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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. Read critic reviews

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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.

Cast & Crew

Tobias Moretti
Count Geza von Közsnöm
Jeanette Hain
Countess Elsa von Közsnöm
Cornelia Ivancan
Lucy
Dominic Oley
Viktor
David Bennent
Radul
Karl Fischer
Dr. Sigmund Freud
Erni Mangold
Madamoiselle Sedlacek
Lars Rudolph
Oscar
Anatole Taubman
Guest
Julia Jelinek
Dienstmädchen
David Rühm
Director
David Rühm
Screenwriter
Franz Novotny
Producer
Alexander Glehr
Producer
Christof Neracher
Producer
Christian Davi
Producer
Thomas Thümena
Producer
Johanna Scherz
Executive Producer
Martin Gschlacht
Cinematographer
Claudio Cea
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Critic Reviews for Therapy for a Vampire

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

    November 20, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Kristen Lopez

    Spectrum Culture

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

    July 21, 2016 | Full Review…

    J. R. Jones

    Chicago Reader

  • 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.

    June 30, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

    Jim Brunzell III

    Minneapolis Star Tribune

  • Rühm has an ear for the absurd that reminds one of Monty Python. But his humor is as dry as they come - Therapy for a Vampire elicits ironic smiles, not belly laughs.

    June 24, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

    Tirdad Derakhshani

    Philadelphia Inquirer

  • Rühm shows the right light touch for the material as it veers from psychological parody to romantic mixup comedy to campy horror, and his painterly depiction of Vienna is a marvel, so it's not really such a bother when things fizzle at the finale.

    June 23, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Matthew Lickona

    San Diego Reader

  • "Therapy for a Vampire" has nothing to say. It just has stuff happening, none of it repulsive and all of it performed by competent actors, but that's just not enough.

    June 22, 2016 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

    Mick LaSalle

    San Francisco Chronicle
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