Vampires in Lollywood: The 40-year hunt for the desi Dracula

Zinda Laash was Pakistan’s first horror film. But then it just disappeared. Movie buff Omar Ali Khan spent years searching for a copy, determined to resurrect the desi Dracula.

Zinda Laash, or The Living Corpse was Pakistan’s first ever X-rated film, shocking audiences when it was released in 1967. But then it just disappeared. Horror movie buff Omar Ali Khan would spend years searching for a copy. Could he bring the desi Dracula back from the dead?

Omar’s written a book called Loose Cannons and Dangerous Curves: an unholy bible of Pakistani popular cinema.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: Maryam Maruf

The Zinda Laash clips are courtesy of Mondo Macabro / Bubonic Films

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(Photo: Still from Zinda Laash with actors Nasreen and Rehan. Credit: www.desimovies.biz)

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