EDITOR’S NOTE: Atom Age Vampire was first on Chiller Theater on Saturday, December 26, 1970 at 11:30 p.m. 

Seddok, l’erede di Satana was renamed Atom Age Vampire in America. It was directed by Anton Giulio Majano and written by Majano with Gino De Santis and Alberto Bevilacqua.

An exotic dancer (Susanne Loret) has her face ruined in a car accident. She goes insane when she sees her face but is offered a chance by Monique Riviere (Franca Parisi Strahl), the assistant of Dr. Levin (Alberto Lupo). The idea of saving the beauty that she has lost appeals to Levin, so he starts injecting her with a special serum called Derma 28, which he based on research done on burn victims in Hiroshima. Before you can say, “Corruption is not a woman’s picture” or “Eyes Without a Face,” he’s fallen in love with her and he’s killing women to keep her ravishing, even if it lasts less and less with each murder, because the supply is running out. In order to forget things like morals, he injects himself with Derma 25, which makes him into a monster who no longer cares how many women he has to kill. The police bring in Dr. Levin to consult and he blames Japanese immigrants for the crimes. Of course, it’s been him all along.

There are two amazing remakes of this movie.

Animator Scott Bateman used the English dubbing to create a soundtrack for his animated version of the movie.

Adam Roberts also made Remake, a scene-for-scene reshoot that also has the dubbed English soundtrack, but moves the camera so we never see anyone. It also looks like a bad VHS dub, which is an intriguing choice.

There’s no vampire in this, but once Dr. Levin starts losing control of his beast side, you won’t miss any of those blood drinkers.

You can watch this on Tubi.