Upír z Feratu

Upír z Feratu (the name is a pun on Upír Nosferatu, or Nosferatu the Vampire) is a 1981 Czechoslovak horror film directed by Juraj Herz.

Plot

Doctor Marek (Jiří Menzel) is shocked when his beloved nurse, Mima (Dagmar Veškrnová), signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat to work as a rally-driver. Rumours abound that the Ferat sports car runs not on petrol, but on human blood.

Cast

• Jiří Menzel as Dr. Marek
• Dagmar Veškrnová as Mima
• Jana Brezková as Luisa / Klára
• Petr Čepek as Kříž

Car

Škoda 110 Super Sport "Ferat"

The Ferat rally car used in the film was in fact a prototype for an unrealised sports model Škoda 110 Super Sport produced by Škoda Auto, now generally referred to as the Škoda Super Sport 'Ferat Vampir RSR' in homage to the film. This car white coloured also play a small role in Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea.

See also

• Blood Car, another film about a car that uses blood for fuel
• Road Kill, film about a road train that uses a pulp made by grinding human bodies for fuel

External links

• Upír z Feratu at the Internet Movie Database
• Youtube clip of the film
• Screenshots of various cars used in the film