Interview with the Vampyr
By Eric Turowski
Alameda fell prey to the undead with the arrival of Vicki Vampyr a year ago this Halloween.
"Vamp-eeeerrrr," the Ghouly Girl of the Midnight Hour drawled in a hard-to-place accent.
Vampyr, evasive about her origins, claims to be "from an unknown country in Eastern Europe."
Vampyr refused to answer questions regarding the Hungarian occupation of Transylvania during the second World War.
Vicki admits only to being a fan of Vincent Price, Bela Lugosi and the Bud Abbot and Lou Costello monster films.
Questions about the time of Vampyr's transformation to a creature of the night brought only a deadly flash of fangs.
Vampyr's handler, Kathy Moehring, restrained the monster with threats of garlic and holy water.
Moehring got the job of controlling Vicki Vampyr as a punishment for admitting she viewed "Night of the Living Dead" at a drive-in. The film scared her so badly that she wouldn't leave the car. "It was the crickets," Moehring said.
Scarred for life from watching "The House on Haunted Hill" at a young age,
vampire-handling is one of the few jobs available to her.
That, and administrative services coordinator for AP&T.
Vampire-handler Moehring also admits to enjoying "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
The insidious vamp controls Alameda Power & Telecom broadcasts on Thursday evenings. She holds television audiences in thrall,
using a combination of bad horror films and her own hypnotic personality. Monster
Island Theater, the diabolic creation of Vampyr's mortal servant,
Ed Schneider (AP&T's media director), airs Thursday nights 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Vampyr tortures her Halloween audience this year with a terrible double feature,
"Cat Women
of the Moon" and
Ed Wood's "Bride
of the Monster," a film so terrible it killed its star, Lugosi.
Brave viewers may subject themselves to the horror Oct. 29, 30 and 31. The evil ensues at 7 p.m.
Vampyr will also frighten children with tales of dread at Spellbinding
Tales Bookstore at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 23. Parents should be warned that Vampyr may
attempt to drink the kids' blood.
"I'm expecting lots of fan-mail," Vampyr commanded. The living-dead fiend may be reached by mail:
Vicki Vampyr, AP&T, 2000 Grand St., Alameda, 94501 or by e(vil)-mail at
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