Vampyr

Loosely based on Sheridan Le Fanu's genre-defining, 1872 vampire novel Carmilla (which preceded Stoker’s Dracula by 25 years), VAMPYR is a highly atmospheric, unsettling tale of fear and obsession from legendary Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. It follows the fortunes of Allan Gray, a young student of the occult, who takes rooms at a village inn, little realising that the region is cursed by vampires. In the dead of night, Gray receives a mysterious nocturnal visitor, who leaves behind a package labelled 'To be opened after my death' – and from that moment on, events take ever darker, weirder turns... Shot with a silent film aesthetic despite being within the sound era (and a year after Lugosi starred in Universal's DRACULA), VAMPYR is an alternative take on the cinematic vampire, creating an intense, nightmarish atmosphere that haunts the mind long after the lights go up.

➜ Accompanied by a new score by Paul Robinson, performed live by HarmonieBand.