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Lemora
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Lemora is a 1973 American horror film written and directed by Richard Blackburn, and starring Cheryl Smith, Hy Pyke, and Lesley Gilb. It follows a young girl in Prohibition-era America who travels to a mysterious town to visit her father, and uncovers a coterie of vampires. It was also released under the alternate titles '''''Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural, The Legendary Curse of Lemora, and Lemora, Lady Dracula'''''.
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6.1A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee, receives a letter stating that her father is near death and that he needs to see her. Sneaking away at night from her minister guardian, Lila embarks on a terrifying journey...
Cast
- Lesley Gilb Taplin as Lemora
- Cheryl Smith as Lila Lee
- William Whitton as Alvin Lee
- Hy Pyke as The Bus Driver
- Maxine Ballantyne as The Old Woman
- Steve Johnson as The Ticker Seller
Themes
- vampire
- witchcraft
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 562509
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- publication date
- 1975-01-01
- title
- Lemora
- review score
- 7.1/10
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Lemora is a 1973 American horror film written and directed by Richard Blackburn, and starring Cheryl Smith, Hy Pyke, and Lesley Gilb. It follows a young girl in Prohibition-era America who travels to a mysterious town to visit her father, and uncovers a coterie of vampires. It was also released under the alternate titles '''''Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural, The Legendary Curse of Lemora, and Lemora, Lady Dracula'''.
Conceived by Blackburn, a former University of California, Los Angeles film student, Lemora'' was filmed on location in Pomona and surrounding areas. It had its premiere at Scripps College in April 1973, after which it was sold for distribution to Media Cinema Group, who cut the film by nearly forty minutes and released it theatrically in late 1974. The film was heavily criticized by the Catholic Legion of Decency, which deemed it "anti-Catholic."