Genre: Horror
Release Date: 05/13/1998
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Ger
Sound: 1/5.1
Run Time: 72 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Image Entertainment

Vampyr ranks in many circles as one of the greatest horror films of all time. Inspired by Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, the story concerns a mysterious series of killings, committed by a crone of a female vampire (Henriette Gerard). The story is told through the eyes of a holiday reveller (Julian West), who at first scoffs at the notion of a supernatural murderer, but who is eventually forced to believe that there are more things in heaven and earth. Dreyer offers few explanations of the phenomena he presents on screen: the strange and frightening happenings just happen, as casually as any everyday occurrence. As was his custom, Dreyer mostly uses nonprofessionals in his cast. Vampyr is available in a wide variety of severely edited and duped versions.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Julian West - David Gray
Maurice Schutz - Lord of the Manor
Jan Hieronimko - Doctor
Sybille Schmitz - His Daughter Leone
Rena Mandel - His Daughter Gisele
Henriette Gerard - Old Woman at Cemetery

Production:
Carl Theodor Dreyer - Director
Baron Nicolas de Gunzberg Julian West Carl Theodor Dreyer - Producer
Wolfgang Zeller - Composer
Carl Theodor Dreyer - Screen Writer
Hermann Warm - Art Director
Louis Nee - Cinematographer
Rudolph Maté - Cinematographer
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - Short Story Author

Nosferatu
    Max Schreck / 1922
The Fall of the House of Usher [P&S]
    Marguerite Gance / NR / 1928