Vampira The Movie (2006)

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Vampira The Movie (2006) tt0816694

The new documentary by Kevin Sean Michaels VAMPIRA: THE MOVIE chronicles the life of Maila Nurmi, the first horror host. In 1954 her big break came when she played the “glamour ghoul” Vampira, who weekly wandered through a hallway of mist and cobwebs to greet her weekly viewers of obscure horror movies on a new medium called television. Her newfound fame led her to pal around with some of Hollywood’s elite: Marlon Brando, James Dean and Anthony Perkins. But Vampira’s show was abruptly cancelled. Two years later, in 1956, Nurmi appeared as Vampira again in the 1956 low-budget horror / sci-fi film, Plan 9 From Outer Space, directed by Edward D Wood Jr. (dubbed the worst film of all time). But you can’t keep a good vampire down and Nurmi’s character rose from the dead again in 1993’s Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. The movie renewed interest in her and she has achieved a Bettie Page-like cult status ever since. (IMDB)

Smokey Miles

Maila Nurmi

Maila Nurmi

Maila Nurmi


Maila Nurmi

Maila Nurmi

Early inspiration - The Dragon Lady

Kevin Eastman

Maila Nurmi

David J Skal

Forrest Acj
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Maila Nurmi

Maila Nurmi

Maila Nurmi


Maila Nurmi

Maila Nurmi

Maila Nurmi

Julie Strain

Maila Nurmi

Debbie Rochon

Maila Nurmi

Debbie D and Deborah Dutch

Jerry Only


Tor Johnson and Maila Nurm

Ed Wood



Bela Lugosi

Maila Nurmi

Sid Haig

Maila Nurmi

Maila Nurmi

Bryan Kelly

Jami Edwards aka Jami Deadly

Jami Edwards aka Jami Deadly

Cassandra Peterson

Cassandra Peterson

Danielle Gelehrter

Rich Koz

Jami Deadly

John Zacherle

Lloyd Kaufman

Bill Moseley






Maila Nurmi

John Zacherle

 

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