1985 · horror · vampire · classic
Vampire Hunter D
Directed by Toyoo Ashida1h 20m1985
In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
Our read: Vampire Hunter D (1985) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive horror · vampire · classic entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured horror / vampire, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
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