The greatest vampire film ever made and one of the few undisputed masterpieces of the horror genre.
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Vampyr (1931)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:23
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.6/10
Consensus: Full of disorienting visual effects, Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr is as theoretically unsettling as it is conceptually disturbing.
Runtime: 81 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: A young man stops at an inn, and discovers the village is rife with strange goings-on... murders, sudden illnesses, and weird skulking creatures. Then a doctor asks him to help a desperately sick... [More]
Starring: Julian West, Sybille Schmitz, Maurice Schutz, Jan Hieronimko
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Reviews for Vampyr
Haunting and beautiful, Dreyer’s horror film is both essential viewing for vampire buffs and one of the most inscrutable yet rewarding experiences in movie history.
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It's a masterpiece that gives me the chills.
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