A Polish Vampire in Burbank
Directed byMark Pirro
Written byMark Pirro
Produced byMark Pirro
CinematographyCraig Bassuk
Edited byMark Pirro
Music by
  • Sergio Bandera
  • Gregg Gross
Release date
  • October 31, 1983 (1983-10-31) (Los Angeles)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,500
Box office$500,000

A Polish Vampire in Burbank is a 1983 horror comedy film.

Plot

The film depicts an inexperienced vampire named Dupah ("ass" in Polish), played by director Mark Pirro, who is reluctant to bite his first victim.

Cast

ActorRole
Mark PirroDupah
Lori SuttonDelores Lane
Bobbi DorschMisty
Hugh O. FieldsDupah's father
Marya GantYvonne
Steven DorschErnie
Brad WaisbrenTed
Eddie DeezenSphincter
Paul FarbmanThe Queerwolf
Conrad BrooksBartender

Production

Pirro had originally intended for the film to star Grease actor Eddie Deezen, who had agreed to appear in it as a favor to a friend, but he left the production shortly after shooting began.[1] Pirro reworked Deezen's scenes into flashbacks, using audio clips to voice the skeletal remains of his character, and played the lead role of Dupah himself.[2]

Filmed for just $2,500, Pirro sold A Polish Vampire in Burbank to a home video company for $40,000,[3] and it went on to gross $500,000 in cassette sales.[4] The minor character of the Queerwolf would later be featured in Pirro's 1988 film Curse of the Queerwolf.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "USA Up All Night Week Returns: Kris Gilpin interviews Eddie Deezen!". Theater of Guts. May 10, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Jones, Stephen (2000). The Essential Monster Movie Guide. Billboard Books. p. 304. ISBN 9780823079360. Retrieved October 6, 2017 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Lindenmuth, Kevin J. (July 1, 1998). "Distribution". Making Movies on Your Own: Practical Talk from Independent Filmmakers. McFarland. p. 157. ISBN 9780786405176. Retrieved September 26, 2017 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Quarles, Mike (May 1, 2001). "Super 8". Down and Dirty: Hollywood's Exploitation Filmmakers and Their Movies. McFarland. pp. 92–93. ISBN 9780786462575. Retrieved September 26, 2017 – via Google Books.
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