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

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 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.

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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.

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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)

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