The funniest thing is that Roger Daltrey acts like he's some David Hasselhoff wannabe in this movie. Fun fact, the original comic first released on Hasselhoff's 17th birthday, so I'm sure his horror roots started there.
Roger Daltrey played a reoccurring character on the 90s Highlander TV series and he was so good that they kept bringing him back in flashbacks after his character was killed.
Daltry did a good job on Sliders too, as a maniacal military officer. (EDIT: Just got to the part in the video where Brandon mentioned that also.) For Highlander (TV), Roland Gift of the Fine Young Cannibals had an impressive role. Xavier St Cloud was one of the few villains that I felt could match the intensity of the protagonist.
I am surprised the pron industry hasn't milked this character to death. If any character was made for rule 34, it's Vampirella! Great review, Brandon! 😃
Talisa Soto is also well known as Lupe Lamora; Franz Sanchez's girlfriend in Timothy Dalton's second and sadly final James Bond film: *"Licence To Kill"* (1989), which is on my list for personal favorite films in the 007 franchise.
And Licence to Kill also had Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa, Shang Tsung himself. You know what they say, if James Bond doesn't go to Mortal Kombat, then Mortal Kombat will go to James Bond.
Speaking of Roger Corman movies, one that would have been perfect for Vampirella was Alison Hayes from Undead, she was the perfect, uhh, proportionally.
Holy crap! I am a 57-year old fan of this kind of low-budget schlock, and I had absolutely NO IDEA this film existed! You really dug into a crate to find this one! "You're Roger Daltrey not Ike Turner!" Freakin' marvelous!
When I was little my dad had these artist cards with all Vampirella on them. I'm 30 years old and STILL own this massive deck of cards. I refuse to part with it and just looked through them the other day
There's that old Cartoon Network bumper where Josie and the Pussycats go through a bunch of musical styles in about two minutes. No goth, but they do a nice KISS segment. Will that do? th-cam.com/video/EEt3dKelbaU/w-d-xo.html
What a hidden gem. Roger Daltrey is having as much fun as Chris Plummer in Star Trek VI and he is getting paid on top. If only they had asked The Who to do the soundtrack .
I was the first woman to write Vampirella. The fact that it's difficult to cosplay as the character is a major problem for the character. Also one of my FB friends is Talisha's 1st cousin. 'Tis a small world.
@@nancycollins4109 Years ago I heard about that kind of stuff and how bad it can get even at reputable conventions. I got the idea for a business that provides discreet(or not so much) bodyguards for professional booth babes and cosplayers. Idiots and perverts tend to behave themselves when 200 lbs+ of muscle is giving them the stink eye.
Thank you Brandon, now I have Life Force stuck in my brain. I Love that movie, Matilda May is such a reviting actress I couldn't keep my eyes off of her!
She definitely had my eyes riveted to her. And, later, when I undid my fly, something else had rivet-like imprints up and down its length from my zipper.
Hearing Dracula's scheme I would love to see a Vampirella Simpsons Treehouse of Horror segment starring recurring Simpsons character Booberella and Mr. Burns as Dracula.
I just discovered your channel four months ago, wish I had found you eight years ago. I've been binging your shows ever since. You're so intelligently sarcastic, I know we'd get along great, im the same way.I rewatch your reviews a lot. Smoke a little & laugh all the way through! Keep up the great work! I always look forward to a new video from you, whatever the movie happens to be.
Forest Ackerman! Forest J. Ackerman is essentially the first "famous fan" quickly becoming a big name in contributing to early sci-fi fandom zines, attending the 1st World Sci-Fi Convention in "futuricostume"--inventing cosplay--and promoted science fiction, fandom, sci-fi fandom, and more throughout his life. Dude was a character.
For those of you interested in learning more about Vampirella, the guy over at "Comic Tropes" on TH-cam did a really good video about her history. He also drew one of the most recent cover variants.
Wynorski rocks... although the earlier Hammer version was also to include Peter Cushing as Pendragon, Vampi's partner in the comic. What might have been. And JULIE STRAIN would have been classic in this "adaptation". Funny to see John Landis referencing one of the inspirations for "Alien" in this. BTW... please do "Listzomania"!
Funny enough, not the last time Daltry was involved in an adaptation of a famously scantily clad comic character cause he was in an episode of the Witchblade TV series.
The whole reason why the blonde vampire was the first one to get naked, was because she's Corrina Harney. She had recently been featured as Playboy's Playmate of the year.
