Watch UK Trailer For French Gothic Horror The Vourdalak
Blue Finch Films have released the UK Trailer for French gothic vampire horror The Vourdalak.
The film is harking back to the classic period vampiric horrors . To be precise Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy’s 1884 vampiric novella of Gothic Romanticism “La Famille du Vourdalak”. This predates Bram Stoker‘s Dracula, it may have had some inspiration on the iconic vampire we do know Vlad The Impaler was the biggest.
The Vourdalak stars Kacey Mottet Klein as Marquis d’Urfé with Gabriel Pavie as Vlad. We are in 18th century when the kings emissary Marquis d’Urfé, (Klien) is attacked. He does find refuge in the home of the anomalous Vourdalak family.
This looks very creepy, visually stylish but expect nothing less from arthouse horror…
Lost in a hostile forest, the Marquis d’Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of , finds refuge in the home of a strange family…
An adaptation of Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy’s 1884 vampiric novella of Gothic Romanticism “La Famille du Vourdalak”, published 40 years before Dracula, The Vourdalak is a haunting gothic tale directed by Adrien Beau and starring Ariane Labed (Alps, The Lobster, Assassin’s Creed), Kacey Mottet-Klein (Farewell to the Night, Happening), and Grégoire Colin (Beau Travail, 35 Shots of Rum). The Vourdalak premiered at Venice Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Film at International Critics Week.
This film also stars Ariane Labed, Grégoire Colin, Vassili Schneider, Claire Duburcq. The Vourdalak is on digital platforms on 16th September.
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