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Outback Vampires (1987)

Outback Vampires poster
Original title
The Wicked
Directed by
Colin Eggleston
Genre
comedy horror
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A trio of travelers get stranded in a small town and are told to visit a local aristocrat's mansion. There they find a family of eccentric undead people in a house that keeps changing its layout and celebrates Christmas forever.

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What happens

Outback Vampires is a 1987 Australian comedy horror film directed by Colin Eggleston. It features Richard Morgan, Angela Kennedy, Brett Climo and Richard Carter. It was written by Colin Eggleston and David Young. It was filmed in Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. In the film, a trio of travelers are stranded in a strange small town. They are instructed by the locals to visit the mansion of a local aristocrat. The visitors discover that the house is occupied by a family of eccentric undead people, that the mansion's design keeps changing, and that the haunted house is seemingly celebrating a never-ending Christmas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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