The Grand Vampire. Master of Disguise. Has a home cannon. Employs a glove with a poisoned pin that paralyses its victim, as well as a top hat with a hidden bomb.
Alias Satanas, Grand Master of Les Vampires |
Real Names/Alt Names Unknown |
Characteristics Villain, Master of Disguise, Terrorist, Film Characters, Gaumont Thrillers, Modernism Era, French |
Creators/Key Contributors Louis Feuillade |
First Appearance Les Vampires (Film, 1915) |
First Publisher Gaumont Studios |
Appearance List Histoire générale du cinéma, Tome I: L’Avant-guerre (1946) by Georges Sadoul — situates Les Vampires in the French serial tradition, Anthologie du cinéma: Louis Feuillade (1947) edited by Henri Langlois — Cinémathèque française program publication for Feuillade’s rediscovery, Histoire du cinéma mondial (1949) by Georges Sadoul — discusses Les Vampires as part of world film history, Histoire du cinéma (1962) by Jean Mitry — academic framing of Les Vampires as milestone of silent narrative cinema, Écrits de cinéma (1965) by Henri Langlois — essays/program notes, Histoire du cinéma: des origines à nos jours (1969) by René Jeanne & Charles Ford — contextual treatment of Feuillade’s serials including Les Vampires. |
Sample Read Les Vampires (1915) [YT] |
Description The Grand Vampire. Master of Disguise. Has a home cannon. Employs a glove with a poisoned pin that paralyses its victim, as well as a top hat with a hidden bomb. |
Source Les Vampires – Wikipedia |