James Becker takes us back to the good old glory days of Hammer Films with this story of modern day vampires. This is not a complaint, I loved those films - still do! Becker has skilfully blended the vampire legend into a hunt for a serial killer set against the background of the romantic city of Venice.
Angela Lewis, a curator of pottery at the British Museum is on holiday in Venice with her husband Chris Bronson a detective with the Metropolitan Police. During a trip to Isola di San Michele, the cemetary of Venice, they discover a vandalised tomb from which Angela is convinced that the occupant was thought to be a vampire. Whilst taking photographs of the tomb she discovers a small book which she takes back to their hotel. At the same time the police arrive as the body of a young woman has been found on the island. Returning to the island later Chris and Angela discover three more bodies of young women in another broken tomb and only Chris Bronson's fluent Italian and his Met warrant card keep them out of custody. At the same time more young women are being abducted from the streets of Venice and taken to an island in the Lagoon by a secret society who believe that they can gain supernatural powers by becoming vampires but when they kidnap Angela Bronson is soon on their case and shows his own supernatural powers.
This is just the thing for a lazy afternoon or yet another hold up at the airport.
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