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Re: Vampirella starring Roger Daltrey



> I caught a few minutes of this 1996 stinker this morning.  Roger was singing 
> a heavy metal tune called "Blood" or something like that.  He plays an 
> vampire from another planet who masquerades as a rock star named "Jimmy 
> Blood" (or something like that) performing in Las Vegas.  He wears lipstick, 
> cheap fangs (that make it hard to speak), punk/metal clothes, a scarf.  His 
> character seems to be a direct rip-off of Lestat in Anne Rice's "Vampire 
> Lestat".


I saw that on video a fews years back & it was very hard to watch.  There, 
on the screen, was the heart of The Who changing into a bat via very poor
special effects.  I squirm at the memory of it.  Dreadful.

- SCHRADE in Akron