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Movie Overview
Cast
• Julian West
• Sybille Schmitz
• Maurice Schutz
Director
• Carl Theodor Dreyer
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Vampyr (1931)

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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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"In a triumph of the irrational, Dreyer's eerie memento mori never allows either protagonist or viewer fully to wake up from its surreal nightmare."  Channel 4 Film  Anton Bitel

4/5
"remarkable for the way that it explored the occult some 76 years ago."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

B+
"This psychological horror tale, one of the first of its kind, is both unique and beautifully luminous."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

92/100
"Vampyr might not be much of a vampire movie, but it's one hell of a horror movie. It creates a sense of unease that few films can compete with, casting viewers into a realm where meanings are elusive and terror lies in every shadow."  MovieMartyr.com  Jeremy Heilman

"Vampyr plays upon many archetypal fears of modern horror (science, doctors, disease, women, insanity, premature burial), but its power lies in its disorienting visual effects."  Not Coming to a Theater Near You  Leo Goldsmith

4/5
"Vampyr plays like a musty old photo that wakes to jolting life."  Film Threat  Matthew Sorrento

"Dreyer's stunning vampire classic."  Wired  Phil Hall

4/4
"Penetrates deep into the psyche to carry out its menacing, ethereal lurk."  Projection Booth  Rob Humanick

"An early sound film shot with a distinctive and evocative silent film aesthetic, Vampyr is a horror movie as tone poem."  Seanax.com  Sean Axmaker

10/10
"Tremendously eerie, even more than 75 years later."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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