My old friend Jeff, who like the Rev came in for a whole week (although again, the Rev attended the actual B-Fest this same weekend), oddly contributed 1971’s The Vampire Happening. I assume he found this on Amazon Prime, because this is an obscure one. It’s a German vampire comedy (uh uh) that basically is their attempt at doing The Fearless Vampire Killers. Both films even cast Ferdy Mayne as the head vampire. It’s a bit long, but weirdly, while I can’t say it’s particularly good, I never was bored or impatient with it. And that’s after watching 12 hours or whatever of other movies already, including Heartbeeps. I watched it, it was over, and it was fine. It probably helps that Polanski’s FVK is not a very good movie, so it’s not like they set themselves a high bar to get over. As a plus or a minus, depending on your tastes, the film is chock full of ’70s Euro nudity. Ah, the days of natural breasts.
