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20 November 2009 10:39 PM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

Continuing our vampire month of Watch Out!, following Ultraviolet and Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary.

Vampyr, the only horror film made by the celebrated Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer, is an example of a film only appreciated long after its release. 77 years later today, Vampyr is more accepted than it was then—when it was laughed at by critics and rejected (violently, at one point) by audiences. So severe was its failure that the director checked into a mental hospital from suffering a nervous breakdown.

What happened? At its premiere in Germany, it was booed by the crowd and picked apart by international critics. Later, at the premiere in Dreyer’s own home country, he decided to no-show out of stress. At one showing in Vienna, a riot broke out after the audience requested their money back and fought with the police when their demand wasn’t met. »

- Arya Ponto

1 article from 2009