Release
I vampiri was released in Italy on 5 April 1957. It was released in the United States in a heavily altered version in America that was retitled The Devil's Commandment.
The film was not a box office success in either Italy or France. Freda felt that film did not succeed in Italy due to Italian filmgoers reluctance to an Italian interpretation of the horror genre. For Freda's next film, Caltiki – The Immortal Monster, he used an English pseudonym to give the impression that the film was not Italian.
I vampiri was released uncut for the first time on DVD in the United States in 2001 by Image Entertainment.
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