'The Vampire Happening' is a horror, sex comedy conceived by Italian producer Pier A. Caminnecci as a vehicle for his 21 year old wife, the Swedish starlet Pia Deyermark. Deyermark plays two parts, an American actress, and her vampire great grandmother, the latter accidently reawakened by the former when she visits the Transylvanian castle she's just inherited.
Made in West Germany by the Englishman Freddie Francis, a veteran of Hammer and other horror films, at this point in his carrier he had already won one Oscar for cinematography (Sons & Lovers, 1960) and would go on to win another (Glory, 1989).
A true 'titty flick' the movie consistently goes out of its way to show breasts, particular Ms. Deyermark's. Most of the humor is generated by the two Pia's constantly interchanging, with the vampire being mistaken for the actress and visa versa. Also the Catholic seminary and girls school across the way provides much fodder for sex humor.
The whole project seeks to basically 'rip off' Roman Polanski's 'The Fearless Vampire Killers' from 1967, in which the director co-stared with his wife Sharon Tate. I saw that movie once, when I was in middle school, and remember that as better then this. That being said this wasn't that bad, from what I'd read I thought it would be just awful. The massive vampire orgy/party at the end is redick. It's kitschy and dubbed spaghetti western style and I have a soft spot for that kind of thing. **1/2
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