Not actually a short film, but a segment (one of three) from a Season 2 episode of the series Love American Style, the segment was directed by Charles R. Rondeau and comes in about 10-minutes, first airing in 1971. However, as someone has kindly (as I write this) put the segment on YouTube then it fits neatly into the short film category as a standalone piece.
It starts with newlyweds Mryna (Judy Carne) and Wayne (Robert Reed, Fantasy Island: The Lady and the Longhorn/Vampire) who are stood with the eccentric looking Mr Foss (Tiny Tim). We quickly get the background that their car has broken down during a storm and he is rendering aid by giving them his room for the night – after all he expects to be out all night.
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| Foss, Myrna and Wayne |
Once alone, Myrna starts having worries. Foss’ tongue was red and his face was pale – indeed it was a typical set up, breakdown in a storm – she comes to the conclusion that Foss is a vampire. When she notices that there is a casket (or a trunk, according to Wayne) she becomes convinced. She decides she needs protection.
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| garlic on honeymoon |
That involves Wayne leaving the house and getting garlic, which he does but the smell puts him off Honeymoon nuptials. Noticing a couple of pinpricks on his neck leads her to believe that he has been bitten (he thinks he has, by mosquitos). The viewer is aware, however, that Foss is making himself up, using a mirror, to attend a midnight horror film showing and so can it all be in Myrna’s imagination? The show is very sit-com pitched, Carne and Reed are old hands and know what they’re doing with the material and the show even throws in a werewolf gag.
The imdb page is here.
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