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Doctor Marek (Jiří Menzel) is shocked to lose his ambulance driver, Mima (Dagmar Veškrnová), to a job working as a rally driver for foreign car manufacturer Ferat, and even more shocked when he hears whispers that Ferat cars use human blood for their fuel. Beset by censors, Ferat Vampire emerged with its blood-bathed dream sequence intact, as well as with a disturbing industrial soundtrack and a piquant performance by Zdenka Procházková as Madame Ferat, a kind of Countess Elizabeth Báthory as industrialist. A satire on consumerism, a potent piece of anti-automobile propaganda, and perhaps the purest horror exercise that Herz produced.

North American Distributor: Severin Films

All films restored by Národní filmový archiv, Prague, supported by The Czech Audiovisual Fund. Special thanks to Juraj Machálek and Lucia Petříková.