Vampira and Me

HOLLYWOOD WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME. When Maila Nurmi took to the TV airwaves in 1954 as the original gothic scream queen VAMPIRA, a national craze was launched. Haughty, domineering, and an instant icon of female power and sexuality, VAMPIRA cast her spell over other rebels and rabbler-rousers of the day, including JAMES DEAN, MARLON BRANDO and ELVIS PRESLEY. But the woman behind the façade was both far more intricate and much more fragile that the character that made her famous, and the price of momentary glory and cult superstardom was almost unbearably high. VAMPIRA AND ME is the epic and acclaimed new documentary VARIETY called “thoroughly engrossing” and which the AUSTIN CHRONICLE described as “devastating.” includes hundreds of rare and unseen stills, photos and films, including Maila Nurmi's private home movies and two newly discovered kinescopes of "Vampira" unseen for six decades.