The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 29
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 10
This uneven but amiable 1967 vampire picture is part horror spoof, part central European epic, and 100 percent Roman Polanski, whose signature sensibility colors every frame.
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3
This uneven but amiable 1967 vampire picture is part horror spoof, part central European epic, and 100 percent Roman Polanski, whose signature sensibility colors every frame.
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A pair of bumbling vampire-hunters attempts to destroy an undead nobleman and his cronies and rescue a buxom maiden in actor/director Roman Polanski's playful update of the venerable vampire genre. Bat expert and vampire obsessive Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) barely survives his journey through the Alps into snowy Slovenia to continue his oft-maligned research into the undead. Thawed out by his hapless assistant, Alfred (Polanski), and the frisky local innkeeper, Shagal (Alfie Bass),
Nov 13, 1967 Wide
Oct 5, 2004
WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
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Cast
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Roman Polanski
Alfred -
Jack MacGowran
Prof. Abronsius -
Alfie Bass
Shagal -
Jessie Robbins
Rebecca -
Sharon Tate
Sarah Shagal -
Iain Quarrier
Herbert Von Krolock -
Ferdinand "Ferdy" Mayne
Count Von Krolock -
Terry Downes
Koukol -
Fiona Lewis
Maid -
Ronald Lacey
Village Idiot -
Sydney Bromley
Sleigh Driver -
Otto Diamant
Woodcutter -
Matthew Walters
Woodcutter -
Andrea Malandrinos
Woodcutter -
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All Critics (29) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (10) | DVD (11)
Ferdy Mayne is the menacing Dracula, and Sharon Tate, lady in question, looks particularly nice in her bath.
Top CriticThe film amiably runs through all the standbys associated with vampire movies, putting a personal and goofy spin on most of them.
Nobody laughed.
Messy vampire spoof-cum-homage to Hammer, which doesn't really come off on either count.
He was evidently only trying to make fun of horror films, forgetting that horror films, played straight, are now more often funny -- unconsciously to -- than horrible.
Shot in the Italian Alps, the cinematography is striking.
Funny and scary, this is vintage Polanski.
Infectiously silly vampire farce that's a lot more elegant than it had to be.
Has its few garlicky moments of delight.
Early Polanski is a treat.
An elaborate letdown.
Polanski rarely indulged in his taste for overwrought slapstick, but here it is.
Really not as bad as the title; it IS Polanski
Audience Reviews for The Fearless Vampire Killers
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- Shagal: [a young woman tries to fend off Shagail, a Jewish Vampire, with a cross] Oy vey, have you got the wrong vampire.
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Foreign Titles
- Tanz der Vampire (DE)
- Dance of the Vampires (UK)
