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<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="2"><p>DVD Review <font size="4"><br>The Playgirls and the Vampire</font> <br>DVD review by Gary Johnson</font> <font size=3 face="Book Antiqua,Century Schoolbook,Times New Roman"> <p><i>The Playgirls and the Vampire</i> is one of the first Italians horror films to mix sex and gothic horror. Filmed in 1960 by Piero Regnoli (who co-scripted <i>I Vampiri</i>), <i>The Playgirls and the Vampire</i> contains one of the most often repeated plots of horror cinema: when a group of travelers becomes stranded at a castle, the travelers quickly come under attack by a vampire. In this case, however, the story is enlivened by two additions: 1) the travelers are a troupe of showgirls/strippers who practice their trade for the benefit of the movie's audience and 2) after one of the showgirls is vampirized, she sprouts fangs the size of tent pegs and stalks the castle hallways while bucknaked. <p><a href="default-nf.htm">Go to the review</a></font> </body>