Vampyr DVD

• 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono (German)
• Scene Selection
• Interactive Menu
• Scene Selection

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Jan Hieronimko, Sybille Schmitz, Rena Mandel, Henriette Gerard

Freely adapted from classic Victorian supernatural tales by author Sheridan Le Fanu, VAMPYR tells the story of a young man who becomes involved with two sisters, one of whom, wasting away with a strange sickness, turns out to be the victim of a vampire.

Good film, poor quality Rating: 4/6 Review By: Allan Hansen - Oct 16, 2005 Read review » Close review » Vampyr by Carl Thedor Dreyer is a haunting and dreamlike vampire film. Dreyer creates a eerie and mystique atmosphere in vampyr, where the borders between reality and dream slowly dissolves. The cinematography is outstanding (considering the period it is made) and Dreyer accomplishes to make a film ... that is more haunting and disturbing than most horror film of modern day cinema. So the film itself is fantastic, but the DVD is not! The quality of the film is not fantastic, although the blurry image adds to the films atmosphere. The sound is poor; it is very hard to hear the dialogue, and the English subtitles fills up half of the screen, making it hard to see the action. There is no extras (besides a short film) which is a shame since I am sure, there is a lot too tell about this film. But still it's not all bad, I would say that this film is still a good buy, since it’s - in my opinion - a masterpiece of horror cinema. It is just too bad that the DVD version haven't been restored and filled with tons of extra materiel - perhaps in a future version?