Fearless Vampire Killers Or: Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck (VHS, 1994)

I still have my VHS with the original 20 mins put back in that were editied out at the movies. I have re-watched this film many times. A wonderful mixture of horror and humor co-written and directed by Roman Polanski. Polanski plays Alfred, the assistant to Professor Abronsius played by Jack MacGowan. They travel to Transylvania to hunt out and destroy Slovonic vampires. The fun begins when they stop at an inn and encounter the beautiful Sharon Tate who is later kidnapped and taken to the castle of the vampires. Alfred and the professor are in hot pursuit to rescue Sarah (Tate). Lots of bumbling and campy fun. The ice and snow throughout the whole picture will actually make you feel cold, even in the summer! This film is a classic! Hilarious fun!

I decided to buy this film for a few reasons. One, I am very interested in the old time campy, sexual comedies that were the fad in the mid to late sixties. Another reason was that I wanted to get a glimpse of Sharon Tate acting. I have recently begun to have a growing interest in her life and also the makeup of these cults, and how people can get sucked into them. Perhaps a large amount of LSD could be one reason. Roman Polanski directed this, and as I'm sure you may know, he was married to Sharon Tate. He is a very respected director of classics such as Rosemary's Baby.. whom he wanted to cast Tate in but feared retribution because of their romantic involvement... and Chinatown. In more recent years he directed Adrien Brody in The Pianist which won awards at Cannes, and I believe won Brody an Oscar. So there is talent behind this film. Of course Polanski had many an argument with the studio over this film... First and foremost, the original title was "Dance of the Vampires" but the studio wanted to make it sound more catchy and therefore the title is as it is seen here.. of course, this is only the American title. In the more civilized countries where art remains a little above the almighty dollar, it got to keep it's original title. A good buy, and one I do not regret.