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 | | A vampire hunter (Jack MacGowran) and his inept assistant (Roman Polanski) conspire to rescue the beautiful Sarah (Sharon Tate) from the clutches of the evil Count von Krolock (Ferdy Mayne), a vampire who has been terrorizing the local village. |
 | | Polanski, however, takes the traditional vampire myth and spins some hilarious new variations on it, like his introduction of both a Jewish vampire (he's immune to the sign of the cross) and a homosexual bloodsucker into the plot. |
 | | Most striking of all is the way Polanski is able to transition smoothly from knockabout slapstick sequences to scenes that are genuinely dark and disturbing, like von Krolock's descent through the snow-covered skylight as Sarah takes her bath. |
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