Therapy for a Vampire

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Therapy for a Vampire

2016

1h 27m

Comedy

Fantasy

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In 1932 Vienna, Dr. Sigmund Freud (Karl Fischer) helps a depressed vampire (Tobias Moretti) whose 500-year marriage is on the rocks.

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Critics Consensus

Therapy for a Vampire should get a few chuckles out of vampire movie fans in search of something new, even if it never quite lives up to its daffy potential.

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Kristen Lopez

Spectrum Culture

11/20/2017

3/5

Director David Rühm's German language vamp-com Therapy for a Vampire gives the vampire film a much needed transfusion.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

07/21/2016

Dracula meets Sigmund Freud in this Austrian horror farce, which benefits from a polished production but exhausts its premise about halfway through.

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Jim Brunzell III

Minneapolis Star Tribune

06/30/2016

3/4

Ruhm incorporates classic Hammer Films and "Love at First Bite" in this entertaining vampire spoof by keeping the pacing brisk, the jokes quick and the blood gushing.

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

07/17/2021

3/4

You may not laugh out loud, but you'll enjoy the time spent.

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Martha K. Baker

KDHX (St. Louis)

08/29/2017

Therapy for a Vampire makes fun of vampires, but you have to love them enough to laugh at them. Otherwise, you have to have elastic eyes that roll well.

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Peg Aloi

Arts Fuse

08/08/2017

Therapy for a Vampire takes a primal urge and runs with it. There are unexpected moments of glee and grotesquerie, comic twists and turns.

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08/22/2021

Ich bin geflogen This movie is one of my favorites. Laden with gorgeous texture, every scene looks like a painting, the costumes are EXQUISITE! Funny, sad, macabre all things I like. I don't understand german and usually think it as pretty harsh, but this is the first time I have found the language to sound beautiful. Ich bin geflogen~!

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02/25/2017

Dry humor and amazing styling, sets, and captivating cast. American audiences will forget this is subtitled. Highly recommended.

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02/21/2017

A great twist on the vampire theme.

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06/30/2016

Very funny and very well shot. Really liked the look of the movie.

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Synopsis

In 1932 Vienna, Dr. Sigmund Freud (Karl Fischer) helps a depressed vampire (Tobias Moretti) whose 500-year marriage is on the rocks.

Director: David Rühm
Producer: Franz Novotny, Alexander Glehr, Christof Neracher, Christian Davi, Thomas Thümena
Screenwriter: David Rühm
Distributor: Music Box Films
Production Co: Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion GmbH, Hugofilm Productions GmbH
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 10, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 7, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $26.4K
Runtime: 1h 27m