Vampira: The Movie
Vampira: The Movie
Release: 2006-10-31
·Runtime: 142m
·★ 8.0
Horror
Documentary
The story of Maila "Vampira" Nurmi, living on the very edge of show business, and her rise to celluloid cultdom 50 years later. Her big break came in 1954 when she played the "glamour ghoul" Vampira, emerging from the mist to greet viewers of obscure horror movies on the new medium— television. Her newfound fame led to friendships with Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Anthony Perkins. But Vampira's show was abruptly cancelled. Nurmi appeared as Vampira again in the 1959 low-budget horror / sci-fi film, Plan 9 from Outer Space, directed by Edward D. Wood Jr. and often dubbed "the worst film of all time." But you can't keep a good vampire down, and Nurmi's character rose from the dead again in 1993's Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton.
Production Countries
United States of America
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Bill Moseley
as Himself
Maila Nurmi
as Herself
Forrest J. Ackerman
as Himself
Kevin Eastman
as Himself
John Zacherle
as Himself
Deborah Dutch
as Herself
Sid Haig
as Himself
Lloyd Kaufman
as Himself
Debbie Rochon
as Herself
Cassandra Peterson
as Herself
Julie Strain
as Herself
David J. Skal
as Himself