Fresh
Ferdy Mayne is the menacing Dracula, and Sharon Tate, lady in question, looks particularly nice in her bath.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Who says Vampires are no laughing matter?
1967 · 1h 48m · Approved
Comedy, Horror
Directed by
Roman Polanski
Overview
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
Director and cast
- Roman Polanski Director
- Jack MacGowran as Professor Abronsius
- Roman Polanski as Herbert von Krolock
- Alfie Bass as Shagal
- Jessie Robins as Rebecca Shagal
- Sharon Tate as Sarah Shagal
- Ferdy Mayne as Count von Krolock
- Iain Quarrier as Herbert von Krolock
- Terry Downes Cast
- Fiona Lewis Cast
- Ronald Lacey Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film amiably runs through all the standbys associated with vampire movies, putting a personal and goofy spin on most of them.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Nobody laughed.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Messy vampire spoof-cum-homage to Hammer, which doesn't really come off on either count.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Rotten
He was evidently only trying to make fun of horror films, forgetting that horror films, played straight, are now more often funny -- unconsciously to -- than horrible.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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