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'''''Cave of the Living Dead''''' is a 1964 {{German|Films}} {{horror film|s}}.

Frank Dorin is an Interpol inspector who's supposed to be on vacation. However, he's sent to a German village to investigate a series of mysterious deaths instead. Many young women have dropped dead, seemingly of heart failure. As Dorin investigates, he uncovers evidence that vampires are about.

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'''''Cave ''Cave of the Living Dead''''' Dead'' is a 1964 {{German|Films}} {{horror film|s}}.

German/Yugoslav horror film directed by Ákos Ráthonyi.

Frank Dorin (Adrian Hoven) is an Interpol inspector who's supposed to be on vacation. However, he's sent to a German village to investigate a series of mysterious deaths instead. Many young women have dropped dead, seemingly of heart failure. As Dorin investigates, he uncovers evidence that vampires are about.about.
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'''''Cave of the Living Dead''''' is a 1964 {{German|Films}} {{horror film|s}}.

Frank Dorin is an Interpol inspector who's supposed to be on vacation. However, he's sent to a German village to investigate a series of mysterious deaths instead. Many young women have dropped dead, seemingly of heart failure. As Dorin investigates, he uncovers evidence that vampires are about.
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!!This film contains examples of:

* AgentScully: The town coroner insists that there are no vampires, and the entire thing is superstition. Naturally, he's wrong.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Professor von Aldersberg]], a vampire stalking a village.
* BlackCloak: The vampire wears one when he goes hunting.
* DarknessEqualsDeath: Every time the vampire attacks, the power in the village goes out. It's never explained why.
* IWorkAlone: Dorin specifically goes to the village as a tourist because he hates working with other inspectors.
* MyCarHatesMe: [[spoiler:Dorin can't get his blood sample to the city because his car's battery is dead. However, this is a good thing because it enables him to stop Aldersberg from claiming an eighth victim.]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: These are classical European vampires, except their victims can be prevented from turning by sprinkling wolfsbane on the bite and burst into flames upon death.
* ThePlace
* SealedEvilInACan: Legend has it that some vampires were trapped in a grotto hundreds of years ago, only able to come out for 59 minutes every night. [[spoiler:Turns out the legend is false, and the vamp is perfectly active but a recluse.]]
* AThreesomeIsHot: Dorin excitedly tells Aldersberg's butler about a wet dream he had about a three-way.
* TitleOfTheDead
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