Malenka

Malenka
Malenka
	Spanish film poster
Directed by	Amando de Ossorio
Screenplay by	Amando de Ossorio
Starring	Anita Ekberg; John Hamilton; Diana Lorys; Adriana Ambesi;
Cinematography	Fulvio Testi
Edited by	Antonio Jimeno
Music by	Carlo Savina
Production; companies	Cobra Film Productions; Tritón P.C.; Victory Films;
Distributed by	Distribuiodria Cinematograficas Rosa Film (Spain); Indipendenti Regionali (Italy);
Release date	3 August 1969 (Spain);
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	Spain; Italy;

Malenka, the Vampire's Niece is a 1969 horror film that was written and directed by Spanish director Amando de Ossorio; it was his first horror film.^[4]^[5]

One of the first vampire films from Spain,^[6] it was inspired by similarly themed Italian and British vampire films that were being released during the same time period, such as Dance of the Vampires.^[7] It has been credited as being "the 1969 picture that hammered the final nail into the cinematic coffin of the bomb-shelter-era bombshell Anita Ekberg",^[8] as well as being "one of the most original gothic examples of Spanish horror".^[9]

^ Firsching, Robert. "Fangs of the Living Dead". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Malenka". The Spanish Film Catalogue. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Malenka [Malenka, la nipote del vampiro] (1969)" (in Italian). Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ McCallum, Lawrence (1998). Italian horror films of the 1960s: a critical catalog of 62 chillers. McFarland. pp. 75–77. ISBN 9780786404353.
^ Cinefantastique, Volume 3. Cinefantastique. 1973. p. 34.
^ Shipka, Danny (2011). Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France. McFarland. pp. 240, 241, 256. ISBN 9780786486090.
^ Cathal Tohill, Pete Tombs (1995). Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies, 1956-1984. MacMillan. pp. 65, 260. ISBN 9780312135195.
^ Lidz, Franz (July 3, 2005). "Attack of the $1 DVD's". NYT. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
^ Aldana Reyes, Dr Xavier. "Spanish Gothic Horror". University of Stirling. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

[1] Firsching, Robert. "Fangs of the Living Dead". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[spacat-2] "Malenka". The Spanish Film Catalogue. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[malenka-archiv-3] "Malenka [Malenka, la nipote del vampiro] (1969)" (in Italian). Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[4] McCallum, Lawrence (1998). Italian horror films of the 1960s: a critical catalog of 62 chillers. McFarland. pp. 75–77. ISBN 9780786404353.

[5] Cinefantastique, Volume 3. Cinefantastique. 1973. p. 34.

[pt-6] Shipka, Danny (2011). Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France. McFarland. pp. 240, 241, 256. ISBN 9780786486090.

[it-7] Cathal Tohill, Pete Tombs (1995). Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies, 1956-1984. MacMillan. pp. 65, 260. ISBN 9780312135195.

[8] Lidz, Franz (July 3, 2005). "Attack of the $1 DVD's". NYT. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

[9] Aldana Reyes, Dr Xavier. "Spanish Gothic Horror". University of Stirling. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

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