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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Gérard Brach (story) &
Roman Polanski (story)
Release Date:
June 1967 (UK) more
Tagline:
Who says Vampires are no laughing matter?
Plot:
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(14 articles)
Martyn’s Top Ten Vampire Films
(From FilmShaft.com. 11 November 2009, 7:43 AM, PST)
Twilight on Broadway
(From PopStar. 23 October 2009, 11:52 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Dance with Vampires! more (112 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Jack MacGowran | ... | Professor Abronsius | |
| Roman Polanski | ... | Alfred, Abronsius' Assistant | |
| Alfie Bass | ... | Shagal, the Inn-Keeper | |
| Jessie Robins | ... | Rebecca Shagal | |
| Sharon Tate | ... | Sarah Shagal | |
| Ferdy Mayne | ... | Count von Krolock | |
| Iain Quarrier | ... | Herbert von Krolock | |
| Terry Downes | ... | Koukol, the Servant | |
| Fiona Lewis | ... | Magda, the Maid | |
| Ronald Lacey | ... | Village Idiot | |
| Sydney Bromley | ... | Sleigh Driver | |
| Andreas Malandrinos | ... | Woodcutter | |
| Otto Diamant | ... | Woodcutter | |
| Matthew Walters | ... | Woodcutter |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Fearless Vampire Killers (USA)
The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck (USA) (DVD box title)
The Vampire Killers (USA) (working title)
Vampire Ball (Europe) (working title)
Le bal des vampires (Canada: French title) (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
A Dança dos Vampiros (Brazil) [pt]
Der Tanz der Vampire (Switzerland: German title) [de]
El baile de los vampiros (Spain) [es]
I nyhta ton vrykolakon (Greece) [el]
La danza de los vampiros (Argentina) [es]
Nieustraszeni pogromcy wampirów (Poland) [pl]
Per favore, non mordermi sul collo (Italy) [it]
Por Favor Não Me Morda o Pescoço (Portugal) [pt]
Tanz der Vampire (West Germany) [de]
Vámpírok bálja (Hungary) [hu]
Vampyrdrådarna - Ursäkta, ja har era tänder i nacken (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Vampyrernas natt (Sweden) [sv]
Vampyrernes nat (Denmark) [da]
Vampyyrintappajat (Finland) [fi]
Vampyyrintappajat - anteeksi, hampaanne ovat niskassani (Finland) [fi]
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Runtime:
108 min
Language:
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Brazil:Livre | Germany:12 (DVD rating) | West Germany:16 (nf) (original rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:16 (1968) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:12 (w) (f) (re-rating) | UK:A (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Sharon Tate replaced 'Jill St John', who withdrew shortly before shooting. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the three escape from the dance, they come across bats hanging from the ceiling and the Professor starts studying them. When Alfred pulls him, the Professor stumbles across rocks on the ground which are obviously much lighter than real rocks would be. more
Quotes:
Narrator: [Last Lines] That night, fleeing from Transylvania, Professor Abronsius never guessed that he was carrying away with him the very evil he had sought to destroy. Thanks to him, this evil would now be able to spread itself across the world. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Fantastic Fantasy Fright-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V) more
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The title "fearless vampire killers" it's not so good as "Dance of the Vampires",outside U.S. this is the original title
I always will remember this film as "Dance of the Vampires" ALSO,CONGRATULATIONS to Mr Polanski for the Palme D' Or, he deserves it(without him just cinema "boring")
I enjoyed poetic scenes such as like moment in Sarah's bath comparing the textures of first soap bubbles, then falling snowflakes, and finally crimson blood. when Alfred(Polanski) carries his master across the castle battlements remind me of Polanski early short films. Krystov Komeda's music has been acclaimed as "the most innovative and haunting score ever devised for a horror movie" by the heavyweight Aurum Film Encyclopedia. Krystof Komeda's wondrous music, with its weird choral effects and little melodies Komeda's score communicates the Kafka-like isolation of the setting and the characters
Polanski chose some of the finest English cinema craft artists to work on the film: cameraman Douglas Slocombe, production designer Wilfrid Shingleton Polanski engaged noted choreographer Tutte Lemkow, who played the actual Fiddler in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, for the film's climactic Danse Macabre minuet.
Sharon Tate as Sarah was delightful(we should remember her in a good way,as a decent actress and person,her scene with Polanski is really cool ,especially "the bite scene") Jack MacGowran as Professor Abronsius is just great Polanski's films often deal in contrasts of master and servant, the empowered and the powerless. The supposedly benign Abronsius bullies Alfred for his own purposes, just as the vampires consider all of humankind a resource to be harvested.
The character called Shagal got the best lines in the movie,when A woman thrusts a crucifix in his face, only for Shagal - a Jewish rather than a Christian vampire - to go "Oy-yoy! You got the wrong vampire" and bite her anyway Count Von Krolock (Ferdy Mayne, who plays the Count)he looks really as a Nosferatu or a man that needs Transfusion!.
Also funny is Herbert, the openly gay vampire who is interested in Alfred rather than Sara, the sexual deviations implicit in early Hammer films like The Brides of Dracula (1960) and Kiss of the Vampire (1964) are brought out. Hammer would increasingly exploit this in their lesbian