Vampire Hookers has something to it that immediately sounds like the epitome of 1970s exploitation titles, while also signalling the dregs the genre was heading towards by the end of that decade. During this period, we had had various other vampire/sex film combinations with the likes of Dracula (The Dirty Old Man) (1969), Dracula Sucks (1978), Dracula Blows His Cool (1979) and Dracula Exotica (1980). Although viewing Vampire Hookers in this vein tends to make it seem a much more sleazy production than it is – which is certainly the reputation the film has today – where if you substituted a more innocuous title, it would simply be a regular B vampire movie of the period. There is one scene that goes on for the better part of ten minutes where Bruce Fairbairn romps with the three vampire women, but this is shot with glossy, slow-motion tastefulness and never goes beyond seeing the three women topless… read more >
