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Vampyr DVD

Unrated :: Image Entertainment :: Released: 1998-05-13

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Vampyr Summary Carl Theodor Dreyer's Eerie Horror Classic Stars Julian West As A Visitor To A Remote Inn Under The Spell Of An Aged, Bloodthristy Female Vampire. Extremely Atmospheric, This Rare Gem Delivers A Decided Chill.

In this chilling, atmospheric German film from 1932, director Carl Theodor Dreyer favors style over story, offering a minimal plot that draws only partially from established vampire folklore. Instead, Dreyer emphasizes an utterly dreamlike visual approach, using trick photography (double exposures, etc.) and a fog-like effect created by allowing additional light to leak onto the exposed film. The result is an unsettling film that seems to spring literally from the subconscious, freely adapted from the Victorian short story Carmilla by noted horror author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, about a young man who discovers the presence of a female vampire in a mysterious European castle. There's more to the story, of course, but it's the ghostly, otherworldly tone of the film that lingers powerfully in the memory. Dreyer maintains this eerie mood by suggesting horror and impending doom as opposed to any overt displays of terrifying imagery. Watching Vampyr is like being placed under a hypnotic trance, where the rules of everyday reality no longer apply. As a splendid bonus, the DVD includes The Mascot, a delightful 26-minute animated film from 1934. Created by pioneering animator Wladyslaw Starewicz, this clever film--in which a menagerie of toys and dolls springs to life--serves as an impressive precursor to the popular Wallace & Gromit films of the 1990s. --Jeff Shannon

Vampyr DVD Techincal Details Cast: Julian West, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Jan Hieronimko
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer Array
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 72 mins
UPC: 014381430820
Binding: DVD
Studio: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 1998-05-13
Region Code: 0
Specs: Black & White, Silent, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Subtitled),