Robert Quarry stars as Count Yorga Vampire extraordinarre. He's cool, he's calm, he's stylish, and he wants your blood. Will Count Yorga quench your thirst for vampire fare on celluloid? For the answer to this question, and many, many more, be sure to read on.

Our story opens as Yorga is performing a séance for the daughter of his recently deceased lover. The séance reads more like a 70's swinger party than anything else, very odd to say the least (more on this later). Of course Yorga has ulterior motives, mind control, what else would a swinging vampire be after? Yorga accepts a ride home (it seems his castle is right off the freeway, convenient) from Erica (Judith Landers) and Paul (Michael Murphy) in their groovy van, and the "fun" begins.

Erica and Paul get stuck, and cozy up in the van outside Yorga's mansion. Yorga attacks that night, and the two hapless victims awaken and remember nothing. Poor Erica has these two marks on her neck that look like bites, but it seems as if no one in this movie has seen a vampire film before, because they just don't know what could have caused it.

The strangeness doesn't stop there. Erica is caught chompin' down on her poor kitty (the one disgustiung saving grace of this film), and Yorga has a plethora of Vampire brides (always room for one more). Ultimately, all of this leads to your typical showdown at Yorga's pad.

Count Yorga Vampire left me drained. Sorry, I had to do it. With all of the Vampire offerings out there, you can do so much better than Yorga, it's frightening. Apparently, Yorga was originally planned as a soft-core feature, but they decided to just go for PG rated horror in the long run. this explains a lot, now it makes sense. I'm sure this is why Yorga feels incomplete, and the setups just don't seem to go anywhere. The opening séance as well as many other scenes and characters (busty females who I shudder to call actresses) appear to be remnants of a previously concocted soft-core film. Many of these scenes appear as if they were left as scrap, and it shows.

All is not lost, as Quarry is a born bloodsucker. He's great as Count Yorga, and offers one of the best vampire performances committed to film. Too bad he's got nothing to work with. Somehow he pulls it off despite all of this.

Count Yorga is presented in a 1:85.1 anamorphic transfer and is less than stellar. The bad lighting and cheap sets don't help any. I suppose MGM did the best they could with what they were given, however, this turns out to be the weakest transfer yet in the Midnite Movies line. There is minimal grain, and colors seem fairly stable, but still, less than impressive.

Sound is fairly clear, but once again, given the low budget origins of the film, not too impressive. I don't blame MGM, i believe they did the best they could.

Extras include a trailer in not so OK shape, meh.

Final thoughts? Well, Yorga was just not for me. This is the longest cut of the film ever released and it even has its original title card, The Loves of Count Iorga, Vampire, so fans should be pleased. First timers be warned, although for 10 bucks you're not breaking the bank.