Some interesting trivia about the Hammer Vampirella project. As Brandon noted, Caroline Munro was the studio's first choice, but she declined when it would have involved nudity. Hammer asked one or two other Hammer "regulars" but finally convinced former Playboy centerfold model Barbara Leigh to sign on as the title role. Peter Cushing agreed to play Vampi's mentor Pendragon, an actual sorcerer with a drinking problem posing as a simple stage illusionist. He was genuinely interested in the project, going so far as to sketch his character on a copy of the script (maybe an outline). I'm trying to find the bloody site where I saved the 70s photo-scan and the article detailing the ill fated production. As drawn in the comic, Pendragon did resemble Cushing, so it was only natural he was appraoched. Now, in the original Warren comics there was a semi-regular character named Conrad, the father of Adam van Helsing, a blind and near fanatical vampire hunter who initially distrusted Vampi. He was not part of the original Hammer outline which is a shame because he too was drawn to resemble Peter Cushing. It would have been a real trip for Peter to have played both roles, the kindly father figure and the person fearing she is a monster. I can imagine the 70s styled trailer announcing, "See Peter Cushing as Pendragon, the wizard majestic who takes Vampirella under his wing. And...see Peter Cushing also as Conrad van Helsing, the aged vampire hunter who would drive a stake into Vampirella's heart!" I'm sure others here have stated that as they developed this production, Hammer Films declared bankruptcy and shut down, thus halting any immediate plans for a movie. Barbara Leigh wore the bikini outfit, quite faithful to the comic design, for a photo shoot and several of those images eventually became covers for the comic. Now, I've read claims he costume as drawn would not work in live action as an explanation for the unflattering suit we saw in Brandon's review. That is a weak argument. There are bathing suits for general purchase that possess a cut almost identical to the comic design save for the flared and raised collar. (I bet those exist, too.) Plenty of young women have publicly sported them without "wardrobe malfunctions". Plus, I have personally seen a noted cosplayer from the Atlanta area, Leslie Culton, sport her own variant which had straps barely wider than the areolas of her breasts, striding with confidence within the hotels that host Dragon*Con. She posed for photos posing provocatively, going so far as to crawl upon all fours like a feral animal and then rise to her feet again with nary the "nip slip". Even if such were to happen in a movie production, it's not a live performance before an audience. If "something" pops out, they could stop rolling, call for wardrobe crew, fix the issue and continue. One last thing, though Munro declined the role in 1975, some sort of agreement was eventually reached because a 1/6th scale doll with seamless joints was released a few years ago, a comic accurate Vampirella with Caroline Munro's features! Google "Caroline Munru Vampirella doll" and you'll get plenty of examples of the collectible depicting "what could have been".
Vampires are a 'pretty timeless genre with lots of room for expansion and adaptation. Legacy Of Kain, Vampire The Masqurade, Underworld, Nosferatu, Dracula. And those are just some of the good ones.
This was a fun review to watch. Roger Daltry was pretty fun to look at in this. I'd love to see a proper Vampirella film that has the fun charm and sexiness of the comics. It'd be really good.
Huh, can't believe I missed this movie back in the day. Talisa Soto was beautiful in Mortal Kombat and Roger Corwin movies were a favorite at the video store, might have to download and watch the whole movie when I get the chance.
As a Vegas native, it’s fun to see that the Drakulon set was the old entrance to Bally’s hotel/casino. The moving walkway with the neon around it went to the front doors.
Roger Daltry is in lots of movies in the 80s and 90s. When my ex husband and I first started living together he had a full door size poster of classic Vampirella. I was only 19 so I was still pretty immature, I was so jealous of that poster I made him hang on the closet inside door. And now approximately 40 yrs later the husband is gone and I would love that posternow.
Honestly, I don't think Vampirella is a character that could be adapted into live-action in today's climate without drastic changes that could easily alienate the original fans. It would make for an amazing adult cartoon or even an anime though.
i could be wrong, but i think the key would be emphasizing her badassery and independence instead of giving off the impression that she's only there to serve as eye candy. i mean it apparently worked for J-Lo when she played a stripper.
different times, a lot of comic books only survived their times due to niche audience with low rest of the public visibility. Now with the last decades 24/7 internet coverage and social zombies, a lot of the stuff that use to be sold in a special section of a brick and mortar and or wrapped in brown paper bag doesn't fly well with direct to screen release like the 80s and 90s had some allowance dwindling. Stipperalla, that was the name of that one season cartoon... Ah the beginning of the 2Ks. Streaming content is a whole different thing, if there were an equivalent to Cinemax . . .maybe SpikeTV in the day. Oh well, there isn't really a bar against it internationally, all the direct to stream B and C tier still is out there . . Uwe Boll and like still had to crank out flicks.
I remember watching Highlander the Tv series and my favorite episodes was always with the Who singer as Mac's long time friend... didnt even know he was the musician back then but he's such a likable charisma to him.
As an older gentleman who grew up reading Warren publications like Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella, I can't express my disappointment enough. There was plenty of good source material that, in the right hands, could have translated into a pretty interesting story. Julie Strain would have been great to, um, fill the Vampirella outfit. Warren was known for some pretty good writing and was less comic booky and more of a horror short stories platform and some of the artwork was beautiful. Many of the covers were done by Boris, Frazetta, and other well-known fantasy artists. In fact, the cover you show in this video is signed "Frazetta" on the bottom left. Some of those stories have stuck with me to this day. Vampi had a lot of backstory and deserves a good, serious re-telling.
The Modest Gimp was Brian Bloom?! Look him up if you don't know who he is. He and his brother were in The Stuff, and he's been in everything from cult movies to being the voice of BJ Blazco....the protagonist of the newer Wolfenstein games. Lead role and writer for COD: Infinite Warfare. Awesome and underappreciated character actor and writer. Love your show, even if you are from this little known "Canadia" you speak of. And Clutch is my favorite band 🤘
This has been on the table for years and is being considered again, one in a cartoon format. Nicely done video! One of the things was there was no Actress that vaguely looks like the actual character. The outfit change was a design from another Artist. Who replaced the original. 2 different posters. One poster was life-size. Rarest, the Pastel soft color print.
