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The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

Following the success of REPULSION, THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS was Roman Polanski’s first big-budget film, a noticeably more upscale and lavish production than any of his previous offerings. Professor Ambronsius (Jack MacGowran), an eccentric old academic specializing in the study of bats, and his bumbling but well-meaning assistant, Alfred (brilliantly played by Polanski himself), travel to a small village in snowbound Transylvania (actually, filming took place in the Italian Alps) that has been plagued by a clan of local vampires. After innkeeper Shagal’s comely daughter, Sarah (Sharon Tate), is abducted by Count Von Krolock (Ferdy Mayne), Ambronsius and Alfred venture out to the count’s castle to rid the area of its bloodsucking parasites once and for all--a dangerous undertaking indeed, especially since it soon becomes apparent that traditional weapons against the undead are not quite as effective as folklore would have one believe and that attractive young maidens are not the only ones in danger of becoming victims of a vampire’s uninvited advances. One of Polanski's most impressive achievements in FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS is presenting viewers with a perfectly executed horror-parody while at the same time maintaining a consistent underlying sense of dread.

Directed by:
Donald Cammell
Cast:
Jack MacGowran .... Professor Abronsius
Roman Polanski .... Alfred, Abronsius' Assistant
Alfie Bass .... Shagal, the Inn-Keeper
Jessie Robins .... Rebecca Shagal
Sharon Tate .... Sarah Shagal


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*notes:

attention: This was ripped from the Brasilian DVD (the only place where it got released on dvd), the audio is English ofcourse but the moviequality is more like a Laserdisc-transfer.
updateWarner apparently finally decided to release this on DVD coming October 2004! Hurray! :-) (let's hope it's not the butchered US version)

Director Roman Polanski disapproved of the edited, retitled, and partially redubbed version of the movie released in the U.S. and tried (unsuccessfully) to have his name removed from the credits. The artwork for the original U.S. movie poster was done by racy cartoon artist Frank Frazetta. The script was originally written in French, but the film was shot in English. One of the last movies of Sharon Tate. (she sure looks beautiful in this one)

*edonkey-link:

The.Fearless.Vampire.Killers(1967)MBCD2000-DiVX5.avi


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