THERAPY FOR A VAMPIRE, an uproariously funny, deliciously campy and delightfully decadent comedy-horror film from Austrian writer/director David Ruehm arrives on DVD in September from Music Box.
THERAPY FOR A VAMPIRE spins the creepily comic tale of Count von Kozsnom (Tobias Moretti), a vampire in 1930s Vienna who, trapped in an eternally long marriage to the Countess Elsa von Kozsnom (Jeanette Hain), has lost his thirst for life. After seeking out marriage counseling from the legendary Dr. Sigmund Freud (Karl Fischer), The Count, in an effort to appease his vain wife’s desire to see her own reflection, commissions a portrait of her by his assistant Viktor (Dominic Oley), an aspiring painter. But it’s Viktor’s headstrong girlfriend Lucy (Cornelia Ivancan) who most intrigues The Count, convinced that she’s the reincarnation of his one true love. It doesn’t take too long for a wave of mistaken identities and misplaced affections to envelop the hapless group.
A cleverly crafted undead outing as well as a romantic mix-up comedy, THERAPY FOR A VAMPIRE truly pierces the jugular as it pays homage to the glorious history of vampire films, while taking relentless stabs at psycho-therapy, relationships and the very notion of the vow “Till Death Do Us Part.”