Another blinder Brandon! Good job and as always thanks for your efforts and the smiles. I hope you get round to doing The Black Scorpion series, It's a hoot!
Vampirella had a pretty big role in my adolescence so I was curious about this movie years ago when I heard it came out. And it had Princess Kitana of all people as Vampi. I never got around to watching it though. Guess I'll have to pick it up just as a curiosity. Thanks for this review Brandon!
I think that the only way to make the costume work in real life while looking like the comic book, is to go with a flesh tone bodysuit with the red sewn to it. This was a fair review of the movie.
Oh yeah, my favorite kind of movies starring my favorite kind of singer: I really didn't expect that when I put my The Who t-shirt this morning! 😅 Great video as always. 🤗
As a huge Vampirella fan, I watched this last night, and there's a few clarifications that I think need to be made: 1) Whether or not Forrest J. Ackerman was involved in the creation of Vampirella is a thing of dispute. The writer of 'The Art of Vampirella: The Warren Years' said that he found that, in his research, it is most likely that Jim Warren (the founder and publisher of Warren Publishing) came up with the idea, but struggled describing it over the phone to Frank Frazetta. Trina Robbins overheard Jim's ideas, and sketched her interpretation. Jim liked what Trina did, and her explain it to Frank over the phone. So, Jim, Trina and Frank can be considered as creators (Frank added his own ideas, like the gold armband). Tom Sutton is sometimes credited as a creator, as I believe he came up with some of the backstory for the character. I also believe that Jim may have personally stated that Forrest wasn't involved, and lied about it, but I might be wrong on that account. It's also worth noting that Aslan did a Vampirella cover before Frazetta did, but, it wasn't used until years later. However, I believe Frank's designs (based off of Jim's ideas and Trina's designs) were done before Aslan's cover. 2) The 70s Vampirella film had cast Barbara Leigh in the role (didn't know Caroline Munro was considered), and Peter Cushing was cast as Pendragon (I think). Hank Londoner had been hired to photograph Barbara in the costume, to use those as promo photos, but the film got cancelled after the shoot. The photos were used as covers for the Warren series though.
I got to meet Forrest Ackerman! He used to give tours of his Ackermansion. Dude was like the Hugh Hefner of sci-fi. Had had this huge house FILLED with sci-fi memorabilia. He wore a robe like Hefner's and he had all the collage girls living there! The guy was awesome! 😁 Though I heard he had to move out of his place into a much smaller apartment and give up a lot of his stuff. It was really sad.
Talking of Hammer movies, the ending to this film is a direct rip off from 'The Scars of Dracula'. In which Christopher Lee's Dracula, having had a metal stake thrown at him, pulls it out of his chest, goes to throw it back at the protagonist (Dennis Waterman) and 'Zzzzzzzap', is struck and fried and set ablaze by lightning hitting the stake as he does so. Lee's Dracula stumbles around for quite a bit though as he lights up, screaming and groaning for some time before plummeting off the castle parapet. So yes,.straight up rip off..
Could you please do some movie reviews on the “Lost Boys” movie trilogy (“The Lost Boys” from 1987, “Lost Boys: The Tribe” from 2008 and “Lost Boys: The Thirst” from 2010) if and when you get a chance? The reason for this is because I have always wanted to see movie reviews on all the “Lost Boys” films.
Rodger Daltrey also cameoed as a Bond type secret agent in the James Bond spoof If Looks Could Kill. Another film you should definitely review. It's a fun campy ride of early 90s fluff. Stars Richard Greico as a high school senior who gets mistaken for an American super spy while on a class trip to France.
I have been aware of Vampirella and Elvira for decades. Not as a fan, but just as someone who grew up in the good ol' days. I just NOW (as of 0:54) realized they are two different identities
I’m more of a Lady Death person as opposed to Vampirella, or at least the current iteration of the former, which by the way Lady D also had a movie in the 2000s (albeit animated). By the way I also really want a Lady D action game by way of Devil May Cry.
Yeah if we could have gotten Caroline Munro in the 70s or Julie Strain in the 90s or even Adrienne Barbeau in the 80s, this would have been an instant cult classic. As it is, I didn't even know this movie existed until this video, and I'm old enough to know better.
Another fun episode with Great satirical commentary. I'll guess next episode is maybe Darkman? Or maybe jump back on the old Zane train and give The Phantom its due. Of course nobody talks about the 90s Shaq movie Steel, that one is odd.
I don't think it's because she didn't... "fill out the costume" that was the problem, it's that it looks like she's wearing a diaper that's being held up with straps for thigh-highs. You will not be able to unsee that now.
Lifetime supply of blood serum and she still needs to chug it regularly. Kinda reminds me of that South Park ep where they got snowed in overnight and insisted that they had to kill and eat someone every hour. "Jesus are you people all diabetic?"
Actually you're exactly correct: the reason the costume was changed and they never attempted a new movie is indeed because of the costume. Apparently a comic-accurate suit would be so insanely impractical in real life that it'd probably fall off at the slightest move during action scenes. But on the other hand, said costume is so iconic that fans adamantly reject any change, even in the comic itself; and thus Vampirella has been insanely hard to adapt as a result. Unrelated, but I legit cracked up watching the final fight scene XD it was like the two were bitch-slapping each other.
