Yes, Barack Sabbath. I love this scene at the end where we see how they did the shot of Karloff on a horse! th-cam.com/video/l3zLx0cFwCE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Wfwmk7SvAYk-PiJf
There was an anthology back in the 60s called Black Sabbath and the third story is the story of the Wurderlak. The Wurderlak is played by Karloff. Great anthology movie. You have to see it, if you haven’t already.
This movie was head and shoulders above "in a violent nature ". It oozes atmosphere, storytelling, folk horror, and style. This movie will go down as a cult classic just like "the love witch".
Great video once again Daniel! One suggestion. Since you now have more than 21,000 subcribers you should ask the studios to send you copies of their recent releases and review them on your channel.
@@cobwebschannel That's great, but I meant you can also ask for review copies from major studios like Warner, Universal etc. of theire recent releases not just boutique labels.
I am going to move the month-end movies to a much more ideal time, which is the date 7-11 (Doane University's anniversary). The Doane Movie Marathon will be in this order: x Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (Weird History) -6th x Fright Night - 5th x The Legend of Billie Jean (favorite of Our 80s Life) - 4th x Akira (favorite film of YT channel Morgan Richer) - 3rd x The Goonies (one of my favorite films)- 2nd x Blade Runner (One of Shirley Manson's favorite movies) - 1st
Having an all-live cast around a single obvious puppet is an interesting choice; for some reason, the clips you've shown makes me think of Jan Svenkmeyer's Faust, which does the same thing (Mephistopheles is a puppet).
Thanks for telling us about this! I can't wait to see it! I'm leaving this post halfway through because I don't want any further spoilers. You've sold it to me already!
I watched this for the first time last night. Loved it. I also found out about it over the summer months when I was looking up stuff related to Nosferatu so I totally get the Eggers vibe. Also, I thought the puppet added to the whole experience. It was supposed to be a fever dream and it all hit the mark for me!
Glad to hear some additional opinions on this. I got to see this at a film fest some months ago. The slower pace, the film grain, the practical effects...it felt like a throwback to horror movies from an earlier time (before synth scores were used). It's not particularly frightening, but the movie gets the job done and does it well. I'm hoping this gets a physical release at some point (at least blu-ray) because I'd love to add it to my horror collection.
I loved this movie, its atmosphere is so weird and eerie. The vourdalak looks just like a ghost/living dead from the middle ages, as they were depicted in illuminations: rotting corpses, almost skeletons, wrapped in their shrouds. So cool. I would like to see more ghosts or vampires like this one.
I am now looking forward to this twice as much as before - I am fully behind using a puppet for this. Like...listen, one of my favourite undeaders ever are the skeletons from A Chinese Ghost Story. (which is like Army of Darkness levels of fake kind of skeleton) Great choice by the director! (side note - since you're getting into Hong Kong cinema - you should 100% watch at least the first AChGS! (though all three are great))
Just saw it at the ifc center today and REALLY enjoyed it. I feel like it takes the Wurdulak story from Black Sabbath with Boris Karloff and improves upon it 10 fold. Actually planning on seeing it one more time this week.
For the month-end films, on June 30th I am going to watch x Godzilla - 3rd x The Creature From the Black Lagoon - 2nd x Beverly Hills Cop - 1st (Going to start this franchise and watch one a day with the last one on July 3rd, when Axel F is released).
x Watched The Iceman Cometh, great movie! o Thought Maggie Cheung's character Polly was highly impressive, excellent comedic and dramatic performance! o This was actually the fourth movie I have seen with Maggie Cheung on it, I never expect to recognize actors on foreign films! o The action scenes for the two lead warriors were fantastic, I especially liked when Fong Sau-ching (Yuen Biao) would stab with his sword when arching his back backwards (like a backwards bridge stab?). o One of the best dramatic moments of the movie for me was when Fong Sau-ching saw that court drama on the TV and realized that the Ming Dynasty was finished years ago! o That outfit that Fong Sau-ching wore during the last fight scene, with the shoulder pads attached, is like classic 80s street punk wear! x I am going to watch Buried Alive tonight! x I will keep my eye out for The Vourdalak on streaming!
