What a waste of my time!!!

Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Lamberto Bava must have made "A cena col vampiro" ("Dinner with the Vampire" in English) for fun. The plot follows some young people who get invited to a director's castle, only to discover that he's actually an ancient vampire who wants them to murder him. The movie contains typical '80s music and a butler whom one of the youths calls Marty Feldman (he seriously does look like Feldman).The copy of this movie that I saw appears to be a copy of a copy. To crown everything, this copy even has Greek subtitles! As somebody fascinated by etymology, I always looked for words easy to recognize from scientific prefixes.Otherwise, there's nothing really significant about this movie. George Hilton has certainly done better.If in fact any Greek watched this copy, would s/he know who Marty Feldman was?

The basic plot-idea of this modest, made-for-TV horror comedy is fairly ingenious and involves a 4000-year-old vampire who's tired of his immortal life as a bloodsucker and wishes to eternally lay his soul to rest. Pretending to hold auditions for a new horror movie, he entices four young actors to his mansion but then challenges them to destroy him before the break of down. If they fail, he will kill them instead and then they too are doomed to live the boring life of vampires. Writer/director Lamberto Bava is infamous for his gross horror productions ("Demons", "A Blade in the Dark") but this merely is a harmless and light-headed quickie, meant for those who really want to see every Italian horror film ever made. There's almost no bloodshed or tension in the script and vampires look comical instead of scary. Still, I enjoyed watching "Dinner with a Vampire" because there's not one dull moment and it was great seeing George Hilton in a leading horror role again. Fans of Italian gialli-thrillers will definitely remember his face from classic titles such as "The Case of the Bloody Iris", "The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh" and "My Dear Killer". The sequences in the mansion's crypt and cellars are mildly atmospheric and the music is quite cheerful. Don't watch this film in case you're allergic to awful dubbing, though…The English voices often are so dull they give you headaches.

The great master of horror movies from Europe, Lamberto Bava, really gets it going with this true-to-the-tone vampire NEW classic. The movie delivers it in great style with one of the most sexy vamps of all times, played by the beautiful Isabel Russinova, and classic vampire movies clichés, like the castle(a beautiful moorish/mediterranean one), the hunchback-like butler, the Christopher Lee alike main vampire. It sure ain't a movie that gets you scared, but if you're looking for fun and a Castlevania-like plot, this is the movie for you !

From what I understand, Mr. Bava abandoned this project before completion...AND RIGHTFULLY SO!!! If I were him I definitely would have made sure that EVERY copy was burned and if anybody in the future ever asked me about this film...IT NEVER HAPPENED & IT NEVER EXISTED...end of story.Despite some great sets and good photography this is one horrible film...is it supposed to be scary? (not in the least) is it supposed to be funny?? (puh-leese) A total waste of time...and I really don't like to have to say that!!