E1 ENTERTAINMENT Morgana

This film is actually David DeCoteau's BLONDE HEAVEN in an edited and strangely renamed version. Why Full Moon decided to release this film under the enigmatic title of MORGANA is a mystery to me, since there is no character in the film named Morgana. The cover art declares that "Julie Strain is MORGANA" but all through the film she is referred to as Illyana and is listed as such in the end credits. The cover photo art also has nothing to do with the film. The plot concerns a group of shape-shifting, rune worshiping vampires who run an escort service in Hollywood! Angie, a wannabe actress from Peachtree Oklahoma gets mixed up with the group and draws the attention of "coven leader" Illyana. It is up to her boyfriend Kyle (who has followed her to Hollywood from Peachtree) and his vampire hunting buddy, Pluto to save Angie from the vampires. There is lots of neck biting and hot vampire sex along the way. As with all David DeCoteau films, this one is beautifully photographed and one gorgeous, hypnotic scene follows another. Sadly, many of the more erotic segments are obviously truncated and edited to get an R rating (in particular the stunning vampire orgy at the music video party). Why Full Moon choose not to release an unedited version of this film is another mystery. Many scenes seem to be missing altogether and some appear to be out of order. I have a copy of the unedited opening sequence of this film (it is available as one of the extra features on DeCoteau's Lunar edition DVD of VOODOO ACADEMY) and there are significant cuts made from that version and the one that appears on this DVD. It is a rather sad state of affairs. DeCoteau took his name off the picture and it joins several other films he directed for Full Moon on the Ellen Cabot resume. The DVD transfer is pan and scan. I don't know what aspect ratio the film was originally shot in. The transfer looks pretty good but some scenes have an awful lot of grain. I don't know if this is just a bad transfer or if the film stock had problems. The diologue sounds muffled in many places as well, although the Reg Powell soundtrack is brilliant and clear. The DVD is very much a bare bones affair. There are no chapter stop menus (although you can skip ahead on the DVD) and the only extra is a few Full Moon trailers. The trailer included on the disc for MORGANA contains scenes that do not appear in the movie. Something crazy really went on with the editing of this film. I have given the film Five stars in spite of the all the problems with the DVD. The film is so beautiful, hypnotic, silly and campy that I found it hard to resist. Any movie where a character utters the line "Die Vampire fiend!" has to be a classic of some sort. Hopefully one day this film will be issued in a properly edited and restored version but until then, we can be happy that we have at least this much BLONDE HEAVEN.

once again if you like a bit of titillation this is a film for you, classic soft erotica just for you

My favorite scene was cut. Two girls with the sunglasses dudes...waiting to get there while the girls knelt in front. Sucks (pun intended) thru cut that.

The title doesn’t match the movie

Item as described-many thanks!

This is really a piece of trash and that's where it is going. Amazon advertised the "unrated" version" sent the "R" version. Really dissapointed with Amazon. Don't waste your money.

I love Julie Strain. Great movie.

Loved the movie

Another great vampire film with a twist brings the mordern day element to the front well woth a look at well valued

not more than that , guess I must've thought it was a lot better, okay but I over estimated it.

Before I start the review I would Like to point out that this is very much a B Movie. I Love B Movies, Cheesy acting, bad writing and quite a lot of Nudity. If this does not sound like your kind of film then you probebly do not like B Movies and will not like this film and should stop reading now. Back in the 80's and the early 90's the B movie Queen was (arguably, but in my opinion at least) Michelle Bauer. But by the mid 90's she was starting to get a little old and her crown was well and truly taken by (the now legendary) Julie Strain. And she still holds it to this day. This film is a very average B Movie and normally would have gotten 3 stars from me, however it was made in 1994 when Michelle was winding down and Julie was starting up, and it contains them both of them (I could be mistaken but I believe this is the only film that contains both of them together). For this fact alone I had to give it an extra star, I nearly gave it 5 stars but the film is really not that great despite having them both and I could not in all honesty Justify 5 stars. The basic plot: A girl from the Oklahoma move to LA to be a movie star and ends up working as a waitress. her boyfriend from back home comes to LA to convince her to return home. Mean while a Vampire sect run by Julie Strain is acting as a modeling agency and hire the girl as a model. However when Julie sees her she is struck by how much she looks like her lover who died 400 years before. and decides she wants her. This film does not really follow the rules of most Vampire stories, for example the vamps can go out in daylight, and they do not live on blood, in fact they only bite to convert others into vamps. This means there is a very low body count and you can't really understand why there are Vampire hunters as the vamps are not really doing anything wrong. The acting is what you expect for a B Movie and the writing is the same. But if you wanted Oscar winning material then you would be watching a mainstream film not a B Movie.