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Vampyr (1931)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:16
Rotten:9
Average Rating:4.3/10
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
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... 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 girl by donating blood, and before long, the weakened wayfarer is lost in hallucinations, imagining himself buried alive... or could it be real? [More]
Starring: Julian West, Sybille Schmitz, Maurice Schutz, Jan Hieronimko
Starring: Julian West, Sybille Schmitz, Maurice Schutz, Jan Hieronimko, Rena Mandel, Henriette Gerard, Albert Bras, N. Babanini, Jan Mora
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
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Release:
Jul 21, 1998
Reviews for Vampyr
| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
|---|---|
| 14% 14% | The Ugly Truth |
| 98% 98% | Up |
| 36% 36% | G.I. Joe: The Rise of … |
| 52% 52% | The Taking of Pelham 1… |
| 45% 45% | Ice Age: Dawn of the D… |
| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
|---|---|
| 36% 36% | Angels & Demons |
| 68% 68% | Funny People |
| 25% 25% | Four Christmases |
| 45% 45% | Shorts |
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