@@zerogrey3798 ah, but staying on while standing around posing or walking the convention center is not the same as staying on while punching a guy, or doing a flip, or something. of course, it seems like they cgi heroes when they are doing *anything* but standing around these days so idk
@@zerogrey3798 I said *during action scenes*. Cosplayers usually only have to walk around during convention and pause for occasional pics. Moving around, punching, picking and generally doing cascades would be an entirely different story.
If only we had gotten that Hammer Vampirella movie in the 70's...
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The funniest thing is that Roger Daltrey acts like he's some David Hasselhoff wannabe in this movie. Fun fact, the original comic first released on Hasselhoff's 17th birthday, so I'm sure his horror roots started there.
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Miss opportunities, don't you hate them?
Met Caroline Munro at a Golden Voyage 50th Anniversary screening a couple of weeks ago. Lovely lady and a joy to talk to.
Roger Daltrey played a reoccurring character on the 90s Highlander TV series and he was so good that they kept bringing him back in flashbacks after his character was killed.
Daltry did a good job on Sliders too, as a maniacal military officer.
(EDIT: Just got to the part in the video where Brandon mentioned that also.)
For Highlander (TV), Roland Gift of the Fine Young Cannibals had an impressive role. Xavier St Cloud was one of the few villains that I felt could match the intensity of the protagonist.
I completely forgot he was on Sliders! I always remember he was in an episode of Tales from the Crypt where he loses his nose in the end 😮
Wasn't he in tales from the crypt as well? Or was that somebody else?
He was in the Tales from the Crypt episode Forever Ambergris
Yep!
I think an animated Vampirella film could work. It would be free to be as stylistic as it wants.
Animie would do for me . But have it done by the artists , directors, and voice actors who did " Crying Freeman ! " That'd kick,some butts !
Yeah, like how they did Lady Death.
I am surprised the pron industry hasn't milked this character to death. If any character was made for rule 34, it's Vampirella! Great review, Brandon! 😃
Or Janey Belle from Zombie Tramp. She’s very underrated and really attractive as well, even if she’s a zombie
I mean I'm pretty sure they did already, just a quick Google away from a plethora of adult only vampirella content.
You’re not looking “hard” enough.
I keep getting distracted by MyLittlePony videos. I may need therapy. 😒@@wilcee238
rule 34 carafe a lot interesting fan arts
Talisa Soto is also well known as
Lupe Lamora; Franz Sanchez's
girlfriend in Timothy Dalton's second and sadly final James Bond film: *"Licence To Kill"* (1989), which is on
my list for personal favorite films in the 007 franchise.
Don't forget Kitana from the Mortal Kombat movies
That’s where she’s from! I was thinking it was Living Daylights.
@@seanb.6793 The Living Daylights has the girl with the cello.
And Licence to Kill also had Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa, Shang Tsung himself.
You know what they say, if James Bond doesn't go to Mortal Kombat, then Mortal Kombat will go to James Bond.
She's always been Lupe to me.
Caroline Munro as Vampirella? I could literally die happy after watching that! What a missed opportunity...
Monica Bellucci would've been perfect as Vampirella!😘❤
Monica Bellucci would've been perfect as Vampirella!😘❤
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it also supposedly would've had Peter Cushing in it as well
Speaking of Roger Corman movies, one that would have been perfect for Vampirella was Alison Hayes from Undead, she was the perfect, uhh, proportionally.
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I love how Brandon's reaction when he finds out that the villain of this movie is played by Roger Daltrey
Holy crap! I am a 57-year old fan of this kind of low-budget schlock, and I had absolutely NO IDEA this film existed! You really dug into a crate to find this one! "You're Roger Daltrey not Ike Turner!" Freakin' marvelous!
I know everything and have even been reading the current Vampi comic (C. Priest is a fave writer) and I still never heard of this either!
To be fair, the skillsets to be a rock front man and to be a Corman sci-fi movie villain are effectively identical.
From Woodstock to the Super Bowl halftime show - to THIS???
When I was little my dad had these artist cards with all Vampirella on them. I'm 30 years old and STILL own this massive deck of cards. I refuse to part with it and just looked through them the other day
When in my early teens back in the late '70s, I had a copy of that famous Vampirella poster, but, I eventually got old enough to buy real porn.😛
Daltrey running up the stairs and killing that one oblivious guard was hilarious
A B-grade comic book movie directed by Jim Wynorski and produced by Roger Corman? Ooooh this is gonna be good.
Starring Roger Daltry! No, I don't know what to make of that, either...
Dude, that was Michael Myers
@@kevinschmith9379no, that was William Shatner!
@@georgeoldsterd8994no, that was Enrico Pallazzo!
“Jem and the Holograms go goth.” I’d actually would like to see that.
Until then, there’s the movie adaptation of _Queen of the Damned_
Wouldn't the Misfits be the ones who'd go goth?
(Not that I'd mind that either.)
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They would go bubblegum pop as a joke, both bands doing the opposite thing.
There's that old Cartoon Network bumper where Josie and the Pussycats go through a bunch of musical styles in about two minutes. No goth, but they do a nice KISS segment. Will that do? th-cam.com/video/EEt3dKelbaU/w-d-xo.html
Jem and the Hologoths
I always like Brandon's snarky movie reviews
What a hidden gem. Roger Daltrey is having as much fun as Chris Plummer in Star Trek VI and he is getting paid on top. If only they had asked The Who to do the soundtrack .
