ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Tweetienator Dance of the Vampires gets well mixed reviews but for me it worked and works still well - I watched and re-watched it numerous times and still like it a lot.A real fun (sometimes) slapstick classic with a nice cinematography. Whereas I find Repulsion boring and outdated of this one I will never get tired. For certain not Polanski's best or most ambitious one, but a well done comedy it is. Like Pirates (1986) fun to watch and on top we get hot Sharon Tate. Good.

Smoreni Zmaj Horror comedy from 1967. by Roman Polanski, in UK known as Dance of the Vampires and in USA as The Fearless Vampire Killers aka Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck, is timeless classic of vampire cinema. This British-American cooperation was filmed in Italy and it's the first film Polanski made in color and in widescreen format. He approached this classic theme in different and original way, turning horror into comedy. Movie attracted the most attention using, for its time, pretty much explicit eroticism and implying connection between vampirism and homosexuality. Sharon Tate posed naked for Playboy as part of movie promotion. In the beginning Polanski was against Tate because he doubted her acting abilities, but she played leading female role anyway, and she even married Polanski soon after movie premiere. For Polanski, this movie opened door of Hollywood.8/10

Anssi Vartiainen 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.

grantss Fun and funny vampire movie from acclaimed director Roman Polanski.Plot is reasonably basic, and not entirely watertight. However, this is more than made up for by the humour of the plot. While Polanski crafts a feeling of foreboding, dread and fear, your vampire staples, he balances this with some great comedy. The stark contrast between the usual vampire atmosphere and the humour makes the comedy even better.At the forefront of this comedy is Polanski himself, as the bumbling assistant. It is most physical comedy and often feels Chaplinesque. Polanksi enhances this by speeding up the frames during some of the sequences, giving a silent movie feel to these scenes.Jack MacGowran is also great as the Albert Einstein-lookalike Professor. Nice twist in the plot towards the end too.