Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter 1974

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

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Movie Info

Debonair supernatural expert Captain Kronos (Horst Janson) and his hunchbacked assistant, Grost (John Cater), meet their match when they encounter a village where vampires have been stealing the vitality of young women, leaving them elderly and decrepit. Armed with his sword and formidable deductive reasoning, Kronos begins to solve the macabre mystery, with evidence pointing to the aristocratic Lady Durward (Wanda Ventham) and her family as prime suspects.

Rating:

R
Genre:

adventure, horror
Original Language:

English
Director:

Brian Clemens
Producer:

Brian Clemens, Albert Fennell
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 13, 2016
Runtime:

1h 31m
Production Co:

Hammer Film Productions Limited
Sound Mix:

Mono
Aspect Ratio:

Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

Horst Janson
Captain Kronos

John Cater
Prof. Hieronymos Grost

Caroline Munro
Carla

John Carson
Dr. Marcus

Shane Briant
Paul Durward

Lois Daine
Sara Durward

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Critic Reviews for Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter

All Critics (4) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (1)

Today, irony has started to look more and more like the death knell for serious horror films, and so the relative straightforwardness of a Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter is a welcome throwback.

October 27, 2003 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
A film with laughable dialogues and some awkwardness in its staging. [Full review in Spanish]

November 15, 2016 | Full Review…

Alberto Abuín
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October 21, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
A goofily endearing old chestnut, and one that any self-respecting horror fan will eventually want to check out for themselves.

April 6, 2004 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

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Audience Reviews for Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter

May 18, 2013

A smart take on the vampire lore genre, Captain Kronos doesn't give the attention to the said vampires but onto the bigger than life protagonist with a nicely engaging story and a fair share amount of memorable moments. It also features a lot of disposable scenes, the setting is pretty boring and uninspired but it still manages to complete the b-sleaze aesthetic it carries nicely enough.

Francisco G Super Reviewer
Apr 14, 2012

Successful entry in the Hammer horror vault due to very artful direction by Brian Clemens who also wrote the intelligent script. Kronos (Horst Janson), he of the too-tight trousers and too-short tunic, arrives in a village where young women are found in the forest with withered faces, drained of life. Is this the work of a new species of vampire? Hunchbacked professor Grost (John Cater) and wild beauty Carla (Caroline Munro) accompany Kronos as he roots out this menace in the 18th century. There are many violent acts but interestingly very little is shown onscreen, apart from a fairly competently staged sword duel. Instead we see the aftermath - blood dripping down a lampshade or a basket of broken eggs carried by a victim - which doesn't give much of a visceral thrill but I appreciated its unusual cerebral style. I also liked how the identity of the vampire(s) are not who you might suspect at first, so the surprise ending was genuinely a surprise!

Doctor S Super Reviewer
Sep 05, 2010

A swashbuckling vampire tale, I love it. This movie is very cool, it's about a vampire hunter back in the old days, and he travels to this town to slay the vampires. I highly recommend this Hammer horror movie.

Aj V Super Reviewer
Jul 28, 2009

Allow me to gush: This film is AWESOME. So it takes place in the times of the swashbuckle, you have your one dimensional (2 at most) hero, his smart as hell sidekick, who together comprise of a great vampire hunting team. The sidekick knows everything there is to know about vampire, and is intelligent as hell while Kronos, our hero, is like the gunslinger of fencing swords... or should I say samurai? Well that's actually where this film gets interesting as it shares so many attributes with the Italian western or the samurai film. Not only that but it has a healthy dose of Italian and French exploitation appeal, and is produced by a British studio (Hammer, to be exact). So what you have is a cowboy/samurai/brit-horror hybrid or sorts that works despite it's slow parts and especially because of it's cheese and B appeal. It climaxes in an excited sword fight as well. How can you loose?

Patrick D Super Reviewer