The Mad Love Life of a Hot Vampire explained

The Mad Love Life of a Hot Vampire
Director:	Ray Dennis Steckler
Starring:	Jim Parker Carolyn Brandt Rock Heinrich
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

The Mad Love Life of a Hot Vampire is a 1971 American pornographic horror film directed by Ray Dennis Steckler.^[1] It stars Jim Parker as Count Dracula, portrayed here as a Las Vegas pimp,^[2] along with Carolyn Brandt and Rock Heinrich.

Cast

• Jim Parker as Count Dracula
• Carolyn Brandt as Elaina, wife of Dracula (as Jane Bond)
• Rock Heinrich as Hunchback

Home media

In October 2014, The Mad Love Life of a Hot Vampire was released on DVD by Vinegar Syndrome as a triple feature with the 1973 film Peeping Tom and the 1976 film Red Heat, both of which were also directed by Steckler.^[3]

Reception

Mondo Digital recalls that the film, with its 50 minutes, is barely a feature and finds that it is "A truly daffy bargain-basement production playing more like a particularly perverted kid's backyard movie than an actual feature".^[4]

Further reading

• Book: Melton, J. Gordon. 1994. The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead. Visible Ink Press. 750. 978-0810322950.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hutchings, Peter. 2009. The A to Z of Horror Cinema. The A to Z Guide Series. Scarecrow Press. 302. 978-0810868878.
2. Book: Skal, David J.. David J. Skal. 2004. Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen. First revised. Faber and Faber. London, England. 305. 978-0571211586.
3. Web site: Red Heat / Hot Vampire / Peeping Tom – Vinegar Syndrome. Vinegar Syndrome. January 19, 2020.
4. Web site: The Films of Ray Dennis Steckler . 2023-10-30 . www.mondo-digital.com.