A look at horror movies by someone who has too much time on his hands...

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Vampires in Havana

Sometimes, I come upon a movie that I'm not sure what to make of it. Vampires in Havana is one of those.

It's pre-revolutionary Cuba.
Pepe is a musician, interested in playing his trumpet and having sex. He's also part of an underground trying to take down a corrupt general.
He's ALSO Dracula's grandson. His uncle, a vampire created a serum to allow vampires to exist during the day.

This serum becomes part of a power struggle between the North American and European factions of the vampire world.

Oh, yeah... it's animated too. The image on the dvd cover is Pepe vamped out. As someone who's used to the sophisticated animation of Japanese cartoons, and even the not as sophisticated but still pretty good animation of American cartoons, the animation style was... different. Primative, even for 1985 (point of reference: The Transformers: the Movie came out in 1986), it's got an almost European feel.

Vampires in Havana isn't for everyone, but if you're an fan of international animation, it's something worth checking out.

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