The Vourdalak

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Nick S Bloody brilliant 👏 Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/21/25 Full Review Diana S Major Evil Dead energy but of course French so different themes and types of characters. The cheese factor is pretty high, but the Vourdelak character itself was strange and interesting. I believe it's a puppet. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/08/25 Full Review Sarfaraz A Adrien Beau makes his directorial debut with this French horror drama, which he co-wrote with Hadrien Bouvier and stars in. It is based on Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy's 1839 gothic novella, "La Famille du Vourdalak". Beau says he got the idea for the film after he came across this novella, published four decades before Dracula. Adrrien Beau stars as Gorcha, with Vassili Schneider, Kacey Mottet Klein, Ariane Labed, and Claire Duburcq. The film is set in the 18th century, when a diplomatic envoy, Marquis Jacques-Antoine Saturnin d'Urfe, representing the King of France, knocks on a stranger's dwelling in the woods and tells him that some barbarians have stolen his baggage and horses. The man who does not open the door asks whether he was attacked by Turks, to which the envoy responds, "Turks, Greeks, or Moldavians, what difference does it make." The man directs the emissary to leave the tracks and go to the house of old Gorcha, who will provide him food and horses. When Marquis arrives in the woods, he encounters Gorcha's daughter Sdenka and son Piotr, who accompany him to the house, where their sister-in-law Anja and nephew Vlad also dwell. They are waiting for their eldest brother, Jegor, who has left to battle the Turks. Gorcha, on the other hand, is missing, and when Jegor inquires, his family informs him, much to his surprise, that he had gone to war in order to avoid being labeled a 'coward'. The film depicts an ominous woodland setting with a concrete building that resembles a small fortress, providing the impression of confinement. The performances by everyone are exciting and raise the film's grim tone. Marquis' portrayal is vulnerable and humorous, with a tinge of dread. A marvelous contribution to the vampire genre from France. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/28/25 Full Review Conrad S This gem has something rare for a vampire movie: original ideas. I watched an hour of the massive "Interview withe Vampire" series and was bored stiff. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review Tyler B This is without a doubt, one of the greatest whimsical style horror movies. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/25 Full Review Orlando C What an interminable load of crap! What movie did everybody see? How are both critic and audience reviews so positive? All this needed were balloons to go with the crying clown. Was this thing shot through a submarine porthole? This "movie" would be better suited on a theater stage than on celluloid. Nothing but pompous, art house classic French cinema. One star for the puppet though. Yes, a puppet was a main character. WTF? lol. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/11/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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