I really like this movie, especially the Marquis and Sdenka! This movie would make a good double feature with the 1984 film The Company of Wolves. Both have the dark fairy tale/gothic creepy feel!!!
I found it online But there's subtitles I think but they weren't hard-coded and didn't come with the file. So I can't really watch it on my TV so hopefully it'll come out on disc cuz I want to see it.
Thank you 🙏🏻. Look forward to watching the movie. Myself I have much love for fantasy horror which is why I love the Universal Horror monsters & all the great stuff from the likes of Hammer, Amicus etc. If horror becomes too realistic, what often is referred as’ torture porn’ it doesn’t have the fun and enjoyment that I look for. Love your TH-cam channel 👍
@@cobwebschannel Most of the episodes are based around old fairy tales, so you might enjoy it. The Dark Crystal was my favourite movie as a kid. I still love it.
The Vourdalak was way better than I expected it to be. One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. I'll take "bad" practical effects over "good" CGI any day. And these practical effects weren't bad at all.
This movie sounds great. I don't need hard reality in movies . Give me a good ghost, witch, vampire, werewolf movie and i am happy ( except the werewolf vs vampire stuff).
Subtitles are no big deal in horror as there is less dialogue and Shudders foreign horror are far better then ours in the states. When Evil lurks was spectacular.
"There hasn't been a vampire puppet this good, since 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'..." You just became my favorite TH-camr. Truly. Fucking brilliant!! "Die...I can't..."
I 100% agree with your attitude to watching a film. Don't nit-pick. Let it wash over you & go into the dream. It's not meant to be reality. It's one of the things we miss now that cinemas to watch these films in are rarer & rarer.
The Vourdalak is the OG european vampire as a concept - the return to suck the blood of your loved ones is spot on.
First time I heard the name Vourdalak was in the 1963 Mario Bava movie Black Sabbath with Boris Karloff.
Yes, Barack Sabbath. I love this scene at the end where we see how they did the shot of Karloff on a horse! th-cam.com/video/l3zLx0cFwCE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Wfwmk7SvAYk-PiJf
There was an anthology back in the 60s called Black Sabbath and the third story is the story of the Wurderlak. The Wurderlak is played by Karloff. Great anthology movie. You have to see it, if you haven’t already.
Yep, great movie!
Any project that attempts to employ practical effects in an age of CGI monstrosities has my rapt attention and respect.
Hi Daniel! Congrats on 20k+ subs! As a HUGE fan of the many genres of horror, I truly appreciate your passion and effort to bring us these videos.
Thank you so much!!
Aleksey Tolstoy who wrote the original novel, was the cousin of the famous Leo Tolstoy, who wrote War and Peace, Anna Karenina, etc.
Ah I was actually about to Google that question. You've saved me some time. Thank Ya!
I have read Leo's stuff but interested in this guy's vampire novel.
This movie was head and shoulders above "in a violent nature ". It oozes atmosphere, storytelling, folk horror, and style. This movie will go down as a cult classic just like "the love witch".
05:17 - as a matter of fact, in Egger's short film "The Tell Tale Heart", the Old Man with his Pale Blue Eye is played by a puppet!
The new Nosferatu film by director Robert Eggers coming out in theaters this Christmas has me the most hyped for a film this year.
Well, Shucks Daniel😊 you are too kind sir, thank you for the shout out! ❤
You bet, my man!
This movie looks amazing. Thank you so much for putting it on our radar.
Absolutely! Hope you enjoy it!
Great video once again Daniel! One suggestion. Since you now have more than 21,000 subcribers you should ask the studios to send you copies of their recent releases and review them on your channel.
I actually just did that with the new 4K of Case of the Bloody Iris, and they are sending to me! Very excited!
@@cobwebschannel That's great, but I meant you can also ask for review copies from major studios like Warner, Universal etc. of theire recent releases not just boutique labels.
I am going to move the month-end movies to a much more ideal time, which is the date 7-11 (Doane University's anniversary).
The Doane Movie Marathon will be in this order:
x Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (Weird History) -6th
x Fright Night - 5th
x The Legend of Billie Jean (favorite of Our 80s Life) - 4th
x Akira (favorite film of YT channel Morgan Richer) - 3rd
x The Goonies (one of my favorite films)- 2nd
x Blade Runner (One of Shirley Manson's favorite movies) - 1st
Night of the Devils is a great italian version of this story
I gotta look that up…
An excellent film, highly recommended.
