enigmatic vampire and who arrive oddly on the shore of a beach in his casket and whose arrival be introduce by his enforcer or guardian and barbado ( lasesne hilton ) play a flute and masquerade a a philosophical leader and whose language regard life and love cast a spell among the aimless hippie youth in a quiet little town . only young pico ( bill ewing ) and who resist his power of influence and can stop vampire count khorda ( robert quarry ) who plan to sacrifice his girlfriend rona ( brenda dickson ) in a satanic ceremony . pico will have to rely on the only help he can depend on and an age hippie and pop ( character actor and john fiedler and who be one of the most recognizable face in television history and the voice of piglet in winnie the pooh ) to help defeat khorda who have turn all their friend into vampire . rarely see quarry vampire picture that and accord to the great actor and be purchase by sam arkoff and bury into obscurity . thankfully and fred olen ray dvd company retromedia be able to get the right and and not only that and but have audio commentary for deathmaster with quarry and which be quite a rewarding experience for fan of the horror icon . the print be fantastic and the director of the film and ray danton and have a very distinctive style where the camera follow the action and but in a very sophisticated way . the film be definitely of it time and quite dated and but a fascinating curio for quarry fan who be very familiar with his yorga character and but not khorda ( . this film be sandwich between the yorga film accord to quarry ) who be dress in elaborate robe and jewelry and and long hair carry the appearance of some guru or oddball prophet . quarry admit in the audio commentary that his look be fashion after charles manson and that the film itself regard the hippie youth be model after his follower . not incredibly violent and with khorda neck attack shoot in a non offensive way and and deathmaster still follow the basic vampire principle establish in filmdom ( . the cross effect them a do a stake through the heart ) that be accustom to . by and large and this film benefit almost entirely from quarry charismatic presence alone and even if what he have to say to the hippie kid be basic mumbo jumbo ( . quarry admit that he ad libbed much of this dialogue ) often use at that point and time while these youth be stone or space out on acid . quarry even get to pay homage to lugosi with the close up of his sinister eye multiple time a khorda use his power to hypnotize victim . barbado be about as imposing a his master and a bulky statuesque type of security who tower over everyone he come in contact with . his face never change and always distant and cold . ewing be a very unlikely hero and a kid out of his league against a far superior foe . but the film allow him to become a worthy adversary and because of the very fact that he not particularly your prototypical knight in shin armour . the beach be a stunning location a be the cool tunnel underneath the hippie commune house where khorda keep his rest place ( . it also lead to the beach and have a submarine door . ) . only real beef i have ( . despite the now silly hippie speak ) be the title . this kind of vampire movie need a more credible title .