Review by: Root Rot
Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Grey (1932)
Directed by: Carl Theodor Dreyer
While scanning the foreign film section of the Plymouth public library, I came across Vampyr. I was unfamiliar with the film, and excited to see it; I may not have been so excited had I known it was a silent film.
Plot: A mime faced guy gets a note from this old dude that say’s ”Tobe opened upon my death”. The mime face guy catches up with the old dude at his castle. Upon arriving to the castle he discovers that the old dude has been shot. The mime face guy tries to help the old dude; however, he is too late. The mime face guy finds some chick unconscious with bite marks on her neck. Believe it or not the old dude is a vampire, which you come to find out was explained in the note that was earlier given to the mime face guy.
Then you see a bunch of other mimed faced people running around; at this point in the film it becomes hard to decipher who is or is not a vampire. I think the mime faced guy kills the vampire (the old dude that gave him the note), but then again he may not have…End..
Due to judging a book, or in this case a DVD by its cover, I wasted my time watching Vampyr. Much like Nosferatu (1922), Vampyr is boring and overrated. The only thing I enjoyed about the DVD was the cartoon that followed the feature.
On the Root Rot scale of (A+) being the best and (E) the worst, the 1932 Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Grey gets a (D)… Booooring!
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I do find that a lot of the 1930′s film such as this are as you say very booooring,and a lot if them not unlike today’s films tended to try and live off the back of the big studio releases
I try my hardest to like vintage films, and I’ve found most to be boring. I do enjoy Haxan (1922); which I’ll review soon.
Silent films are tough. I am all for atmosphere, but I also need more. Otherwise, I get bored too quickly.
They are so fucking slow… I’ve only seen a few I could bare..