# Outback Vampires

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***Outback Vampires*** is a 1987 Australian [comedy horror](/source/Comedy_horror) film directed by [Colin Eggleston](/source/Colin_Eggleston). It features [Richard Morgan](/source/Richard_Morgan_(actor)), Angela Kennedy, [Brett Climo](/source/Brett_Climo) and [Richard Carter](/source/Richard_Carter_(actor)). It was written by [Colin Eggleston](/source/Colin_Eggleston) and David Young. It was filmed in [Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory](/source/Yarralumla,_Australian_Capital_Territory), Australia.

In the film, a trio of travelers are stranded in a strange small town. They are instructed by the locals to visit the mansion of a local [aristocrat](/source/Aristocrat). The visitors discover that the house is occupied by a family of [eccentric](/source/Eccentricity_(behavior)) [undead](/source/Undead) people, that the mansion's design keeps changing, and that the [haunted house](/source/Haunted_house) is seemingly celebrating a never-ending [Christmas](/source/Christmas).

## Cast

- [Richard Morgan](/source/Richard_Morgan_(actor)) as Nick
- Angela Kennedy as Lucy
- [Brett Climo](/source/Brett_Climo) as Bronco
- [John Doyle](/source/John_Doyle_(comedian)) as Sir Alfred Terminus
- Maggie Blinco as Agatha / Frau Etzel
- David Gibson as George
- [Antonia Murphy](/source/Antonia_Murphy) as Samantha
- [Lucky Grills](/source/Lucky_Grills) as Humphrey
- [Richard Carter](/source/Richard_Carter_(actor)) as Stinger
- [Andy Devine](/source/Andy_Devine_(English_actor)) as Jock
- David Whitford as Ambrose
- Annie Semler as Mavis

## Plot

Whilst on their way to a [rodeo](/source/Rodeo) festival, Lucy (Angela Kennedy), Nick ([Richard Morgan](/source/Richard_Morgan_(actor))) and Bronco's ([Brett Climo](/source/Brett_Climo)) car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town. The odd-ball locals send them to Sir Alfred's ([John Doyle](/source/John_Doyle_(comedian))) [mansion](/source/Mansion) on the top of hill.

Once inside the mansion, things become even weirder. Sir Alfred's wife seems quite deranged, his daughter almost [psychotic](/source/Psychotic) and his son is extremely eccentric. After becoming separated, Lucy, Nick and Bronco are taken on a surrealist journey through the mansion, which is still decorated with Christmas decorations.

The scenes in the house are shot in blue-tones, characters are able to climb on walls, people are told to "follow the bouncing ball", doors suddenly vanish and there is a music-video style performance by a band at one point. The three friends must band together to find a way out of this [haunted house](/source/Haunted_house) and rid the town of this [undead](/source/Undead) family once and for all.

## Production

The film was also known as *The Wicked* and *Prince at the Court of Yarralumla*.[1] The film was not released in cinemas and aired on TV 18 June 1988.[2]

## References

1. ["The Wicked (TV Movie 1987) - IMDb"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143788/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas). *[IMDb](/source/IMDb)*

1. Scott Murray, *Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995*, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p117

## External links

- [Outback Vampires](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143788/) at IMDb
- [*Outback Vampires*](http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C824938) at [AustLit](/source/AustLit)
- [*Outback Vampires*](http://thecinerarium.com/2013/12/10/outback-vampires-1987/) at [The Cinerarium](http://thecinerarium.com/)

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