THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (1967) ¢
D: Roman Polanski
Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Ferdy Mayne,
Sharon Tate, Alfie Bass, Ronald Lacey,
Terry Downes, Iain Quarrier, Fiona Lewis
Roman Polanski's eccentric, unfunny vampire spoof looks like a movie that was pitched, shot and cut without a script, or maybe there was a script and somebody sucked all the blood out of it. Like, you know, vampires. Cool-looking titles, eye-catching set design, ear-catching music, and the vampires' ball at the end is playfully bizarre, but when a movie lasts an hour and 47 minutes and you're at the 25-minute mark thinking, isn't this thing ever going to end, I'm not sure that's a good sign, you know what I mean? Original title: "Dance of the Vampires".
