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What does a 1970s vampire movie directed by a Roger Corman protégée have in common with Star Trek? Three redshirts from The Original Series. One, a female crewman who can kick some butt with the best of them. Two, an expendable redshirt who had the misfortune of being on the fourth and final redshirt to die in his episode. And three, a Mirror Universe redshirt who thwarted Scotty’s plan to disable the I.S.S. Enterprise’s phasers.

The title character, Diane Le Fanu, is an unusual vampire. For one, even though she first appears at a city art gallery where she meets the protagonist named Susan and her boyfriend Lee, she actually lives in the desert and does not appear to be bothered by sunlight in the least. Although you do find out later there is a limit to that. How fitting that the actress who portrayed her was Celeste Yarnall, the young lady who more than held her own in “The Apple.”

Diane has a Native American manservant named Juan who keeps watch over the young couple for his mistress. In the film, Juan obviously is a menacing figure. Would you be surprised to learn that the actor who played Juan is the same young man who appeared as Lt. Marple in “The Apple”? Sadly, the actor Jerry Daniels did not have the same long career in Hollywood that his fellow TOS costar Celeste Yarnall did. His role as Lt. Marple in 1967 was his first credited appearance on the screen but his star power seemed to fizzle out about 1980.

However, we still have one more redshirt to go. As Susan and Lee travel to Diane’s house, they stop in at a gas station where they run into a surly mechanic named Cliff. Not long after they leave, their dune buggy breaks down and this is where they first run into Diane. She brings them to her house and later on, we find that Cliff has been called out to work on their car. Diane tries to come on to him, but he brushes her off. Not a smart move. Later, Cliff is accosted by a strange figure and in an attempt to escape, walks straight into a pitchfork. Cliff with his scruffy appearance would probably not look all that familiar to you. However, he should. Actor Paul Prokop not only was the hapless mechanic in The Velvet Vampire, but he was also the phaser control guard who stops Scotty in “Mirror, Mirror.” We will revisit Mr. Prokop another day, because even though he did not have a long acting career either, it seems there is a little more information on him and he did appear in some well known films.

The Velvet Vampire was Stephanie Rothman’s second film as a director of a film financed by Roger Corman. This does not sound all that impressive but Ms. Rothman possessed above average talent. Despite being mentored by Bernard Cantor, the chairman of the cinema department at USC and being the first female awarded a Directors Guild of America fellowship, she could not find work in Hollywood until Roger Corman gave her a job as his assistant. From there, she began writing and directing films for him. Corman’s films are filled with violence, blood, and lots of explicit sex. However, Stephanie managed to put her own stamp on the films she made while in his film studio. The Velvet Vampire has strong female leads and can be said to have a bit of feminist leanings After all, it’s a woman who defeats the vampire and is the sole survivor. And the vampire is a woman who seems to enjoy using sex to entrap her victims. But like most movies associated with Roger Corman, it has more than its fair share of violence and nudity and is considered one of his typical 70s exploitation films.

Stephanie Rothman directed two other films in this vein that also contained familar Star Trek faces, but that will wait for another day. If you are curious in the meantime, you can watch The Velvet Vampire for pay on many streaming channels like Amazon or Hulu or for free on Tubi. https://tubitv.com/movies/469266/the_velvet_vampire

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The title character, Diane Le Fanu, is an unusual vampire. For one, she first appears at a city art gallery where she meets the protagonist named Susan and her boyfriend Lee. But she actually lives in the desert instead of in a dark gothic mansion and is seen in the daylight. Although you do find out later there is a limit to that. How fitting that the actress who portrayed her was Celeste Yarnall, the young lady who more than held her own in “The Apple.” Both are strong women who take charge of their own fate.

Diane has a Native American manservant named Juan who keeps watch over the young couple for his mistress. In the film, Juan obviously is a menacing figure. Would you be surprised to learn that the actor who played Juan is the same young man who appeared as Lt. Marple in “The Apple”? In this movie, Juan is seen as quite threatening but he is still a victim of his mistress before the end. And Marple? Yeah, we know how that turns out. Sadly, the actor Jerry Daniels did not have the same long career in Hollywood that his fellow TOS costar Celeste Yarnall did. His role as Lt. Marple in 1967 was his first credited appearance on the screen but his star power seemed to fizzle out about 1980.

However, we still have one more redshirt to go. As Susan and Lee travel to Diane’s house, they stop in at a gas station where they run into a surly mechanic named Cliff. Not long after they leave, their dune buggy breaks down and this is where they first run into Diane. She brings them to her house and later on, we find that Cliff has been called out to work on their car. Diane tries to come on to him, but he brushes her off. Not a smart move. Later, Cliff is accosted by a strange figure and in an attempt to escape, walks straight into a pitchfork. With his scruffy appearance, Cliff would probably not look all that familiar to you. However, he should. Actor Paul Prokop not only was the hapless mechanic in The Velvet Vampire, but he was also the phaser control guard who stops Scotty in “Mirror, Mirror.” We will revisit Mr. Prokop another day, because even though he did not have a long acting career either, it seems there is a little more information on him and he did appear in some well known films.

This is the end of the connections between the film and Star Trek but this leads to a side story. Stephanie Rothman, the protégé of Roger Corman directed The Velvet Vampire .The Velvet Vampire was her second film and even though it is an exploitation film, it has strong female leads and can be said to have somewhat feminist leanings After all, it’s a woman who defeats the vampire and is the sole survivor. And the vampire is a woman who seems to enjoy using sex to entrap her victims. But like most Roger Corman movies, it has more than the normal share of gore, nudity, and sexual behavior and is considered one of his typical 70s exploitation films. However, this is not all you will hear about Stephanie Rothman and Star Trek. She directed two more films in which several actors connected to TOS appear. This story will continue in a future article.

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