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The Fearless Vampire Killers
Sign in to saveAlso known as The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck, Dance of the Vampires, Fearless Vampire Killers, The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My Neck
1967 film by Roman Polanski
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6.9A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
Cast
- Jack MacGowran as Professor Abronsius
- Roman Polanski as Alfred
- Alfie Bass as Shagal, the Inn-Keeper
- Jessie Robins as Rebecca Shagal
- Sharon Tate as Sarah Shagal
- Ferdy Mayne as Count von Krolock / Narrator
Themes
- vampire
- professor
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Roman Polanski
- Written by
- Gérard Brach Roman Polanski
- Produced by
- Gene Gutowski
- Starring
- Jack MacGowran Roman Polanski Sharon Tate Alfie Bass Ferdy Mayne
- Cinematography
- Douglas Slocombe
- Edited by
- Alastair McIntyre
- Music by
- Christopher Komeda
- Production companies
- Cadre Films Filmways
- Distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Release dates
- November 13, 1967 ( 1967-11-13 ) (United States) December 5, 1968 ( 1968-12-05 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 108 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom United States
- Language
- English
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Screenwriter
- Gérard Brach
- Cast member
- Ronald Lacey
- Composer
- Q633180
- Producer
- Gene Gutowski
- Cinematographer
- Douglas Slocombe
- Narrative location
- Transylvania
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 873148
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1967-12-01
- title
- The Fearless Vampire Killers
- production designer
- Wilfred Shingleton
- derivative work
- Dance of the Vampires
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- castle
- review score
- 7.0/10
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Encyclopedic overview
The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My Neck (shortened to The Fearless Vampire Killers; originally released in the United Kingdom as Dance of the Vampires) is a 1967 gothic comedy horror film directed by Roman Polanski, written by Gérard Brach and Polanski, produced by Gene Gutowski and starring Polanski with his future wife Sharon Tate, along with Jack MacGowran and Alfie Bass, and featuring Ferdy Mayne.
In the film, a doddering vampire hunter (Jack MacGowran) and his bumbling assistant (Roman Polanski) travel to a small mountain village where they find the tell-tale traces of vampirism. The assistant becomes enchanted by the local tavern keeper's daughter, Sarah (Sharon Tate), who is promptly abducted. Determined to save the buxom maiden, they confront the undead Count in his castle. The film has been adapted into a musical, Dance of the Vampires (first adapted in German under the translated title Tanz der Vampire).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Fearless Vampire Killers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.