{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Vampire Doll (1970) \u2013 Episode 105 \u2013 Decades of Horror 1970s","description":" "Yuko, I am your... [father]." No, this line is not from a Japanese foretelling of Return of the Jedi, but to quote Norman Bates, \u201cOh God, mother! Blood! Blood!\u201d We\u2019re talking a garden hose with a spray nozzle. Join your faithful Grue Crew - Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr - as they check out The Vampire Doll (1970), yet another vampire film (sort of), this time from Japan and Toho. Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 105 \u2013 The Vampire Doll (1970 Keiko and her friend are trying to find her missing brother after he disappeared visiting his girlfriend Yuko. - IMDb   Director: Michio Yamamoto Writers: Hiroshi Nagano, Ei Ogawa Featured Cast Kayo Matsuo as Keiko Sagawa Akira Nakao as Hiroshi Takagi - Keiko's Fiance Atsuo Nakamura as Kazuhiko Sagawa - Keiko's Brother Yukiko Kobayashi as Y\u00fbko Nonomura - Kazuhiko's Fiance Y\u00f4ko Minakaze as Shidu Nonomura \/ The Mother of Y\u00fbko Kaku Takashina as Nonomura's Employee Genz\u00f4 The Vampire Doll, aka Legacy of Dracula, aka The Night of the Vampire, aka Bloodsucking Doll, aka Y\u00fbrei yashiki no ky\u00f4fu: Chi wo s\u00fb ningy\u00f4, aka ,,, well, you get the picture ... was the first of three Japanese vampire films released by Toho, the follow-ups being Lake of Dracula (1971) and Evil of Dracula (1974). The three films were packaged as The Bloodthirsty Trilogy in a 2018 Blu-ray release from Arrow Films. Bill loves the beauty-mixed-with-evil exuding from the film\u2019s \u201cvampire\u201d and points out the prevalence of deflating hands found in vampire \u201cdeaths\u201d of the era. Chad wonders what disease makes Y\u00fbko\u2019s fiance\u2019s face look so nasty and is touched by Genz\u00f4\u2019s loyalty and caring for Y\u00fbko and her mother. The relationships between the film\u2019s characters aren\u2019t clear to Doc, but it turns out his Grue-mates aren\u2019t completely clear about them either. Jeff thinks highly of The Vampire Doll but still likes Lake of Dracula a little better. Of course, each of them got all glassy-eyed over the bloody finale. Who wouldn\u2019t? Check out Decades of Horror 1970s - Episode 86 - Lake of Dracula (1971) for more Gruesome Magazine content on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy. At this writing, the three films included in The Bloodthirsty Trilogy are all available to stream on Amazon Prime. Japanese vampires and Toho! If you haven\u2019t seen them, what are you waiting for? Gruesome Magazine\u2019s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror 3-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In three weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule will be Fury of the Wolfman (1972) with Paul Naschy.  We want to hear from you \u2013 the coolest, grooviest fans:  leave us a message or leave a comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at docrotten@decadesofhorror.com.  ","author_name":"Decades of Horror | Horror News Radio","author_url":"http:\/\/docrotten.libsyn.com","html":"