Having an all-live cast around a single obvious puppet is an interesting choice; for some reason, the clips you've shown makes me think of Jan Svenkmeyer's Faust, which does the same thing (Mephistopheles is a puppet).
Thanks for telling us about this! I can't wait to see it! I'm leaving this post halfway through because I don't want any further spoilers. You've sold it to me already!
I watched this for the first time last night. Loved it. I also found out about it over the summer months when I was looking up stuff related to Nosferatu so I totally get the Eggers vibe. Also, I thought the puppet added to the whole experience. It was supposed to be a fever dream and it all hit the mark for me!
Thank You for the Review and Video 😀
This tale was adapted as one of the segments of Mario Bava's Black Sabbath. Boris Karloff plays the vurdulak.
Glad to hear some additional opinions on this. I got to see this at a film fest some months ago. The slower pace, the film grain, the practical effects...it felt like a throwback to horror movies from an earlier time (before synth scores were used). It's not particularly frightening, but the movie gets the job done and does it well.
I'm hoping this gets a physical release at some point (at least blu-ray) because I'd love to add it to my horror collection.
This is based in n s short story by a Russian writer and was in a Italian film where Boris Karloff was playing the main vampire
In the Modern world where no one reads, Tolstoy becomes a "Russian Writer". We ar eliterally devolving before my eyes.
It's another Tolstoy @@Valkonnen
Question: Is this the same story that Boris Karloff did in the movie Black Sabbath?
It is! And I actually didn’t realize it until someone else’s comment reminded me.
That definitely sounds like one to look for! It looks like one that our local independent theater might get in for October.
I loved this movie, its atmosphere is so weird and eerie. The vourdalak looks just like a ghost/living dead from the middle ages, as they were depicted in illuminations: rotting corpses, almost skeletons, wrapped in their shrouds. So cool. I would like to see more ghosts or vampires like this one.
Remake of the Black Sabbath episode, "The Vourdalak." The second best episode of the movie after "The Drop of Water."
I’m desperate to have this on physical media, but I haven’t heard any news…
I am now looking forward to this twice as much as before - I am fully behind using a puppet for this.
Like...listen, one of my favourite undeaders ever are the skeletons from A Chinese Ghost Story. (which is like Army of Darkness levels of fake kind of skeleton)
Great choice by the director!
(side note - since you're getting into Hong Kong cinema - you should 100% watch at least the first AChGS! (though all three are great))
Just saw it at the ifc center today and REALLY enjoyed it.
I feel like it takes the Wurdulak story from Black Sabbath with Boris Karloff and improves upon it 10 fold.
Actually planning on seeing it one more time this week.
Loved the novel and segment in "Black Sabbath " . I enjoyed this one
Awesomeness thanks for sharing its on my list friend.
For the month-end films, on June 30th I am going to watch
x Godzilla - 3rd
x The Creature From the Black Lagoon - 2nd
x Beverly Hills Cop - 1st (Going to start this franchise and watch one a day with the last one on July 3rd, when Axel F is released).
x Watched The Iceman Cometh, great movie!
o Thought Maggie Cheung's character Polly was highly impressive, excellent comedic and dramatic performance!
o This was actually the fourth movie I have seen with Maggie Cheung on it, I never expect to recognize actors on foreign films!
o The action scenes for the two lead warriors were fantastic, I especially liked when Fong Sau-ching (Yuen Biao) would stab with his sword when arching his back backwards (like a backwards bridge stab?).
o One of the best dramatic moments of the movie for me was when Fong Sau-ching saw that court drama on the TV and realized that the Ming Dynasty was finished years ago!
o That outfit that Fong Sau-ching wore during the last fight scene, with the shoulder pads attached, is like classic 80s street punk wear!
x I am going to watch Buried Alive tonight!
x I will keep my eye out for The Vourdalak on streaming!
A+ video!
LOVE IT! Awesome breakdown and review!
