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· Year: 1932
· Also known as: Adventures of David Gray, Castle of Doom, Not Against the Flesh, The Strange Adventure of David Gray, The Vampire, Vampyr, Vampyr, ou l'étrange aventure de David Gray, L' Étrange aventure de David Gray
· Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
· Writers: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Christen Jul, Sheridan Le Fanu (novel)
· Cast: Julian West, Maurice Schutz
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· Based on Sheridan Le Fanu's novel In a Glass Darkly.
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A traveller to a distant castle begins seeing visions, but are they the result of a sickness, or does something else move in the shadows?
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I can see why some would consider this film to be a classic. The atmosphere it generates is effective even by today's standards. Unfortuntely, like The Dark Angel, an adaptation of another of Sheridan LeFanu's works, Vampyr may be long on mood, but it's short on story. I mean, telling a story with intimations alone is fine, but when you throw unusual plot elements into the brew, we better have a little explanation. As it is, this is all buildup and no payoff. On the other hand, the movie does show remarkable restraint in its execution of the idea at the heart of its plot--that a vampire is victimizing the land. It's just a suggestion, told in brief dialogue and in symbolic images that probably mean more than I picked up on, but which I'm not going to give another try to. I'll check out Nosferatu again instead.
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