A young girl who returns to her hometown to see her dying father finds herself being drawn into a web of vampirism and witchcraft.

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
  • Rating: (817 votes)
  • Taglines:Run, little girl! Innocence is in peril tonight! » The Light in the Window ... The Lock on the Door ... The Sounds in the Night! A Possession is Taking Place! »
  • Runtime:80 minutes
  • Director: Richard Blackburn
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Lemora (as Lesley Gilb)
    Lesley Taplin
    Lila Lee
    Cheryl Smith
    Alvin Lee
    William Whitton
    The Bus Driver
    Hy Pyke
    The Old Woman
    Maxine Ballantyne
    The Ticket Seller
    Steve Johnson
    The Young Man
    Parker West
    Charla Hall
    Jack Fisher
    Buck Buchanan
  • Genre:Horror
  • Producers:
    C.V. Blackburn
    executive producer  
    Robert Fern
    producer  
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
  • User's comment:The most underrated US horrorfilm of the 70s? by jens pihl (doctorhumpp)

    This lowbudget surreal slice of American Gothic is, in my opinion, as outstanding as praised cult pics like "Night Of The Living Dead" and "Carnival Of Souls". The very religious 13 year-old Lila Lee (Cheryl Smith, "Caged Heat" etc.) gets a letter from a lady called Lemora, who's hiding her gangster dad after he shot his wife and her lover. Lila takes a bus through some very sinister woods, filled with lethal ghouls infected by an epidemic. When she arrives at Lemora's house, the place seems to be occupied with another kind of creatures: vampires! "Lemora" like "Night Of The Hunter" plays like an adult Grimm fairy tale of innocence and corruption. Director Richard Blackburn's stylish debut (and only feature) is extremely assured and is packed with awesome cinematography, and the use of lightning, editing and sound is sublimely orchestrated. The acting is also great and so is the ending. The creepy unrealness gives an almost Italian mood to this masterpiece.


  • Quotes: Lemora: Tomorrow, after the ceremony, you and I will become blood sisters... and all my power... all my beauty... all my life will be yours to share. Lila Lee: What kind of ceremony? In the church? Lemora: Yes.
  • Also known as: Lemora (Finland), Lemora (Greece - video title), Lady Dracula ( - undefined), Lemora la metamorfosi di Satana (Italy), Lemora, the Lady Dracula (USA - TV title), The Legendary Curse of Lemora ( - undefined), The Rape of the Vampires (USA - reissue title),

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