Review – Vampyr

Those with an interest in the historical development of the vampire sub-genre – or anyone just generally into early German cinema – should be glad that this one’s finally available on DVD. Many of the technical tricks Carl Theodor Dreier employs are nothing short of brilliant for 1932. However, be warned: the movie still has more than one foot firmly planted back in the silent era, and there are long stretches that don’t make great big oodles of sense. Certainly there’s nothing here as bloody or flashy as subsequent outings, but you can clearly see the seeds of many later pictures in this effort. Mildly amusing