This movie centers around Count Frankenhausen, a vampire who is attempting to destroy everyone around him and take over the world. It also looks like his arch enemy Count Cagliostro has developed a way to destroy vampirism forever.
The two families have been at each other for man, many years. That sets up the film, but before you can say "VIVA", Cagliostro disappears until the end of the film and we focus on the efforts of the evil Count to claim a young woman as a new bride.
The opening of the film has a very haunting and well done vision of a coach driving in slow motion in the fog with a skeleton driving it. Three people watching say that they cannot hear the sound of the horses while it passes. This is very well done and effective.
The Count also turns into a huge bat that at first sight is almost unbelievable and a little scary. I have never seen a bat so big as this one, and it is highlighted a lot in the climax.
Needless to say this is a fun film and it does have some great imagery. And Frankenshausen actually survives to fight another day! This was followe by the much better "Invasion Of The Vampires".
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