The first foray into sound filmmaking by one of cinema’s pivotal artists, Vampyr remains a cornerstone work of the horror genre. The dreamlike tale of an occult-obsessed student’s visit to a small French village, as he is drawn into the unsettling mystery around a stricken family’s struggle with malevolent forces, remains an unparalleled evocation of the uncanny.
Adapting the haunted stories of Sheridan Le Fanu, Carl Th. Dreyer‘s ceaseless innovation delivers a tour-de-force of supernatural phantasmagoria and creeping unease, via audacious camerawork and sound design.
Presented from an all-new 2K restoration by the Danish Film Institute, supported by the MEDIA program Creative Europe, and taking more than a decade to complete – materials from several European archives (including the BFI, CNC and DFI) have been meticulously scanned and assessed to create the highest quality and most faithful version of Vampyr possible. Now unveiled for the film’s 90th anniversary, one of the most visually and aurally distinctive horror films ever made finally returns to cinemas in the UK & Ireland, in a definitive incarnation that achieves the full experience Dreyer intended audiences to have.
In celebration of the 90th Anniversary, Vampyr will be returning to cinemas in the UK & Ireland, from 20 May 2022.
Vampyr has previously screened at the following venues:
London; BFI Southbank (UK Premiere); 5 May 2022
London; BFI Southbank; w/c 20 May 2022 (14 days)
London; Institute for Contemporary Arts (The ICA); w/c 20 May; w/c 27 May; w/c 3 June 2022
London; Prince Charles Cinema; w/c 20 May 2022 (3 days)
London; Rio Cinema; w/c 20 May 2022 (7 days)
Dublin; Irish Film Institute (IFI); w/c 20 May 2022 (7 days)
Edinburgh; Filmhouse; w/c 20 May 2022 (7 days)
Glasgow; GFT; w/c 20 May 2022 (Selected Shows)
Manchester; Home; w/c 20 May 2022 (Selected Shows)
Newcastle; Tyneside Cinema; w/c 20 May 2022 (Selected Shows)
London; Curzon Bloomsbury; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; Bromley Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; Central Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; Clapham Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; Crouch End Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; East Dulwich Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; Finsbury Park Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; Fulham Road Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; The Gate, Notting Hill; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; Greenwich Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; Hackney Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; Ritzy; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; Stratford Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
London; West Norwood Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Ashford; Ashford Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Bath; Little Theatre Cinema; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Brighton; Duke of Yorks; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Cambridge; Arts Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Edinburgh; Cameo Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Exeter; Exeter Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Henley-on-Thames; Regal Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Liverpool; Picturehouse at FACT; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Norwich; Cinema City; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Oxford ; Phoenix Picturehouse; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Sheffield; Showroom; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Southampton; Harbour Lights; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
York; City Screen; 22 May 2022 (1 day)
Cork; Triskel Arts Centre; 23-26 May 2022 (4 days)
Bristol; Watershed; 27-29 May 2022 (3 days)
Ipswich; King Street Cinema; 28 May 2022 (1 day)
Cheltenham; The Playhouse; 28 May 2022 (1 day);
Northampton; Northampton Filmhouse; 28 May 2022 (1 day)
Halifax; Square Chapel Arts Centre; 29 May 2022 (1 day)
Dundee; Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA); 29, 30 May & 1, 2 June 2022 (4 days)
Aberdeen, Belmont Filmhouse; 3 June 2022 (3 days)
London; Genesis Cinema; 5 June 2022 (1 day)
London; Chiswick Cinema; 6 June 2022 (1 day)
Belfast; Queen’s Film Theatre (QFT); w/c 10 June 2022 (5 screenings)
Coventry; Warwick Arts Centre; 13,14 & 16 June 2022 (3 days)
Colchester; First Site; 19 June 2022 (1 day)
Bradford; National Science & Media Museum; 25 June 2022 (1 day)
London; Phoenix Cinema, East Finchley; 2 July 2022 (1 day)
Nottingham; Broadway Cinema; 15-17 July 2022 (3 days)
Crickhowell; Green Man Festival; 18-21 August (Date TBC)
Lewes; Depot; 16 & 31 October 2022 (2 days)
Lancaster; The Dukes; 28 October 2022 (1 day)
Kirkwall; Phoenix Cinema; 30 October 2022 (1 day)
