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The Fearless Vampire Killers

1967 · 108 min · Comedy

A bumbling professor and his hapless assistant travel to a snowbound Transylvanian village to hunt vampires, and stumble into a castle full of the undead when an innkeeper's daughter is abducted. Roman Polanski's affectionate horror spoof.

Why it’s here

Roman Polanski's vampire comedy is set in Transylvania and uses that region's gothic vampire folklore as its core subject.

Runtime
108 min
Genre
Comedy · Horror
Mood
tense · funny
Entry
some context
Best for
horror night · a lighter route · film history

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