava. Of these films only four would be made: 'Graveyard Disturbance', 'Until Death', 'The Ogre' and 'Dinner with a Vampire'. The films were shot between 1987 and 1988. 'Dinner with a Vampire' was shot at Castle Sammezzano near Florence, Italy.

Italian film historian Roberto Curti described 'Dinner with a Vampire' as being more openly a parody film compared to Bava's other films made in the series.

Release



'Dinner with a Vampire' aired on Italia 1 on August 29, 1989.

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