Atom Age Vampire
About Atom Age Vampire
A stripper, played by Susanne Loret, is disfigured in a car crash in France. Dr. Levin, played by Alberto Lupo, restores her face with the serum Derma 28 and falls in love with her. When the supply runs out he injects himself with the earlier, deforming Derma 25 so he can kill women and take the glands he needs. Bodies near the docks, with holes in the neck, are blamed by arriving Japanese refugees on a vampire they call Seddok. Levin, a student of radiation effects after Hiroshima, tells the police the stories come from strain. There is no vampire in the story. Seddok is Levin.
Cast & crew
More about Atom Age Vampire
Anton Giulio Majano directed the black-and-white film. Elio Ippolito Mellino produced it. Alberto Bevilacqua is credited as a writer. Aldo Giordani photographed it and Armando Trovajoli wrote the music. The Italian title is Seddok, l'erede di Satana. The U.S. release, in 1963, runs 87 minutes under the title Atom Age Vampire. English-language DVD copies were cut further. Sergio Fantoni and Rina Franchetti are in the cast.
Themes
Look
Aldo Giordani shot the black-and-white film, including Levin's changes under Derma 25.
Music
Armando Trovajoli composed the score.
Preservation
The 1963 American cut is 87 minutes. Later English DVD editions are shorter.
Notes
- Derma 25 is the failed, monstrous serum. Derma 28 is the one that heals the singer's face.
- The name Seddok is not Japanese. The film has the refugees use it for the killer.
- Ivo Garrani and Andrea Scotti are also credited.
Scenes
- Levin injects Derma 25 and goes out to kill for more glands.
- He tells the police the dock murders are not the work of a vampire.
Also available
- Internet Archive (AtomAgeVampire)