Bongo Wolf's Revenge
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Bongo Wolf, a mild-mannered eccentric who plays the bongo drums and has an interest in vampires and the occult, lives in Beverly Hills. He spends his time interacting with hippies, prostitutes and others in Southern California. At one point, Wolf attends a meeting and lecture of the Los Angeles-based Count Dracula Society.
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Only one review, from Los Angeles Times, was located for Bongo Wolf's Revenge, and it is uncertain whether the 16mm film was exhibited in any venue other than the Cinematheque 16 in Los Angeles. "Bongo Wolf" was a stage name used by William Donald Grollman, according to various modern sources, which describe him as a film historian and horror film aficionado. According to one source, he also appeared in a bit role in the 1989 film The Wizard of Space and Time. Previously, director Tom Baker had starred in the 1967 Andy Warhol film I, a Man (see below), as well as numerous other films and television programs. Bongo Wolf's Revenge was the only feature film he directed and, according to the Los Angeles Times review, "emulates Warhol's pseudo-verité techniques."
The Count Dracula Society, which was founded in 1963 by Dr. Donald A. Reed (1935-2001), was a local Los Angeles society dedicated to the study of Dracula, vampires and occult phenomenon and horror films. It is possible that the man to whom the Los Angeles Times review refers as someone doing "all the talking" at the Count Dracula Society meeting was Reed himself. Modern sources add Michael Bloomfield, Severn Darden, Jim Ford, Gemini, Noel E. Parmentel, Jr., P. J. Proby, Wednesday and Alan White to the cast and indicate that some of the film's score featured music by the Rock group The Doors, as well as music by Bloomfield and Ford.