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Bloodlust isn't a vampire movie, but it is teamed up on this double feature with 'Atom Age Vampire' which is ...

"Atom Age Vampire" is the dubbed American version of the 1960 Italian film "Seddok, l'erede di Satana," which would translate as "Seddok, the heir of Satan." Apparently in 1960 Italians were worried about Satan while in the United States it was the threat of atomic radiation that punched buttons. The story begins with Jeannte (Susanne Loret) getting dumped by her boyfriend, Pierre (Sergio Fantoni). She takes off in her car, goes over a cliff, and ends up with one side of her beautiful face being horribly scarred. Unable to stand seeing her disfigured face (her long blond hair covers it a lot of the time), Jeanette is convinced by Monique Riviere (Franca Parisi Strahl), the ravishing assistant to the famous Professor Alberto Levyn (Alberto Lupo) to be the guinea pig for his new cure-all, Derma 28.

The good news is that the serum cures Jeannette's disfigurement. The bad news is that it wears off after a while and the professor needs fresh pituitary glands to make more Derma 28. The good news is that since the professor has fallen for Jeanette he is motivated to make more serum. The bad news is that he starts killing people to get the fresh pituitary glands (suddenly I am flashing on "Pink Flamingos" and waiting for somebody in this film to look at a corpse and yell, "My God, her pituitary gland is missing!"). Meanwhile, a police inspector (Ivo Garrani) is investigating the deaths, which is a good thing if you want the madness to stop but a bad thing if you like seeing the professor mutate into what the American title for the film would have you believe is an Atomic Age vampire. The movie degrades substantially at this point and not even Armando Trovajoli's above average score can salvage it or get us to the ending soon enough. But once again there are no complaints on the ability of the women in this film to scream.

Review by Amazon critic : Lawrance M. Bernabo

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