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Vampyr [Masters of Cinema] [1932]
starring: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz
directed by: Carl Th. Dreyer

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Binding: DVD
EAN: 5060000402155
Format: Black & White, PAL
Label: Eureka Entertainment LTD
Manufacturer: Eureka Entertainment LTD
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Eureka Entertainment LTD
Region Code: 2
Release Date: August 25, 2008
Running Time: 72 minutes
Studio: Eureka Entertainment LTD
Theatrical Release Date: 1932
Sales Rank: 3179

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Must buy!
Awesome film!

Great package with a lot of supplement material (even more as at Criterions) with two audio commentaries. One of the great sensei Tony Rayns and one of famous director Guillermo del Toro...

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- Great Film - and this Edition is the Best
Well, I got this DVD (R2 MoC Version) - and gave it a longish spin last night. Given the number of extras I couldn't get through it all in a single sitting - so I'll revisit today probably.

Anyway - the print looks as good as it ever will, probably. Definitely decent (and Criterion are using the same print, so we know we're getting the best possible).

Firstly I watched the film with the restored soundtrack (an unrestored version is on the disc too). There's still some hiss, but when you take into account the history of this film, that's to be expected. For those that don't know, the film was shot silent, and then sounds were post-synced in three languages - English, German, and French. Only the German and French tracks ... Read More:

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- A human soul in fear of death
The rat-toothed Nosferatu and the charming Transylvanian Count are the best known examples of early vampire movies, mostly because there weren't very many others at the time.

But more often than not, "Vampyr" gets passed over when you talk about early vampire movies -- and that's a shame. Carl Th. Dreyer's masterpiece (loosely based on the works of J. Sheridan Le Fanu) is a straightforward little story wrapped in a hazy cocoon of dreamlike imagery and haunting direction. From the very beginning, this movie clings to you like a spiderweb.

Occult student Allan Gray is staying at a hotel in the French countryside. But after being woken by a strange old man's cryptic warning, he finds that the inn is swarming with eerie supernatural ... Read More:

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