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The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck (shortened to The Fearless Vampire Killers; originally released in the United Kingdom as Dance of the Vampires) is a 1967 comedy horror [1] film directed by Roman Polanski, written by Gérard Brach and Polanski, produced by Gene Gutowski and starring Polanski with his future wife Sharon Tate, along with Jack MacGowran ...
The Fearless Vampire Killers: Directed by Roman Polanski. With Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass, Jessie Robins. A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
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- Comedy, Horror
- Roman Polanski
- 1967-11-02
- Parody of Hammer Horror Vampire Films
- Fearless Vampire Killers, An Affectionate Exploration of Vampire Clichés
- Polanski’s Film Colour Film
- Impressive Scare from Krzysztof Koemda
Roman Polanski’s affectionate parody of British vampire films has a British supporting cast with the leads played by international artists. It tells the story of two vampire hunters; Professor Abronsius, played by Jack MacGowran and his inept young assistant Alfred, played by Polanski, whose quest to track down and destroy vampires leads them to a ...
Polanski explores all the clichés that we know and love from the Hammer classics and the earlier Universal films, which themselves feed on traditional vampire lore, and cheekily turns them on their head but the humour is always affectionate rather than disrespectful. Although never laugh-out-loud funny, except perhaps for the scene in which we disc...
The Fearless Vampire Killers was Polanski’s first colour film and he makes full use of a sumptuous palette, especially in the climactic ballroom scene where you can almost forget that the room is full of vampires until all eyes fall upon the vast mirror that lines one end of it. Every shot and camera angle is carefully considered, as you might expe...
As much as I love the Hammer films of the period, I find that their film scores all sound very similar and serve only to underline the action on screen, which is of course the fundamental purpose of a film score. But there are individual sections of Komeda’s score that leave a lasting impression long after hearing it. I’m sure the film has its crit...
- Jay Hollis
Halloween Programming Guide. The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My Neck. Released Nov 13, 1967 1h 47m Comedy Horror CTA List. 71% Tomatometer 34 Reviews 76% ...
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- Jack Macgowran
- Roman Polanski
- Comedy, Horror
Dec 5, 2018 · It is very much a personal statement of his own humour as he used to chuckle all the way through the scenes.”The Fearless Vampire Killers is not only one of the most accomplished of traditional vampire movies, it is also one of the most disturbing. Its innovation lies in its dark humour, reminiscent of Polanski’s earlier film Cul-De-Sac (1966).
- Nigel Honeybone
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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The Fearless Vampire Killers, or: Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck — universally known as Dance of the Vampires outside of the U.S. (except for Italy, where it's known as Per Favore, Non Mordermi Sul Collo note ) — is a 1967 Horror Comedy film directed by Roman Polański (who also costarred and co-wrote the screenplay), which gives a good-natured ribbing to the vampire genre.
