The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

Directed by

Roman Polanski

Genre

horror film, comedy horror, vampire film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 834 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bumbling vampire hunter and his clumsy assistant travel to a mountain village where they encounter signs of vampires. The assistant falls for a local girl who gets kidnapped by a vampire count, so they try to rescue her.

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What happens

The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My Neck (shortened to The Fearless Vampire Killers; originally released in the United Kingdom as Dance of the Vampires) is a 1967 gothic comedy horror film directed by Roman Polanski, written by Gérard Brach and Polanski, produced by Gene Gutowski and starring Polanski with his future wife Sharon Tate, along with Jack MacGowran and Alfie Bass, and featuring Ferdy Mayne. In the film, a doddering vampire hunter (Jack MacGowran) and his bumbling assistant (Roman Polanski) travel to a small mountain village where they find the tell-tale traces of vampirism. The assistant becomes enchanted by the local tavern keeper's daughter, Sarah (Sharon Tate), who is promptly abducted. Determined to save the buxom maiden, they confront the undead Count in his castle. The film has been adapted into a musical, Dance of the Vampires (first adapted in German under the translated title Tanz der Vampire). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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