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IT'S NOT THE SAME PINOY HORROR MOVIE !!!; Correcting a 40-year mistake
Topic Started: Feb 14 2008, 05:17 PM (862 Views)
Sweeney Todd
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For years, the 1969 (released in 1970) Filipino/American coproduction known as CURSE OF THE VAMPIRES has been falsely identified as "Dugo ng Vampira" - its supposed Tagalog title.

From 1970 to this day, practically every source, printed or on line, has perpetrated the same error. With a notable exception: Internet Movie Database. IMDb gives the title : "Ibulong mo sa Hangin" as the Pinoy title of the movie. But - strangely enough, "Dugo ng Vampira" simply doesn't appear anywhere on their site.

After some research in Filipino sources, it appears that "Dugo ng Vampira" does really exist, and its date - 1969 - is the same than "Curse of the Vampires", so it could explain the continuous error. This, added to the fact that Filipino film production is so badly referenced - generally.

DUGO NG VAMPIRA, the real one, was directed by Emmanuel H. Borlaza, based on a screenplay by Borlaza, from a story by Rico Bello Omagad. Music by David Holmsen.
The crew: Gina Pareno, Edgar Salcedo, Myrna Delgado, Tito Galla, Charlie Davao, Bella Flores, Venchito Galvez, Ven Medina, Linda Martin, Aring Bautista, Glenn Bernardo.
And it was made in black & white, not in color like "Curse of the Vampires"...

But the REAL surprise - and the main reason of this post - is that the movie has survived, and can be ordered directly on the Web, on VHS only I'm afraid, from the U-matic source still in existence !!! :P

The two vampire movies directed by Gerardo de Leon:

left - Kulai Dugo ang Gabi (The Blood Drinkers / Vampire People) - 1966
right - Ibulong mo sa Hangin (Curse of the Vampires / Blood of the Vampires) - 1969

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... and this is the real thing :

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Jack J
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Eight years later and you finally get a reply. Thanks for the info, Sweeney Todd. Did you ever get to watch the film?

Are you still around, mate? Haven't seen you here for ages. How are you?
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