Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

Director: Roman Polanski  Starring: Jack MacGowran  
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Publisher: Warner
Format: DVD
UPC: 00012569514621
Buy.com Sku: 40249743
Item#: VLM7UD
Category Keywords: Cult Film  Essential Cinema  Kidnapping And Missing Persons  Theatrical Release  Vampires 
Rating: NR
 
 
Features: DVD, Widescreen, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
 
Clever comedy-horror film directed by Roman Polanski. An expert on bats, Professor Abronsius and his dim-witted assistant, Alfred, travel to Transylvania to try to find and destroy vampires. Alfred falls for the vampire's latest target--the inn-keeper's daughter. Also known as Dance of the Vampires and Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck.
 


Editor's Note

Following the success of REPULSION, THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS was Roman Polanski's first big-budget film, a noticeably more upscale and lavish production than any of his previous offerings. Professor Ambronsius (Jack MacGowran), an eccentric old academic specializing in the study of bats, and his bumbling but well-meaning assistant, Alfred (brilliantly played by Polanski himself), travel to a small village in snowbound Transylvania (actually, filming took place in the Italian Alps) that has been plagued by a clan of local vampires. After innkeeper Shagal's comely daughter, Sarah (Sharon Tate), is abducted by Count Von Krolock (Ferdy Mayne), Ambronsius and Alfred venture out to the count's castle to rid the area of its bloodsucking parasites once and for all--a dangerous undertaking indeed, especially since it soon becomes apparent that traditional weapons against the undead are not quite as effective as folklore would have one believe and that attractive young maidens are not the only ones in danger of becoming victims of a vampire' uninvited advances. One of Polanski's most impressive achievements in FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS is presenting viewers with a perfectly executed horror-parody while at the same time maintaining a consistent underlying sense of dread.


Plot Summary

In this send-up of Dracula films, a professor and his assistant go to central Europe in search of vampires that terrorize the residents of Slovenia. They meet Count Dracula, who is using an alias, and witness the legions of vampires rising from their coffins. They escape but bring along a girl who has been attacked--and who continues to spread the curse.

 
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Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
 
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Release Information
Studio: Warner
Release Date: 9/13/2005
Original Release Date: 1967
Catalog ID: 65146
UPC: 00012569514621
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Video: Color

Aspect Ratio
Standard  1.33:1 [4:3]

 
Cast & Crew
Alfie Bass
Jack MacGowran
Jessie Robbins
Roman Polanski
Sharon Tate
Alistair McIntyre - Editor
Douglas Slocombe - Cinematographer
Gene Gutowski - Producer
Gerard Brach - Writer
Martin Ransohoff - Executive Producer
Roman Polanski - Director
Wilfred Shingleton - Production Designer

 
Professional Reviews
USA Today
"...[With] authentic mood, production design and Christopher Komeda's superb musical score..." 07/09/1993 p.8D

Premiere
"[With] very eccentric charm." 11/01/2004 p.101

Uncut
"[A] delightful oddity. There's a dream-like, gothic quality to it..." 11/01/2004 p.158

Sight and Sound
"[H]andsomely shot and designed..." 02/01/2005 p.83

  
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