A pair of bumbling vampire-hunters attempts to destroy an undead nobleman and his cronies and rescue a buxom maiden in actor/director Roman Polanski's playful update of the venerable vampire genre. Bat expert and vampire obsessive Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) barely survives his journey through the Alps into snowy .. Read more
| Starring | Jack MacGowran, Sharon Tate, Alfie Bass, Ferdy Mayne |
|---|---|
| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Genres | Comedy, Horror |
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A pair of bumbling vampire-hunters attempts to destroy an undead nobleman and his cronies and rescue a buxom maiden in actor/director Roman Polanski's playful update of the venerable vampire genre. Bat expert and vampire obsessive Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) barely survives his journey through the Alps into snowy Slovenia to continue his oft-maligned research into the undead. Thawed out by his hapless assistant, Alfred (Polanski), and the frisky local innkeeper, Shagal (Alfie Bass), Abronsius quickly notices the overabundance of raw garlic as a decorating motif in the inn and its environs. Too ineffectual to save Shagal from having his blood sucked, the professor and Alfred miss the boat again when the mysterious Count Von Krolock (Ferdinand Mayne) kidnaps Shagal's built, beautiful daughter, Sarah (Sharon Tate). The itinerant vampire hunters must travel through the icy wilderness to Von Krolock's abode and evade his manservant and his effete son Herbert (Iain Quarrier) before Sarah joins the ranks of the ghouls. They soon learn, however, that the luxury-starved lass actually enjoys her captors' lavish attentions. The action climaxes during a costume ball attended by a phalanx of blood-suckers, although the laughs and surprises continue until the very end. Sixteen minutes of unauthorized cuts have been restored in some video editions of The Fearless Vampire Hunters, although the animated credits sequence that replaced them is also retained. The film marks the feature debut of Tate, who replaced Polanski's original choice, Jill St. John, on the advice of producer Martin Ransohoff.~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Jack MacGowran, Sharon Tate, Alfie Bass, Ferdy Mayne |
|---|---|
| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy, Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1966 To Rent: DVD: 20 Dec 2004 |
Heavy, slow spoof of Dracula, most of which shows that sense of humour is very personal; a few effective moments hardly compensate for the prevailing stodge.
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Wonderful avant-garde comedy
This is, in my opinion, one of the very best films from the sixites. It is fiercely original. Very funny. Very avant-garde.
Ferdy Mayne has ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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Halliwells must have had a bad day.......
This is one weirdly entertaining film from start to finish. there are so many funny lines that if you blink, you might miss them.
'Sorry love, ... read more »
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Somewhat plodding comedy horror
I wasn't particularly taken with this 60s Polanski comedy- it's played very dead-pan (except for the Jewish vampire), but the jokes are somewhat ... read more »
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Laughs? Count on it.
Of all the vampire spoofs, this has to be the best. It's done with obvious love for the gothic tradition. And scattered among the laughs are one or two ... read more »
Controversial filmmaker Roman Polanski is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival in September (09). Organisers will present the Polish-born director with the Golden Eye for his contributions to film at the 27 September (09) ceremony. He will also take part in a workshop discussing his work, prior to a retrospective of his films during the festival's annual A Tribute to... series. Polanski's featured works will include his cinematic debut, 1962's Knife in... Read more
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