Chatverock Takes itself way too seriously

Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Uriah43 From what I understand this movie was originally filmed in German, French and English but for some reason the English version was either lost or destroyed. As a result, the movie I watched was in German but had English subtitles. Now normally this wouldn't be an issue but the director (Carl Theodor Dryer) chose a unique film style which incorporated both silent and sound techniques. Flash cards were used on occasion and what dialogue was available was somewhat minimal. Likewise, the film quality was a little blurry in some areas but surprisingly this tended to blend in with the overall plot rather than detract from it as the director made excellent use of shadows to create a dream-like state. Or in this specific case—something resembling a nightmare. Be that as it may, although I am not particularly fond of silent movies, for some odd reason this film proved to be the exception to the rule as it seemed both artistic and surreal. As a result I have rated this movie accordingly. Above average.

dougdoepke Slow pans, suffused lighting, sparse dialogue, and indelible imagery, elevate this vampire movie, a complete opposite to the bloody neck-biters of Hammer Films Inc. It's not a movie for everyone. Too slow for some, too actionless for others, Vampyr does carry the stamp of a master, Carl Dreyer. The overall effect is to unnerve rather than frighten. Images collect rather than jolt, passing through to the subconscious where the film lingers long after a last flickering frame. Not a ghost movie, the effect is nevertheless ghostly and dreamlike, with daylight apparitions gliding through some nightless nether nether world. A counterpart perhaps closest in effect is 1962's Carnival of Lost Souls, minus adagio pacing. In some weird sense, the film manages a glimpse beyond the limits of conventional horror. In short, it's a masterpiece.

GL84 Arriving at a secluded inn in the countryside, a man becomes caught up in the realm of the supernatural descending upon it's inhabitants and finds that the cause is a vampire let loose upon them and he must stop them before he succumbs as well.This here turned out to be quite an overall confusing entry to rate as the fact that this one is so silent for the majority of it's running time that there's so many stretches of of nothing going on that it becomes a little laxed at times. Thankfully, the haunting, dream-like atmosphere present is of far greater significance and importance to this, which results in both impressive visuals or creative ideas. This is filled with both, from shadows that take on a life of their own independent of their owner, deformed figures or what seems like a complete ignorance of the person within their individual space, or just a series of arresting, unique camera angles that are just from interesting placements or give a different vision than expected, so when it comes to the supernatural take-over of the cabin in the later half it's quite creepy and chilling with it's Gothic impositions and concepts. While the film might be headache-inducing trying to literally follow the plot, since nothing seems to make sense or events contradict earlier scenes, it's not nearly enough to hold it down but it does loose some for these scenes, and overall it's quite enjoyable.Today's Rating-Unrated/PG: Violence.

LeonLouisRicci A movie with no where near the sophistication of the Director's Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), this one seems almost a side-effort with little scope. It is though he could have made this with his eyes shut. Maybe that is where the dreamlike quality came from.A partially successful film that suffers from a reticent to be really powerful. The imagery is surreal, but surprisingly slim and the claustrophobic sets and cramming the frame for effect wears thin after a while. When it does cut to an expansive shot it is a relief. If that be the desired effect it is only partially successful.The playful, yet ominous shadow work is impressive and some of the camera tricks are nice but can't make the experience more than a glancing effort when it should have been an absorbing and frightening experience. The movie just seems that it is dying to be let out of its coffin-like restraint. A minimalist effort that succeeds in that respect, but one can not but sense that there was more there than meets the eye and that leaves the viewer with a hunger. So for that, it just feels like an appetizer before a feast that is never served.