Name: Nella città vampira. Drammi gotici
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 1978-08-04

Overview

A four-part Italian RAI horror anthology series directed by Giorgio Bandini. Rooted in classic 19th-century gothic literature, each standalone episode delivers atmospheric, slow-burn psychological terror, kicking off with the famous premiere "Ma è un vampiro?" based on a short story by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.

Seasons

Season 1

4 Episodes

1978

E01

Ma è un vampiro?

8/4/1978·60m

Lelio Giorgi asks the eccentric Dr. Mongeri for help regarding supernatural phenomena terrifying his pregnant wife, Luisa. He reveals that Luisa's deceased first husband is haunting them from beyond the grave, claiming possession of her and separating her from their newborn child. Believing that residual life forces can turn a corpse into a vampire, Mongeri advises cremating the body. After confronting and exorcising the spirit—which temporarily possesses Luisa and accuses her of poisoning him—the cremation is performed, finally ending the nightmare.

E02

Kaiserstrasse o del demone femminile

7/20/1978·87m

In 1930s Germany, a young writer named Amsel moves into a dilapidated apartment where all previous tenants committed suicide. Ignoring the warnings, he becomes deeply obsessed with the flat, discovering old objects that lead him to view the place as a jealous, feminine entity. As the apartment's malevolent influence grows, Amsel grows distant from his fiancée, Tulla. Completely consumed by madness and devotion to the house, he ultimately stabs Tulla to death when she tries to enter.

E03

La casa delle streghe

7/27/1978·65m

A member of a small-town American fraternity shares three horrific stories over consecutive weeks. First, he recounts a mute violist, Erich Zann, who died while playing a frantic melody as a supernatural void opened outside his window. Second, he tells of Dr. Muñoz, who used a refrigeration machine to stay alive despite having died 18 years prior, eventually dissolving into a horrific sludge when the mechanism failed. Finally, the student describes renting a room in a haunted house once owned by a 17th-century witch, Keziah Mason. In a final twist, a friend reveals that the student was ultimately found dead, hideously devoured from within by a giant rat.

E04