Malenka, the Vampire's Niece is a 1969 horror film that was written and directed by Spanish director Amando de Ossorio; it was his first horror film.[4][5]
One of the first vampire films from Spain,[6] it was inspired by similarly themed Italian and British vampire films that were being released during the same time period, such as Dance of the Vampires.[7] It has been credited as being "the 1969 picture that hammered the final nail into the cinematic coffin of the bomb-shelter-era bombshell Anita Ekberg",[8] as well as being "one of the most original gothic examples of Spanish horror".[9]