← Cinema Atlas
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own poster
AUSTRALIA · 1974

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

Bruce Beresford
kidnapping fish-out-of-water vampires international adventure mistaken identity
Where to watch
M
Find on MUBI
Hand-picked cinema, one film at a time
→
C
Search the Criterion Channel
Browse the collection
→
Trailer
Synopsis

Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that kidnapping her will draw tourists to his country. Barry and his mates set out to rescue her and bring her back to Australia.

Year1974
CountryAustralia
DirectorBruce Beresford
Cinematic Threads

We haven't mapped this film's connections yet. Explore Bruce Beresford's other work or films from Australia below.

More from Bruce Beresford → Cinema of Australia →

More from Bruce Beresford

Australia
The Travellers
The Travellers
2025 · Australia
Ladies in Black
Ladies in Black
2018 · Australia
Flint
Flint
2017 · Australia

Films with Similar Themes

kidnapping · fish-out-of-water · vampires · international adventure · mistaken identity
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Cobra Woman
Cobra Woman
1944 · Robert Siodmak
High and Low
High and Low
1963 · Akira Kurosawa
Rush Hour
Rush Hour
1998 · Brett Ratner
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993 · Henry Selick
Fargo
Fargo
1996 · Joel Coen

More from Australia

Cinema of Australia
Hacksaw Ridge
Hacksaw Ridge
2016 · Mel Gibson
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man
2020 · Leigh Whannell
Lion
Lion
2016 · Garth Davis