three movies- I saw on last night tv inthe last 70's early 80's

[ajax7925]

three movies-  I saw on last night tv inthe last 70's early 80's

1. in the beginning there is a couple sitting on a hillside and the girl cuts her finger on a thorn ..bleeds (unknown to the couple there is an old coffin under them..the blood drips into it and a vampire awakes)


2. all I remember from this is ..there is a vampire that live in the hills ...an old man from a village goes to kill him ..comes back with the head of the vampire but " something is strange about him" says his friends... his dog won't stop barking at him...

3.  it takes place in maybe 1700-1800's a man is accused of murder he is hung... there was a crippled girl who loved him.. I think she kills herself by jumping off a bridge...   I think she comes back to life as a hooker picks up the men who killed her 'lover' and kills them


I saw these on a last night show called : "creature feature" it was on fox before it become fox......

[Gerry]

The first one might be THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA.

The second one is definitely the Wurdulak segment of BLACK SABBATH with Boris Karloff.

No clue on the third.

[Andrew]

2. all I remember from this is ..there is a vampire that live in the hills ...an old man from a village goes to kill him ..comes back with the head of the vampire but " something is strange about him" says his friends... his dog won't stop barking at him...

This sounds like the incredibly atmospheric "Black Sabbath" (1963) by Bava.

The other two also tickle some brain cells.  The first has that element that crops up in numerous vampire films:  a vanquished vampire is accidentally provided some blood and reawakens.  Still, the setting you describe rings a bell.  I'm wondering, and it is quite likely it was, one of the Hammer films.  The question is which one...

EDIT TO ADD:  Gerry beat me to it with "Black Sabbath."

[schmendrik]

three movies-  I saw on last night tv inthe last 70's early 80's

1. in the beginning there is a couple sitting on a hillside and the girl cuts her finger on a thorn ..bleeds (unknown to the couple there is an old coffin under them..the blood drips into it and a vampire awakes)

This reminds me of a book rather than a movie. There were a number of books by Brian Lumley in the "Necroscope" series that involved what he called "Vamphyri", and I remember one of them involved a supposedly long-dead vampire who was awakened in a manner much like this.

I wonder if one of the "Necroscope" books was adapted for film and that's what you saw.

[ajax7925]

thanks to all who replied.. but I am still searching.

#2 maybe black sabbtah

number 1 and 3.. I am still in need of a title...

[SLPL]

I think #3 might be the Hammer Film FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN.

[Gabriel Knight]

#3 is definitely FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN, the one in which he transfers souls, with the hilarious pasted floating head. Although if I remember correctly he goes to the guillotine instead of the rope.

[SLPL]

I don't remember that floating head at all! But then, even though the description in #3 sounded familiar, I didn't recall it being a Frankenstein movie until I looked into it. My memory apparently isn't so hot.

[Gabriel Knight]

The thing is, the movie doesn't feel like a Frankenstein movie at all. Hell, there isn't even a monster if I recall correctly. If it weren't for the name it could be anything else.