In the film Vampyre (1932), the village doctor helps a vampire prey on the occupants of two houses. On a late evening, Allan Gray arrives at an inn close to the village of Courtempierre. During the night, the death of the lord of a nearby manor occurs, his oldest daughter is bitten by a vampire, and his youngest daughter is kidnapped by a deranged doctor. Gray and an old servant track down the vampire, and the ghost of the manor lord exacts revenge on the doctor.
First Publisher Carl Theodor Dreyer – Filmproduktion Tobis-Filmkunst
Appearance List Vampyre (1932), based on elements from J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s In a Glass Darkly (1872), specifically “Carmilla” amd “The Room in the Dragon Volant”
Description In the film Vampyre (1932), the village doctor helps a vampire prey on the occupants of two houses. On a late evening, Allan Gray arrives at an inn close to the village of Courtempierre. During the night, the death of the lord of a nearby manor occurs, his oldest daughter is bitten by a vampire, and his youngest daughter is kidnapped by a deranged doctor. Gray and an old servant track down the vampire, and the ghost of the manor lord exacts revenge on the doctor.
