Cave Of The Living Dead 1964 Screenplay by Kurt Roecken (under the name C V Rock), directed by Ákos Ráthonyi (under the name Akos von Ratony). That's the US title of Night Of The Vampires, a German and Yugoslavian production.
A series of murders bring an Interpol detective to a small village with a famous grotto. The only bit of a clue is that the power goes out about the same time as the murders happen. He settles into the inn and in the night the woman in the next room to the inspector is killed. There's a vampire like bite on her neck but the doctor says it's heart failure. The inn keeper says it's vampires. We'd already seen a black costumed character sneak into the woman's room so we know something sinister is going on.
The detective starts investigating and gets some help in fighting vampires from a local old lady. He soon gets in invite to stay at the local castle by a professor who had arrived only 6 months ago. The professor is a bit of a dick but being in the castle eventually leads the detective to the solution of the murders.
I thought it was entertaining and some above average. I found a copy on YouTube that looks good enough to watch. Check the link in the title above.
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