Deafula (1975)Writer: Peter Wolf
A theology student finds himself turning into a vampire and hunting other students for their blood.
'Hehe finally a chance to see the film you've all heard about or maybe not as the case maybe. The films claim to fame is that it is the only movie made entirely in sign language for the hearing impaired (though there is voice-over dialogue for those not able to read sign language). This selling point is really odd none more so than when in places like the cafe bar when you see dozens signing at once or during a news room scene. Actors all have a very beatnik/hippy look so most likely it was made more as a social experiment than all out for exploitation reasons, and in fairness does specially with having no music and during scenes when there's no over spoken dialog make you wonder what being deaf is like. The film itself looks like they shot everything once like when one of the actors gets his coat caught in a car door. The plots just a ramble about Dracula whom when is onscreen which isnt much as a funny plastic nose though does have a somewhat hypnotic quality due to slowed down pace. Shame though after this film the trend for deafsploitation didn't continue as I'm sure Silentstein or WereMute would of been great as a triple feature.'
(4 out of 10)
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