Is there a place I can watch the Vampira Show? I can only find little clips online. I don't see a box set or anything either. Thanks! Great blog by the way. :) Xx
Simple answer is no but you can (kind of, sort of) watch an “episode” or buy DVDs of Vampira’s guest appearances. For anyone that’s interested in getting their hands on Vampira footage or wants to know about the footage then I’m doing to split the information up so you can skip to the part that most interests you.
Why is there so little footage? Where did the footage come from?
When The Vampira Show aired Television generally wasn’t taped or prerecorded. So once it aired it was basically gone. The Vampira Show proved to be popular, so popular that portions of a typical episode was recorded to be used in a KABC promotion video. The Vampira Show only ran for a couple of seasons before being axed and so only a few snippets of the show were ever recorded. After the show’s cancellation, Vampira would be seen for the last time in Plan 9 from outer Space in a nonspeaking role that only physically resembled the character from the show. Unfortunately it seemed as though these clips were the only footage of Vampira. And so The official Vampira store cobbled the clips together and made an episode of The Vampira show: were Vampira would introduce the movie and interject at ad breaks. A little bit disjointed but gave an impression of what the show was like with the only surviving footage.
These were the only a few scant clips of Vampira and there was little hope in finding any other footage. However during research for the upcoming documentary Vampira and me, director R.H. Greene uncovered new footage of Vampira. Before relations had soured between Nurmi and the studio, Vampira would make guest appearances in other television shows. Two of these appearances had been taped and had been unseen for decades. The newly discovered footage were included in the documentary
A couple of years later one of these guest appearances footage was being sold on Ebay as a DVD.
Where can I buy footage?
The Vampira show episode: Contact the official Facebook page. They were selling dvds for about $5 and purchasing from them means you know it’s official merchandise. They had a fantastic online store and hopefully that will return online soon.
The Guest appearance DVD: No longer on ebay. I have no idea where the footage came from or who was selling it.
Vampira and Me: Currently the definitive biographical documentary on Vampira. Almost every clip of her is used including the newly discovered footage and also features her own private recordings and many conducted interviews. If you are a fan of Vampira you have to see this! Vampira and me on Itunes.
What footage can I see online?
Every clip that’s been uploaded online I’ve tried to archive on the blog. So here’s the footage tag.
Hope that helps!
- Sam
