Fresh
Stay with him and you'll be rewarded with one of the more-unusual horror films you'll ever see -- or films of any kind, for that matter.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Vampyr
The strange adventure of Allan Gray.
1932 · 1h 14m · Approved
Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Directed by
Carl Theodor Dreyer
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Vampyr
Overview
Allan Gray, a young man fascinated by the supernatural, goes to a small village where he feels a sinister force descending upon him. There, Allan meets an old man who asks him to protect his two daughters, for one of them has been bitten by a vampire.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
[The film conjures] inexplicable dread, on a night that feels brighter than day.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
Vampyr is Dreyer's most radical film -- maybe one of my dozen favorite movies by any director.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Fresh
If you've never seen a Carl Dreyer film and wonder why many critics, myself included, regard him as possibly the greatest of all filmmakers, this chilling horror fantasy is the perfect place to begin to understand.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
With the help of Rudolph Mate's luminous photography, Dreyer creates a film of great beauty.
Chris Peachment, Time Out
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