If this is your favorite movie...

Looks like you're the only one, brainofj.

Fearless Vampire Killers is one of my all time favorite films and probably my all time favorite vampire film. I would suggest the original Nosferatu and the 1979 Werner Herzog remake, they may be a bit of a bore to most people but both are artful vampire classics. I also love "Daughters of Darkness" and "Vampires" two 70's female vampire flicks, depending on your sensibilities these two may be a bit risque as they are of the lesbian vampire genre. As far as non vampire movies i would suggest "The Wickerman" or "Blood on Satan's Claw". Also "Blood for Dracula" aka "Andy Warhol's Dracula" is classic and even features Roman Polanski in a brief cameo role.
P.S. I would also suggest the Italian Black Sabbath which is an anthology of 3 stories one of which is a vampire tale called the "Wardulak" with Boris Karloff, it's a great creepy little tale set in eastern Europe. Very good!

I could suggest Dario Argento's Suspiria. Totally different genre but check it out. Let me know if it rings you right.

I do love this film AND Captain Kronos- mostly because of their alternate and folklore based takes on the vampire myth. It has the feel of a fairytale. The scene that cemented this film on my BEST list comes early- when the sleigh is rushing through the snowbanked lanes and the wolves are in pursuit...

I am not sure I can name any film that captures the same feelings as this film...
"Lemora" is the only other film that comes to mind.

From Polanski, Dance Of The Vampires, Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion and Cul-De-Sac are my very favorites.

In the horror genre, Horror Of Dracula, Vampyr (Dreyer), Psycho (Hitchcock's original ofcourse, with Bernard Herrmann's dazzling score) and The Gorgon.

Citizen Kane also has a wonderful Bernard Herrmann score, especially the sleigh ride scene. And (Hitchcock's) Vertigo is dreamlike, with the most beautiful Herrmann music ever.

But apart from those... There's no film like Dance Of The Vampires!



Some of its actors I love in other movies:
- Jack MacGowran in The Exorcist, Cul-De-Sac, and the Avengers' episode The Winged Avenger (1967)
- Alfie Bass in several English films and in Dick Turpin (TV)
- Ferdy Mayne in Barry Lyndon, Fedora, Wallenberg and Pirates
- Sharon Tate (ofcourse,) in Eye Of The Devil and Don't Make Waves
- Terry Downes in A Study In Terror

And Krzysztof Komeda's great music can also be heard in (mostly,) other Polanski films, such as Noz W Wodzie (Knife In The Water, long before they made Dead Calm), Cul-De-Sac and Rosemary's Baby. All his scores are hauntingly good!






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I agree that what makes this movie special are the images and the atmosphere. I've never seen a movie that surpasses this one on those points, however I've seen a few that came close (in my opinion). They are: Brides of Dracula, Where Eagles Dare and John Carpenters The Thing.

I'd recommend Neal Jordan's 1984 film The Company of Wolves. Dreamlike atmosphere, shot and acted like a subversive fairytale. And lycanthropy, like vampirism in Fearless Vampire Killers, is treated as a sort of analogue to sexual desire. A rare find!

Yes, I too rate this as one of my favourite movies of all time. Totally agree with you about the stunning atmosphere and memorable musical score.

Another movie which springs to mind as having similar memorable qualities, like a breathtaking atmosphere and dazzling score, was THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. This was truly my all time favourite Western. There are movies and there are movies, and these films were certainly unforgettable classics of their individual genres!

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