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Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

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Dance of the Vampires (1967) its often considered to be one of Polanski's worst films, mainly because many people find it to be dull, boring, unfunny and underdeveloped. However, I find it quite riveting. It inspired many horror comedies and I think I can see how many 70's and 80's filmmakers have drawn inspiration from this film, specially Joe Dante and John Landis.Its not incredibly hilarious but I think its funny, not enough to make me laugh out loud but its still serviceable. What I like the most about the movie is of course the usual stuff you get with Polanki's films, the direction, the performances, the music and the scenery. Its what you would expect from the great Polanski.I never really appreciated this film until now, its slow but I like that, it takes its time to establish the mood, the characters, the atmosphere and the overall tone the film will have.It may be a new favorite of mine, I will have to see if I will enjoy this as much in another viewing in the future.

One of Roman Polanski's earlier films and a very good example of that earlier period. The Fearless Vampire Killers succeeds because of its hilarious characters, tongue in cheek tone, excellent fairytale-like locations and costumes and simply because its story is rather captivating.The first act intentionally mimics most of the clichéd vampire stories started by Dracula. Somewhere in rural Eastern Europe lays a castle under the shadow of which the locals live in absolutely terror, while still providing some good, honest laughs with their primal wacky hijinks. Well okay, perhaps that last point isn't exactly a staple of the vampire genre, but the film is a parody. But then, an absentminded professor and his somewhat slow assistant ride into town to look for vampires. Just as a beautiful young maiden goes missing.I especially love the characters in this film. Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) is a hilarious combination of aged Van Helsing and Doc Brown from Back to the Future. Nuttier than fruitcake, but very knowledgeable about vampires, plus utterly unaware of his own mortality and age. The vampire (Ferdy Mayne) is also one of the best vampire lords I've seen in cinema. He has all the poise, the style, the creepy lines said with a thick European accent, the castle, the servants, the capes. Yet he's at all times utterly believable, even when the movie is hamming up the parody.The Fearless Vampire Killers is an excellent movie to check out if you're looking for a good vampire film, if you've liked other Polanski films or if you're merely looking for a smart comedy with great production values.

Roman Polanski directs and stars in this spoof of old-time vampire movies as he plays the assistant of a bat researcher (Jack McGowran) who is intent on discovering vampires in Transylvania. Polanski's character tries to protect the young daughter (Sharon Tate) of an innkeeper from the advances of the local vampire who has been terrorizing the countryside. Ironically, this is the film where Polanski met Tate, who was soon to become his wife, which indirectly led to her being a murder victim herself in the Charles Manson murders. The vampire hunters hunt down the vampire to confront him and save the townspeople, whose number of vampire casual;ties have risen dramatically over the last year. A lot of humorous moments, while also adding some real tension.

Garlic here. Garlic there. Garlic, garlic everywhere! Meet Herbert Von Krolock, cinema's first openly-gay vampire.Do you suppose that director Roman Polanski was trying to communicate something about his own character to us by having a gay vampire, like Herbert, wantonly lust after Albert (played by Polanski, himself) in one of this film's climatic moments? I certainly think that he was trying to tell us something, but, at this point, I think it's best to keep what that is to myself. (Tee-hee!) As far as Comedy/Horror films go - Yes. I do realize that this picture was, indeed, made in 1966 - But, all the same, here are 4 strikes against it - (1) It was way too tame in the horror department. (2) It was lacking in enough satisfactory vampire attacks. (3) It was only marginally entertaining. (4) It was in dire need of some more, much-needed laughs. One of the main reasons why this vampire parody fell so short of my expectations was due to the fact that its screenplay was a collaboration between Polanski and Gerard Bach.Let's face it - The forte of these 2 men was scripting dead-serious drama, so, I guess, it really should have been no surprise that an attempt at Comedy/Horror would miss its mark more often than it hit it.For me - The big highlight of this somewhat mediocre production was, of course, the vampires' ball which was held at Count Von Krolock's eerie, cobweb-enshrouded castle in good, old Transylvania.