The Return of Count Yorga [VHS]
by Bob Kelljan
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Actor: Mariette Hartley, Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Tom Toner, Yvonne WilderDirector: Bob Kelljan
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 97 minutes
Release Date: 2000-09-05
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of The Return of Count Yorga [VHS]
Movie Review: Yorga, not yoga
Summary: 5 Stars
Count Yorga is the "Shaft" of vampire movies. So sleek, ruthlessly suave, not taking any bull, only he ain't a cop. I would definitely agree that this sequel is better than "Count Yorga, Vampire" for the sole reason that we get to find a little bit more about the acidic, intelligent Count. In this one, the pale faced fiend falls in love. I guess those billions of chicks in his castle with the huge teeth just didn't cut it for him.
His retarded assistant is beaten bloody and shot dead, FINALLY. He did add an element of primitive creepiness to Yorga's entourage, as though revealing the "other" side of Yorga (what he really is beneath the intellect and charisma), but largely he was just annoying and stupid, cracking people's necks and lumbering around ineffectually. The detectives who do this are not much smarter than he is, though, and the dialogue in this one is even funnier than in the original.
Needless to say, all the attempts to kill Yorga are complete failures except till the end, which I won't give away, let's just say it isn't exactly a victory. Yorga seems bothered very little but the various attempts made on his life, crushing them without lifting a finger. One thing I didn't like is that we never get to find out whether Tommy, the young boy Yorga seems? to feast at the beginning actually turns into a vampire or not, or just ends up under his spell.
There are both intentionally and unintentionally comedic scenes in this film. One: Yorga is watching "Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter" on TV, perhaps pondering how others see vampires. Yorga shows up unannounced at a local costume party/contest and the winner is a guy dressed up like a vampire, who Yorga congratulates.
The morbid mood of the film justifies the worse parts of it. The jumpy, eerie camera angles and the looming presence of yucky looking vampires everywhere make this one a vampire classic.
Summary of The Return of Count Yorga [VHS]
Yes, yes--doubtless you're thinking that if you haven't seen the original Count Yorga, Vampire you'll be completely lost. Turns out it's surprisingly easy to catch up! Robert Quarry reprises his role as Yorga, this time taking up residence by the Westwood orphanage. Mariette Hartley plays the lovely Cynthia, a kindhearted orphanage worker who unknowingly wins Yorga's heart. This might seem more special if Yorga weren't already being followed around by a bevy of nightgown-clad vampire girlfriends, but there you go. After Cynthia is captured and entranced by Yorga, her fianc?e leads the chase to find her (helped by a few skeptical but dogged policemen--watch for a deeply embarrassed and heavily made-up Craig T. Nelson as one of the detectives). Quarry does his best to make Yorga a debonair vampire in the Dracula tradition, but is unfortunately hindered by Yorga's fondness for lounge-singer dinner jackets and his tendency to lunge at victims with both arms thrust straight out like a Scooby-Doo character. Yorga is mysterious, though--he is able to walk the land even during bright day-for-night sequences, for example, and there is also a fascinating moment in which he has apparently frightened a pod of humpback whales. This video edition includes the original theatrical trailer, which describes The Return of Count Yorga as "the most horrifying love story ever filmed." I could not agree more. --Ali DavisHorror VHS Video
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