I was the first woman to write Vampirella. The fact that it's difficult to cosplay as the character is a major problem for the character. Also one of my FB friends is Talisha's 1st cousin. 'Tis a small world.
Why is it a difficult cosplay? I feel like we've seen cosplayers do more with less. Or should that be less with more?
How did you feel about the retcons that happen like the issues with Vampi's mother or where Drakulon actually is?
@@garrick3727 Because guys can't keep their hands to their damn selves or be trusted not to treat Vampi cosplayers like sex workers.
@@chadharger9323 There will always be retcons, regardless of the character. I prefer her being the daughter of Lilith than from outer space, myself.
@@nancycollins4109 Years ago I heard about that kind of stuff and how bad it can get even at reputable conventions. I got the idea for a business that provides discreet(or not so much) bodyguards for professional booth babes and cosplayers. Idiots and perverts tend to behave themselves when 200 lbs+ of muscle is giving them the stink eye.
Keep up the amazing work, Brandon. You’re one of my most favorite TH-camrs.
Thank you Brandon, now I have Life Force stuck in my brain. I Love that movie, Matilda May is such a reviting actress I couldn't keep my eyes off of her!
She definitely had my eyes riveted to her. And, later, when I undid my fly, something else had rivet-like imprints up and down its length from my zipper.
As a teenager that was obsessed with Talisa Soto due to MK, I am amazed that I had never heard of this film until now. My teen self is ashamed.
Hearing Dracula's scheme I would love to see a Vampirella Simpsons Treehouse of Horror segment starring recurring Simpsons character Booberella and Mr. Burns as Dracula.
In a Simpson's comic story, nearly the entire town becomes parodies of super heroes, among whom, Mrs Krabbappel is turned into Vampiredna. (Groan.)
I’ve seen this movie once and seeing this pop up in my feed just hit me with “The memories.”
I just discovered your channel four months ago, wish I had found you eight years ago. I've been binging your shows ever since. You're so intelligently sarcastic, I know we'd get along great, im the same way.I rewatch your reviews a lot. Smoke a little & laugh all the way through! Keep up the great work! I always look forward to a new video from you, whatever the movie happens to be.
That stunt shot double got me barking out in laughter! 😂🤣
It was a real balls-up! 😉 Not that this movie had the quality control to care...
Forest Ackerman!
Forest J. Ackerman is essentially the first "famous fan" quickly becoming a big name in contributing to early sci-fi fandom zines, attending the 1st World Sci-Fi Convention in "futuricostume"--inventing cosplay--and promoted science fiction, fandom, sci-fi fandom, and more throughout his life. Dude was a character.
For those of you interested in learning more about Vampirella, the guy over at "Comic Tropes" on TH-cam did a really good video about her history. He also drew one of the most recent cover variants.
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Should’ve mentioned the AWESOME art on the cover of her debut appearance by legendary artist Frank Frazzetta.
Wynorski rocks... although the earlier Hammer version was also to include Peter Cushing as Pendragon, Vampi's partner in the comic. What might have been. And JULIE STRAIN would have been classic in this "adaptation". Funny to see John Landis referencing one of the inspirations for "Alien" in this. BTW... please do "Listzomania"!
Funny enough, not the last time Daltry was involved in an adaptation of a famously scantily clad comic character cause he was in an episode of the Witchblade TV series.
The whole reason why the blonde vampire was the first one to get naked, was because she's Corrina Harney. She had recently been featured as Playboy's Playmate of the year.
Roger also had a recurring role in Highlander the series as an immortal. Did a pretty good job opposite Adrian Paul.
Hugh Fitzcairn, was a foppish womanising tosspot.
Clearly, Roger didn't have to increase his range as an "actor".
I hope that next movie is Mystery Men. A memoriam of sorts for Paul Reubens who played The Spleen in the film.
I'd sooner snort grounded up fossilised dogshit, thank you very much.
I love this movie as a teenager. This filled my Xena craze back then. Plus, it has Angus Scrim.
Some interesting trivia about the Hammer Vampirella project. As Brandon noted, Caroline Munro was the studio's first choice, but she declined when it would have involved nudity. Hammer asked one or two other Hammer "regulars" but finally convinced former Playboy centerfold model Barbara Leigh to sign on as the title role. Peter Cushing agreed to play Vampi's mentor Pendragon, an actual sorcerer with a drinking problem posing as a simple stage illusionist. He was genuinely interested in the project, going so far as to sketch his character on a copy of the script (maybe an outline). I'm trying to find the bloody site where I saved the 70s photo-scan and the article detailing the ill fated production. As drawn in the comic, Pendragon did resemble Cushing, so it was only natural he was appraoched.
Now, in the original Warren comics there was a semi-regular character named Conrad, the father of Adam van Helsing, a blind and near fanatical vampire hunter who initially distrusted Vampi. He was not part of the original Hammer outline which is a shame because he too was drawn to resemble Peter Cushing. It would have been a real trip for Peter to have played both roles, the kindly father figure and the person fearing she is a monster. I can imagine the 70s styled trailer announcing, "See Peter Cushing as Pendragon, the wizard majestic who takes Vampirella under his wing. And...see Peter Cushing also as Conrad van Helsing, the aged vampire hunter who would drive a stake into Vampirella's heart!"
