"I bite all right." So says the hammy Renato Rascel, more outrageous than Bob Denver was in his single episode playing the dream Mr. Toothy on "Gilligan's Island", over-emoting every line deliberately before and after uncle Christopher Lee has his plasma cocktail. Rascel's zany character is a broke hotel owner who is forced to sell it and remain on as a bellboy. Uncle Chris arrives as the resident of the coffin disguised as a serviette, and quickly makes his presence known. Hotel residents become aware of something spooky going on, and the pretty Sylvia Koscia becomes an intended midnight snack for uncle and nephew who are now alike in every way but height and sensuality, with Rascel lacking uncle's finesse.
While most of the English dubbing is quite obvious, for Lee, it is obvious that his lines are in English, yet still dubbed I English. The comedy is of the juvenile type with Rascel pretty much playing an Italian version of a Bowery Boy or Mexico's Cantiflas or France's Fernandel. It's playfully over-the-top. What is most amusing is that Rascel is a vampire who is too scared to bite for blood. It's harmless, silly fun, but I wish that there was more of Lee.
While most of the English dubbing is quite obvious, for Lee, it is obvious that his lines are in English, yet still dubbed I English. The comedy is of the juvenile type with Rascel pretty much playing an Italian version of a Bowery Boy or Mexico's Cantiflas or France's Fernandel. It's playfully over-the-top. What is most amusing is that Rascel is a vampire who is too scared to bite for blood. It's harmless, silly fun, but I wish that there was more of Lee.