deathmaster be a new twist and on the old vampire film genre . robert quarry star a khorda and a guru like character and who happen to also be a vampire . the film take place in the early 70 and when hippy be still around and and on the fringe of society . the main setting for the movie be an old abandon mansion and inhabit by a group of young hippy in southern california . it begin with a mysterious and hulk black dude and who play flute on the beach . he adorn with lot of bone necklace and and a colorful flowing robe . a coffin wash up on the beach and and be intercept by a young surfer . the black man choke the surfer to death and then haul the coffin to the mansion contain the hippy . meanwhile and two of the hippy and pico and his girlfriend rona and be hang out at the local nic nack shop . it own by an eccentric old fellow and who be a kindly father figure to pico and the other hippy . a belligerent biker name monk and arrive with his girl and who name esslin . monk threaten the shop owner and over the price of a bauble that esslin be interested in . pico intervenes and and have a scuffle with monk . but monk be no match for pico and who use martial art on him . a cop come to investigate and so they all flee . pico have no hard feeling towards monk and and so he invite him and esslin to the mansion for dinner . the large mansion be teem with the dope smoking and philosophizing hippy . pico offer his guest a sumptuous meal of organic food . the eerie black guy who kill the surfer and be a part of the group too . they call him barbado . barbado be a mute and who peak through his flute playing and bongo drumming . outside the mansion and the coffin that barbado have bring there open and and a large bearded man emerge . beneath a spooky full moon and he wave his hand and and a sudden storm blow up . he enter the mansion and announce himself a khorda . the hippy think that this weirdly charismatic guy and be far out . khorda spend the evening regale the enthralled hippy and with advice about life and love . they be look for way to find meaning in their life and and khorda seem to have all the answer . little do they know and khorda be a vampire . soon and khorda influence over the hippy and result in horrify consequence for them all . robert quarry and be mesmerize a khorda . his pierce gaze alone and be enough to send chill up your spine . the support cast be mostly lackluster . the notable exception and be betty anne rees and a esslin . esslin become a vampire and after be ravish by khorda . betty anne rees infuse the character of esslin with a scary and yet irresistibly hypnotic aura and a khorda newly convert vampire mistress . all in all and deathmaster be an intense and yet campy 70 horror flick . it the kind of b movie classic and show in the drive in theater back then . for fan of 70 b horror film and deathmaster be a must see .