I'm sure others here have stated that as they developed this production, Hammer Films declared bankruptcy and shut down, thus halting any immediate plans for a movie. Barbara Leigh wore the bikini outfit, quite faithful to the comic design, for a photo shoot and several of those images eventually became covers for the comic.
Now, I've read claims he costume as drawn would not work in live action as an explanation for the unflattering suit we saw in Brandon's review. That is a weak argument. There are bathing suits for general purchase that possess a cut almost identical to the comic design save for the flared and raised collar. (I bet those exist, too.) Plenty of young women have publicly sported them without "wardrobe malfunctions". Plus, I have personally seen a noted cosplayer from the Atlanta area, Leslie Culton, sport her own variant which had straps barely wider than the areolas of her breasts, striding with confidence within the hotels that host Dragon*Con. She posed for photos posing provocatively, going so far as to crawl upon all fours like a feral animal and then rise to her feet again with nary the "nip slip". Even if such were to happen in a movie production, it's not a live performance before an audience. If "something" pops out, they could stop rolling, call for wardrobe crew, fix the issue and continue.
One last thing, though Munro declined the role in 1975, some sort of agreement was eventually reached because a 1/6th scale doll with seamless joints was released a few years ago, a comic accurate Vampirella with Caroline Munro's features! Google "Caroline Munru Vampirella doll" and you'll get plenty of examples of the collectible depicting "what could have been".
Nicely said. I know Hammer's version would not have been great but it would have been better than this hot mess of a film.
When Daltry is in his rockstar garb, I keep thinking he's Alex Winter in The Lost Boys. It's almost uncanny.
Perfect use of the YYYEEEAHHHHHH
I loved vampirella having talisa soto aka kitana played it great
I really....really wish that a "Vampirella" with the lovely Caroline Munro would have been made!!
Ah yes, Vampirella. A comic book character that somehow manages to still be relevant to this very day.
Yeah, somehow, huh?
Well the assets are timeless
Gee, I wonder why
I can think of two reasons
Vampires are a 'pretty timeless genre with lots of room for expansion and adaptation. Legacy Of Kain, Vampire The Masqurade, Underworld, Nosferatu, Dracula. And those are just some of the good ones.
This was a fun review to watch. Roger Daltry was pretty fun to look at in this. I'd love to see a proper Vampirella film that has the fun charm and sexiness of the comics. It'd be really good.
RIP Julie Strain. God only knows how many young boys in my era saw her early Playboy pics.
Huh, can't believe I missed this movie back in the day. Talisa Soto was beautiful in Mortal Kombat and Roger Corwin movies were a favorite at the video store, might have to download and watch the whole movie when I get the chance.
Her comic book outfit is strikingly similar to that of Starfire's outfit from DC comics, and both are from another planet, interesting
5:44-Yeah....RIP Julie, god bless my 90s childhood.
I died when you pointed out the "stunt double's"package.....keep up the great work!
As a Vegas native, it’s fun to see that the Drakulon set was the old entrance to Bally’s hotel/casino. The moving walkway with the neon around it went to the front doors.
If a movie review starts with a record scratch, there’s some good stuff.
Roger Daltry is in lots of movies in the 80s and 90s.
When my ex husband and I first started living together he had a full door size poster of classic Vampirella.
I was only 19 so I was still pretty immature, I was so jealous of that poster I made him hang on the closet inside door.
And now approximately 40 yrs later the husband is gone and I would love that posternow.
Honestly, I don't think Vampirella is a character that could be adapted into live-action in today's climate without drastic changes that could easily alienate the original fans.
It would make for an amazing adult cartoon or even an anime though.
i could be wrong, but i think the key would be emphasizing her badassery and independence instead of giving off the impression that she's only there to serve as eye candy. i mean it apparently worked for J-Lo when she played a stripper.
different times, a lot of comic books only survived their times due to niche audience with low rest of the public visibility. Now with the last decades 24/7 internet coverage and social zombies, a lot of the stuff that use to be sold in a special section of a brick and mortar and or wrapped in brown paper bag doesn't fly well with direct to screen release like the 80s and 90s had some allowance dwindling. Stipperalla, that was the name of that one season cartoon... Ah the beginning of the 2Ks.
Streaming content is a whole different thing, if there were an equivalent to Cinemax . . .maybe SpikeTV in the day. Oh well, there isn't really a bar against it internationally, all the direct to stream B and C tier still is out there . .
Uwe Boll and like still had to crank out flicks.
Especially in this "me too" and "Barbie" day and age.
I'd love to see a Vampirella/Lady Death crossover anime.
@@DavidStowers-o7k+ Red Sonja.
The Landis joke mad me laugh out loud.
I laughed my head off!
I remember watching Highlander the Tv series and my favorite episodes was always with the Who singer as Mac's long time friend... didnt even know he was the musician back then but he's such a likable charisma to him.
I saw this movie ages ago and had completely forgotten it existed until this video showed up. Good stuff as always.
