I’ve never seen the US version of this film – apparently it butchered it with cuts. To be honest, this uncut version could do with cutting. It drags on and on and is frequently frustrating – especially when Roman Polanski gets the chance to kill the vampires but doesn’t. And the character of the professor is exceedingly annoying. But it has a wonderful fairytale atmosphere – gorgeous snowy locations, old wooden huts and castles, fire places, iron baths, sleds and wolves… it’s quite captivating. There’s also plenty of funny gags too, mostly slapstick – Polanski seems to shy away from verbal stuff. Sharon Tate is beautiful and a good sport – Polanski gets her taking several baths. You just wish the script was worked out a bit more logically. Is this the screen’s first openly gay male vampire?
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