Vampira: The Movie

Vampira: The Movie (2006)

HorrorDocumentary

The story of Maila "Vampira" Nurmi, living on the very edge of show business, and her rise to celluloid cultdom 50 years later. Her big break came in 1954 when she played the "glamour ghoul" Vampira, emerging from the mist to greet viewers of obscure horror movies on the new medium— television. Her newfound fame led to friendships with Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Anthony Perkins. But Vampira's show was abruptly cancelled. Nurmi appeared as Vampira again in the 1959 low-budget horror / sci-fi film, Plan 9 from Outer Space, directed by Edward D. Wood Jr. and often 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.

Director: Kevin Sean Michaels

Casts

	Forrest J. Ackerman as Himself
	Zack Beseda as Tom Mason
	Smokey Miles as Himself
	Jami Deadly as Herself
	Danielle Gelehrter as Herself
	Deborah Dutch as Herself
	Kevin Eastman as Himself
	Sid Haig as Himself
	Lloyd Kaufman as Himself
	Bryan Mathew Kelly as The Amazing Criswell
	Bill Moseley as Himself
	Matthew Muhl as Ed Wood
	Jerry Only as Himself
	Cassandra Peterson as Herself
	Debbie Rochon as Herself
	Julie Strain as Herself
	Maila Nurmi as Herself
	John Zacherle as Himself
	David J. Skal as Himself

Crew