As an older gentleman who grew up reading Warren publications like Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella, I can't express my disappointment enough. There was plenty of good source material that, in the right hands, could have translated into a pretty interesting story. Julie Strain would have been great to, um, fill the Vampirella outfit. Warren was known for some pretty good writing and was less comic booky and more of a horror short stories platform and some of the artwork was beautiful. Many of the covers were done by Boris, Frazetta, and other well-known fantasy artists. In fact, the cover you show in this video is signed "Frazetta" on the bottom left. Some of those stories have stuck with me to this day. Vampi had a lot of backstory and deserves a good, serious re-telling.
'House on Hooter Hill' ah yes, Talor Wayne's finest moment. Master of her craft.
The Modest Gimp was Brian Bloom?! Look him up if you don't know who he is. He and his brother were in The Stuff, and he's been in everything from cult movies to being the voice of BJ Blazco....the protagonist of the newer Wolfenstein games. Lead role and writer for COD: Infinite Warfare. Awesome and underappreciated character actor and writer. Love your show, even if you are from this little known "Canadia" you speak of. And Clutch is my favorite band 🤘
Varric goddamn Tethras. The second most awesome dwarf to back a crossbow not named Tyrion!
This has been on the table for years and is being considered again, one in a cartoon format. Nicely done video!
One of the things was there was no Actress that vaguely looks like the actual character. The outfit change was a design from another Artist.
Who replaced the original.
2 different posters.
One poster was life-size.
Rarest, the Pastel soft color print.
Just as I'm about to say, "why didn't they get Julie Strain to play Vampirella" bam! Brandon beats me to it.
Another blinder Brandon! Good job and as always thanks for your efforts and the smiles. I hope you get round to doing The Black Scorpion series, It's a hoot!
I've seen this movie back when we still had Blockbuster video and never had the balls to watch it. Now I know why.
Vampirella had a pretty big role in my adolescence so I was curious about this movie years ago when I heard it came out. And it had Princess Kitana of all people as Vampi. I never got around to watching it though. Guess I'll have to pick it up just as a curiosity. Thanks for this review Brandon!
The only vampirella comic I've have read is vampirella vs aliens aka the one where she wore a jumpsuit for almost the whole comic.
I think that the only way to make the costume work in real life while looking like the comic book, is to go with a flesh tone bodysuit with the red sewn to it. This was a fair review of the movie.
RD was awesome in Highlander! How could anyone NOT WANT Caroline Monroe for this movie!?!?
You got my hopes up with the La Magra joke. I was hoping that the Blade joke was real
I actually love this movie!! Great pick!!
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Your reviews are always a blast! Keep'em coming!
Everyone knows Vampires followed their Count to Earth from the planet Choculon. Duh.
Now I’m interested of watching Vampirella now. Thanks for recommending me to watch for this year’s Halloween night.
The great late Angus Scrimm is here as Vampirella's father.
Vampirella’s father is the Tall Man?
Makes sense as they are both undead aliens
Daltry also appeared in Highlander: The series as a recurring character, and a few episodes in Sliders
Loved this movie as a kid for teenage boy reasons
Oh yeah, my favorite kind of movies starring my favorite kind of singer: I really didn't expect that when I put my The Who t-shirt this morning! 😅
Great video as always. 🤗
God, I grew up totally loving her. I've got the dolls, the models.... hopefully they'll come out with a good one some day.
How long does it take to blow up the dolls?
@@majorgear1021 Action figures...silly man 🦇
@@marycasanova8905 Shh. I’m dreaming about Vampirella androids, like the ones from the movie Westworld except..they are all Vampirella.
And on that day, two things will happen,
heaven will burn and hell will freeze over.
You want to hold onto that wish for a few more years. If they did it current day, it would probably be melissa mccarthy.
As a huge Vampirella fan, I watched this last night, and there's a few clarifications that I think need to be made:
1) Whether or not Forrest J. Ackerman was involved in the creation of Vampirella is a thing of dispute. The writer of 'The Art of Vampirella: The Warren Years' said that he found that, in his research, it is most likely that Jim Warren (the founder and publisher of Warren Publishing) came up with the idea, but struggled describing it over the phone to Frank Frazetta. Trina Robbins overheard Jim's ideas, and sketched her interpretation. Jim liked what Trina did, and her explain it to Frank over the phone. So, Jim, Trina and Frank can be considered as creators (Frank added his own ideas, like the gold armband). Tom Sutton is sometimes credited as a creator, as I believe he came up with some of the backstory for the character. I also believe that Jim may have personally stated that Forrest wasn't involved, and lied about it, but I might be wrong on that account. It's also worth noting that Aslan did a Vampirella cover before Frazetta did, but, it wasn't used until years later. However, I believe Frank's designs (based off of Jim's ideas and Trina's designs) were done before Aslan's cover.
2) The 70s Vampirella film had cast Barbara Leigh in the role (didn't know Caroline Munro was considered), and Peter Cushing was cast as Pendragon (I think). Hank Londoner had been hired to photograph Barbara in the costume, to use those as promo photos, but the film got cancelled after the shoot. The photos were used as covers for the Warren series though.
If there was ever a property screaming for a *Harley Quinn* and/or *Legend of Vox Machina* style adult animated series it's *Vampirella.*
I got to meet Forrest Ackerman! He used to give tours of his Ackermansion. Dude was like the Hugh Hefner of sci-fi. Had had this huge house FILLED with sci-fi memorabilia. He wore a robe like Hefner's and he had all the collage girls living there! The guy was awesome! 😁
Though I heard he had to move out of his place into a much smaller apartment and give up a lot of his stuff. It was really sad.