Where can I see that movie. I search on the web and I can't find a place to watch it
Try soap2dayhd
Soap2dayhd
TH-cam keeps deleting my comment. Peace
Soap 2 day hd without the spaces
I really like this movie, especially the Marquis and Sdenka! This movie would make a good double feature with the 1984 film The Company of Wolves. Both have the dark fairy tale/gothic creepy feel!!!
I found it online But there's subtitles I think but they weren't hard-coded and didn't come with the file. So I can't really watch it on my TV so hopefully it'll come out on disc cuz I want to see it.
Ok you've hooked me. I shall scour the globe to see this! 😊
Thank you 🙏🏻. Look forward to watching the movie. Myself I have much love for fantasy horror which is why I love the Universal Horror monsters & all the great stuff from the likes of Hammer, Amicus etc. If horror becomes too realistic, what often is referred as’ torture porn’ it doesn’t have the fun and enjoyment that I look for. Love your TH-cam channel 👍
It's like having a Muppet in a live action drama.
This movie sounds really cool. I'm sure you already know this, but the story was also adapted as one of the tales in mario Bava's Black Sabbath.
Love Black Sabbath
Although Bram Stoker did not invent the vampire myth, I think he told the best story about it. ❤️ from 🇨🇦
Dracula is my favorite story ever told, so I agree!
I can't wait to see this. The Vourdalak is one of my favorite Vampire short stories.
It looks very interesting. The Wurdulak is my favorite part of Bava's "Black Sabbath." I will keep my eye open for this one.
Great movie, I love every segment. But I think Drop of Water is my favorite.
There’s a 1970s version, Night of the Devils by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Gianni Garko . It’s well worth a watch
I gotta see it!
Jim Henson would approve. Have you ever seen his short-lived series, The Storyteller? You should check it out.
No I haven’t! Sounds interesting. I love his Dark Crystal movie.
@@cobwebschannel Most of the episodes are based around old fairy tales, so you might enjoy it. The Dark Crystal was my favourite movie as a kid. I still love it.
Just watched this and was COMPLETELY blown away. What a fantastic film.
That’s so good to hear!
This movie seems right in my wheelhouse. Thanks for sharing, Daniel.
Absolutely! Hope you can see it soon.
This looks AMAZING and needs to be seen
The microbudget did hurt the movie, even if the prodcution design, though extremely limited, was awesome. The puppetry was the best thing about it.
One of Rob Zombie's absolute best songs is Wurdalak. Essential listening.
Looks awesome
The puppet looks like someone thst would be friends with the Baron and the Sire on What We Do in the Shadows. Not gonna lie...he deserves a cameo!
The Vourdalak was way better than I expected it to be. One of the best movies I've seen in a long time.
I'll take "bad" practical effects over "good" CGI any day. And these practical effects weren't bad at all.
Heck yeah, so glad you enjoyed it!
This movie sounds great. I don't need hard reality in movies . Give me a good ghost, witch, vampire, werewolf movie and i am happy ( except the werewolf vs vampire stuff).
Ok this looks like it's right up my dark, creepy alley. Thanks, my dude! 10/10 fricheks
Damn, now i wanna see this movie...
Hope you can soon!
Is it all in French?
Yes, it is.
Subtitles are no big deal in horror as there is less dialogue and Shudders foreign horror are far better then ours in the states. When Evil lurks was spectacular.
Brilliant movie.
"There hasn't been a vampire puppet this good, since 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'..."
You just became my favorite TH-camr. Truly. Fucking brilliant!!
"Die...I can't..."
I 100% agree with your attitude to watching a film. Don't nit-pick. Let it wash over you & go into the dream. It's not meant to be reality. It's one of the things we miss now that cinemas to watch these films in are rarer & rarer.
Hey, great video 👌🏻 just found this channel
I also review horror movies
Your style is awesome 🤘🏻
Keep it up
P.S. just subed 🙌🏻
Sounds weird enough to perk my attention.
A vampire puppet?
Are you kidding me???
No thanks I'll pass.
hahaha No judgement
@@cobwebschannel but I AM looking forward to the new Nosferatu coming up too 👍
Maybe you liked the spanish film ( others would say basque, not me ) " All the moons ". It's not perfect, but it's worth a look.