Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Michael_Elliott The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) *** (out of 4)Proessor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) and his dimwitted assistant Alfred (Roman Polanski) travel to a snowy Transylvania where they run into a variety of vampires. Alfred falls for a local woman (Sharon Tate) and of course she's also wanted by the main vampire.Polanski's DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES is without question one of the worst comedies that I've ever seen. With saying that, how could I give the film a three star rating? Well, it's quite simple. Even though this film is a complete failure as a comedy, there's no question that the performances are excellent and that Polanski has created a terrific looking film. This is one of those films where you could mute the volume and just be engrossed by the visuals that you're looking at.I doubt that's the most raving review for the film but it's certainly worth watching because of the actual look of the picture. I really loved the snowy locations because it made the film really look like a fairy tale. The film managed to look like an old Hammer picture except that it was a lot more poetic and the colors were just beautiful. I really thought Polanski did a terrific job at building up the atmosphere and create a unique world of the undead. Just take a look at the finale in the dance hall. One wonders what the director would have done had he made a straight horror picture out of the material.MacGowran is extremely entertaining in his role as the main vampire hunter and I also thought Polanski did a nice job in his dimwitted role. Of course, the eye candy is that of Tate and she certainly jumps off the screen each time she's there. The cinematography is another major plus as is the music score. But, as I said, the film as a comedy just doesn't work and that's what keeps me from being more glowing on the overall picture.

Smoreni Zmaj Horror comedy from 1967. by Roman Polanski, in UK known as Dance of the Vampires and in USA as The Fearless Vampire Killers aka Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck, is timeless classic of vampire cinema. This British-American cooperation was filmed in Italy and it's the first film Polanski made in color and in widescreen format. He approached this classic theme in different and original way, turning horror into comedy. Movie attracted the most attention using, for its time, pretty much explicit eroticism and implying connection between vampirism and homosexuality. Sharon Tate posed naked for Playboy as part of movie promotion. In the beginning Polanski was against Tate because he doubted her acting abilities, but she played leading female role anyway, and she even married Polanski soon after movie premiere. For Polanski, this movie opened door of Hollywood.8/10

Soroush M I prefer to begin this review by referring to a particular scene so that we can better understand what this movie really is. In this scene, as it is the case with every other vampire movie, there exists a vampire, a female victim and the moments filled with romance right before the victim's neck gets bitten, all of which preceded by the chase scene between the vampire and his lover. However, this very scene in Polanski's parody of vampire movies involves a vampire that is homosexual, a male victim (who happens to be the protagonist as well) and the chase scene taking place on polished, slippery floors with the characters sliding! This was Polanski's directorial debut in Hollywood after "repulsion" was critically acclaimed. The movie makes you laugh and frightens you simultaneously and one could argue that it is the viewer's decision whether to laugh or be scared. The solitude of the protagonist, which is one of Polanski's most recurrent motifs in his movies, is superbly depicted here which of course is masterfully taken to the extreme in the dance of the vampires scene. "The Fearless Vampire Killers" is the epitome of comedy-horror genre which sadly didn't receive the kind of appreciation it really deserved.

Guy DeMatties Roman Polanski directs and stars in this spoof of old-time vampire movies as he plays the assistant of a bat researcher (Jack McGowran) who is intent on discovering vampires in Transylvania. Polanski's character tries to protect the young daughter (Sharon Tate) of an innkeeper from the advances of the local vampire who has been terrorizing the countryside. Ironically, this is the film where Polanski met Tate, who was soon to become his wife, which indirectly led to her being a murder victim herself in the Charles Manson murders. The vampire hunters hunt down the vampire to confront him and save the townspeople, whose number of vampire casual;ties have risen dramatically over the last year. A lot of humorous moments, while also adding some real tension.