Talking of Hammer movies, the ending to this film is a direct rip off from 'The Scars of Dracula'. In which Christopher Lee's Dracula, having had a metal stake thrown at him, pulls it out of his chest, goes to throw it back at the protagonist (Dennis Waterman) and 'Zzzzzzzap', is struck and fried and set ablaze by lightning hitting the stake as he does so. Lee's Dracula stumbles around for quite a bit though as he lights up, screaming and groaning for some time before plummeting off the castle parapet. So yes,.straight up rip off..
The thumbnail makes me happy.
Man, she was gorgeous. Definitely doesn't have the curves for Vampirella but very beautiful woman all the same.
Now I really want you to cover more of Roger Daltrey's acting career just because your Who jokes are on point.
Gotta admit seeing Kitana’s actress in this role was pretty cool
Could you please do some movie reviews on the “Lost Boys” movie trilogy (“The Lost Boys” from 1987, “Lost Boys: The Tribe” from 2008 and “Lost Boys: The Thirst” from 2010) if and when you get a chance? The reason for this is because I have always wanted to see movie reviews on all the “Lost Boys” films.
This movie was fun, I wish we got that Hammer version they wanted to make.
Rodger Daltrey also cameoed as a Bond type secret agent in the James Bond spoof If Looks Could Kill. Another film you should definitely review. It's a fun campy ride of early 90s fluff. Stars Richard Greico as a high school senior who gets mistaken for an American super spy while on a class trip to France.
"It's maybe better than Mortal Kombat Annihilation."
"Too bad you....will lie!"
Musetta Vander would've been a good Vampirella.
Seriously, they got the wrong Mortal Kombat Annihilation actress
She's still hot as well.
I have been aware of Vampirella and Elvira for decades. Not as a fan, but just as someone who grew up in the good ol' days. I just NOW (as of 0:54) realized they are two different identities
I’m more of a Lady Death person as opposed to Vampirella, or at least the current iteration of the former, which by the way Lady D also had a movie in the 2000s (albeit animated). By the way I also really want a Lady D action game by way of Devil May Cry.
Yeah....that animated movie.....eh.
@@JnEricsonx it’s not great from what I’m told.
@@alexkogan9755 It wasnt......
Yeah if we could have gotten Caroline Munro in the 70s or Julie Strain in the 90s or even Adrienne Barbeau in the 80s, this would have been an instant cult classic. As it is, I didn't even know this movie existed until this video, and I'm old enough to know better.
Considering how Black Scorpion and Vampirella were made by the same studio, I wonder if it's possible for us to get some sort of MCU-like crossover? 🤔
I'd kill for a vampirella resurgence but maybe society is not ready for it.
Being a Vampirella fan, I have to admit I don't understand how I missed this back in the day.
😊🎉great review have you seen slave girls from beyond infinity
Another fun episode with Great satirical commentary. I'll guess next episode is maybe Darkman? Or maybe jump back on the old Zane train and give The Phantom its due. Of course nobody talks about the 90s Shaq movie Steel, that one is odd.
I can think of two reasons why this movie is excellent! 😂
Barbara Leigh was also set to be in the 1970s Vampirella. Oh, wherefore art though, Ms. Leigh?
Vampirella and Jim Wynorski, talk about a perfect combination… I hope we get a remake with Vampirella played by Ana de Armas, that would be awesome
She doesn't fit the role at all!
Her face is too innocent and childlike....
I'm absolutely amazed that the names Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus do not appear at all in this review.
I don't think it's because she didn't... "fill out the costume" that was the problem, it's that it looks like she's wearing a diaper that's being held up with straps for thigh-highs.
You will not be able to unsee that now.
distaff Zardoz cosplay
Lifetime supply of blood serum and she still needs to chug it regularly. Kinda reminds me of that South Park ep where they got snowed in overnight and insisted that they had to kill and eat someone every hour. "Jesus are you people all diabetic?"
Actually you're exactly correct: the reason the costume was changed and they never attempted a new movie is indeed because of the costume. Apparently a comic-accurate suit would be so insanely impractical in real life that it'd probably fall off at the slightest move during action scenes. But on the other hand, said costume is so iconic that fans adamantly reject any change, even in the comic itself; and thus Vampirella has been insanely hard to adapt as a result.
Unrelated, but I legit cracked up watching the final fight scene XD it was like the two were bitch-slapping each other.
And why it doesn't falls off? Because it's drawn that way! 😂 Genius.
I've seen plenty of cosplayers that would disagree with you on making an accurate costume that doesn't fall off.
@@zerogrey3798 ah, but staying on while standing around posing or walking the convention center is not the same as staying on while punching a guy, or doing a flip, or something. of course, it seems like they cgi heroes when they are doing *anything* but standing around these days so idk
@@zerogrey3798 I said *during action scenes*. Cosplayers usually only have to walk around during convention and pause for occasional pics. Moving around, punching, picking and generally doing cascades would be an entirely different story.
Still my favorite youtube channel Brandon :) Keep up the awesome videos.
Just had your video pop up in my recommendations....that Landis line has earned my subscription....👍