Underplayed Gems

The Vampires, Episode 1: The Case of the Severed Head (1915)

The Vampires, Episode 1: The Case of the Severed Head poster
Original title
The Vampires: The Severed Head
Directed by
Louis Feuillade
Genre
silent film
Country
France
Runtime
33 min
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like this

How it feels

A silent film serial from 1915 follows a criminal gang known as the Vampires who terrorize Paris. This first episode involves a murder where the victim is found without a head. Investigators try to track down the gang as they commit more daring crimes.

fast-pacedserializedmelodramaticsuspensefuldarkly comicdatedepisodiccampy

What happens

I vampiri (1º episodio - prima parte) (La Tête coupée) è un film muto del 1915 diretto da Louis Feuillade. È il primo episodio del serial I vampiri. In Italia venne distribuito assieme al secondo episodio, entrambi col titolo I vampiri. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.