Vampire (1979 film)

*Vampire*
Vampire
Genre	Horror
Screenplay by	Steven Bochco; Michael Kozoll
Directed by	E. W. Swackhamer
Starring	Richard Lynch; E. G. Marshall; Jason Miller; Jessica Walter
Music by	Fred Karlin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Steven Bochco
Producers	Gregory Hoblit; David Anspaugh
Production location	San Francisco
Cinematography	Dennis Dalzell
Editor	Christopher Nelson
Production companies	Company Four; MTM Enterprises
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	October 7, 1979

Vampire is a 1979 American made-for-television horror film directed by E. W. Swackhamer, co-written and produced by Steven Bochco, and starring Richard Lynch, Jason Miller, E. G. Marshall, Kathryn Harrold, Jessica Walter, and Joe Spinell.^[1]^[2]

Premise

When a San Francisco estate is converted into a church, Hungarian prince and handsome millionaire Anton Voytek arrives at the dedication ceremonies. Posing as an art collector, Voytek is actually a vampire with an irresistible power over women who has been in the San Francisco Bay area for many years. He manages to escape detection by using various disguises and secret coffins hidden around the city.

During the ceremonies, retired policeman Harry Kilcoyne, notices the earth beginning to smoke when the shadow of a cross falls on it.

There then follows a series of puzzling and gruesome murders that send the police searching for a psychotic killer. Harry is convinced that the killings are the work of a vampire when he recalls a similar chain of unsolved homicides committed thirty years ago, so he teams up with a vampire killer to hunt down the vampire.^[3]