The Vourdalak (2023)
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- Synopsis:
- Lost in a hostile forest, the Marquis d'Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, finds refuge in the home of a strange family.
- Actors:
- Kacey Mottet Klein, Ariane Labed, Grégoire Colin, Vassili Schneider, Claire Duburcq, Gabriel Pavie, Erwan Ribard, Adrien Beau
- Directors:
- Adrien Beau
- Producers:
- Judith Lou Lévy, Lola Pacchioni, Marco Pacchioni
- Writers:
- Adrien Beau, Hadrien Bouvier, Aleksei Tolstoy
- Aka:
- Le Vourdalak
- Genres:
- Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Countries:
- France
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Reviews (1) of The Vourdalak
Original and Entertaining 18th Century France Take on the Vampire Myth - The Vourdalak review by PV
I loved this. It's an imaginative and original, and very entertaining, take on the vampire myth, Dracula, Nosferaturu, The Vampyre, whatever.
The characters are great, the juxtaposition of the foppish 18th C courtier and the peasant family in some unnamed part of central Europe - a map is shown at some stage which gives a vague location. Transylvania? But they all speak French anyway...
Some nice twists here, the members of the 'strange family', the feminine cross-dressing brother, the wife, and the father of course... I suspect UK/US films would not dare show what happens to the child character here (no spoilers) though the new NOSFERATU movie also shows child victims I suppose. Anyhow, I enjoyed this modest film more than that bloated one (watched it last week).
Some 'grand guignol' horror here and black humour which i enjoyed. The SFX are fun, CGI or puppet.
And a fun ending too, no spoilers.
A hidden Gallic gem. 4 stars.