Review of Vampyr

Vampyr (1932)
7/10
visually interesting
1 November 2021
Allan Gray has been studying the supernatural. He arrives at the remote town of Courtempierre. He encounters various weird characters in their mysterious world.

This movie has a lot of imagery and it uses shadows a lot. It's weird and eerie. The lead could be less stiff. The story needs more propulsive drive. There is a bit of Kafkaesque quality to this world. This is a movie that probably works better today than during its time. It's a surreal arthouse horror. The emphasis being surreal and arthouse. I would rework the text sections. I'd rather not read so much. This is a visual poem but the story telling does need work.
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