Rent The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
3.4 of 5 from 108 ratings
1h 47min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- It's the living end, a fancy-dress ball for blood fiends in Count Von Krolock's (Ferdy Mayne)'s Transylvanian castle. Surely no mortal would be foolish enough to infiltrate this hemogobbling horror of a soiree. But partygoers notice something in the ballroom mirrors: the reflections of humans - vampire killers - dancing among them. Director Roman Polanski spoofs vampire movies with this droll balancing act of shocks and laughs. He also portrays Alfred, mousy apprentice to a doddering researcher of vampirism (Jack MacGowran)...and the lovestruck defender of gorgeous Sarah (Sharon Tate) when the Count (Ferdy Mayne) tries to make her the ghoul of his dreams. It's all fang-tastic fun!
- Actors:
- Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass, Jessie Robins, Sharon Tate, Ferdy Mayne, Iain Quarrier, Terry Downes, Fiona Lewis, Ronald Lacey, Sydney Bromley, Andreas Malandrinos, Otto Diamant, Matthew Walters, Vladek Sheybal, Roy Evans, Dido Plumb, Winifred Sabine
- Directors:
- Roman Polanski
- Producers:
- Gene Gutowski
- Voiced By:
- Vladek Sheybal
- Writers:
- Gérard Brach, Roman Polanski
- Aka:
- Dance of the Vampires / Your Teeth in My Neck
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Horror
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/12/2024
- Run Time:
- 107 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Vintage Making-Of Featurette 'The Fearless Vampire Killers': Vampires 101
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (2) of The Fearless Vampire Killers
Total yawn - The Fearless Vampire Killers review by CW
I like vampire movies - both the “serious” dramatic ones and the funny ones. This is neither. Perhaps writer and director thought it amusing but I did not. Why Roman Polanski made it is beyond me. I thought it was going to make me laugh. After a few minutes I watched on fast forward a bit, continued at regular pace, gave up.
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Humorous Hammer Film Spoof - The Fearless Vampire Killers review by GI
Roman Polanski's first commercial film and a strange one in his canon considering it's a spoof horror mimicking the British Hammer Horror films that were very popular in the 60s and which offered a liberal dose of the erotic especially the vampire films that often had lesbianism and plenty of nudity. Polanski's film mixes subtle comedy with outright slapstick and there's no doubt it was very funny upon it's release but will feel dated today with it's bawdy lust scenes, big cleavages and 'Carry On' vibes. The jokes come along regularly, from the Jewish vampire (Alfie Bass) who isn't afraid of crucifixes to a funny chase scene by a gay vampire after a young man. The story is essentially based on the Dracula one with a doddery old professor (Jack MacGowran) and his hapless young assistant (Polanski) hunting a vampire in Transylvania. The vampire lives in a castle and the plot revolves around rescuing a beautiful girl (Sharon Tate) before she's turned into the undead. This is a solid comedy providing you are aware of the references which are very of the time but still a film worth discovering if you've never seen it.
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