Vampyr Movie Review 1931

Dreyer's classic portrays a hazy, dreamlike world full of chilling visions from the point of view of a young man who believes himself surrounded by vampires and who dreams of his own burial in a most disturbing way. Evil lurks around every corner as camera angles, light and shadow sometimes overwhelm plot. A high point in horror films based on a collection of horror stories by Sheridan Le Fanu. In German with English subtitles.

Distribution

Tapeworm Video Distributors, 27833 Hopkins Ave., Unit 6, Valencia, CA 91355, Phone: (661)257-4904, Fax: (661)257-4820, Email: sales@tapeworm.com, URL: http://www.tapeworm.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 75 minutes.
Originally from German, French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Classic Horror, Vampires, Adapted from a Story, Silent Horror/Fantasy Classics, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Carl Theodor Dreyer, Christen Jul

Cast

Julian West, Sybille Schmitz, Henriette Gerard, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Jan Hieronimko, Albert Bras

Cinematography

Rudolph Mate, Louis Nee

Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Music

Wolfgang Zeller

Producer

Tobis Klangfilm, Carl Dreyer