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• AJ V

  
  Polanski's vampire comedy is hilarious and cute. Polanski plays the sidekick in the movie, and he's a really good actor too. I really liked this movie, he has such a cool style and the story and characters are so funny. If you love vampire movies I highly recommend this… More
  Polanski's vampire comedy is hilarious and cute. Polanski plays the sidekick in the movie, and he's a really good actor too. I really liked this movie, he has such a cool style and the story and characters are so funny. If you love vampire movies I highly recommend this one.

• Conner R

  
  I really don't understand why Roman Polanski ever decided to make a vampire movie in this fashion. You'd think that with all of his mastery in suspense, he would produce a truly terrifying film. However, the result is little more than cheap physical comedy and corny… More
  I really don't understand why Roman Polanski ever decided to make a vampire movie in this fashion. You'd think that with all of his mastery in suspense, he would produce a truly terrifying film. However, the result is little more than cheap physical comedy and corny dialogue. I would say that I blame that more on the writing, but it's not excusable from such an amazing director. Truly my least favorite Polanski film.

• Kylie B

  
  The comedy here seems to be more farce than humour (personally I didn't find it funny) but you can see which staples of the vampire film has been subverted or used for farce, especially if you've seen a lot of old horror films. The way it is shot also contributes to this.

• Ken S

  
  Imagine a Hammer Horror version of Scooby Doo written & Directed by Roman Polanski Did I mention Sharon Tate? Yaozaa!

• Pierluigi P

  
  slap-stick comedy is not Polanski's forte but he manages to combine a sultry dark mood, a witty mise-en-scène, great performances and an insanely good soundtrack. Nostalgia and affection is what I feel for this film and for the gorgeous Sharon Tate, before her tragic fate, rest… More
  slap-stick comedy is not Polanski's forte but he manages to combine a sultry dark mood, a witty mise-en-scène, great performances and an insanely good soundtrack. Nostalgia and affection is what I feel for this film and for the gorgeous Sharon Tate, before her tragic fate, rest in peace.

• xGary X

  
  Uneven vampire comedy from Roman Polanski that has some great moments, but can also drag horribly in between. It's probably the first attempt at the deconstruction of the whole vampire legend that I can think of, and as such has a certain curiosity value. The progenitor every… More
  Uneven vampire comedy from Roman Polanski that has some great moments, but can also drag horribly in between. It's probably the first attempt at the deconstruction of the whole vampire legend that I can think of, and as such has a certain curiosity value. The progenitor every vampire comedy since, from Mr Vampire to Buffy.

• Antony S

  
  A much lesser effort from ne of my favourite directors. Polanski leaves his normal paranoia and social anxiety at the door, dealing with horror in a campy, comedic sense, perhaps most telling by his exploration of the supernatural, compared to his usual absurdity-in-reality ouvre. The… More
  A much lesser effort from ne of my favourite directors. Polanski leaves his normal paranoia and social anxiety at the door, dealing with horror in a campy, comedic sense, perhaps most telling by his exploration of the supernatural, compared to his usual absurdity-in-reality ouvre. The end result is sporadically amusing, documenting a bumbling pair of vampire hunters and their various scrapes. The majority of the film is largely forgettable, mostly due to the comedy being childishly slapstick, and the real laughs have very long set-ups. Roman fills this time with gratuitous shots of Tate's chest in order to divert the audience's attention. A decent laugh comes from their attempts to thwart a Jewish vampire with a crucifix, but there really is precious little in this film. And to think his masterwork was to arrive only a year later....

• Daniel D

  
  First off Polanski is my favorite director yes three movies in my top 10 but this would not even come close to one of his great works. . I heard some critics say it's the perfect mix of comedy and horror, but really it's not either one if you want a vampire movie that has… More
  First off Polanski is my favorite director yes three movies in my top 10 but this would not even come close to one of his great works. . I heard some critics say it's the perfect mix of comedy and horror, but really it's not either one if you want a vampire movie that has that perfect mix watch the original fright night. Now it wasn't completely dull yes I did laugh a lot at the beginning, but then It just went down. mainly because since you didn't care about the characters at all it was very hard to get into the story. This is definitely my least favorite Polanski film

• Anthony V

  
  Yes, its a comedy horror film, but the humor is appropriately dark. Polanski manages to simultaneously poke fun at the genre and add some dimensions to it.

• Wu C

  
  Nice sets, but it crawls along at a snail's pace. Cult classic.

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