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Release Year1990
Runtime1h 22m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresHorror
Votes12
DirectorIgor Shavlak, Gennadiy Klimov
WritersMarina Sobe-Panek, Igor Shavlak, Gennadiy Klimov
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.4 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe Vampire Family
About The Vampire Family
A newspaper sends a young reporter into the Russian countryside to make a nice, sensationalist yarn out of some strange stories going around. Once in the countryside, Igor is accommodated by a peasant family living in the middle of nowhere close to a ruined church. The family is convinced that their dead patriarch will return from the dead as a blood-drinking fiend exactly nine and a half days after his demise.
Directed by Igor Shavlak, Gennadiy Klimov, The Vampire Family leans on a strong ensemble — Igor Shavlak, Elena Karadzhova, Yuri Katin-Yartsev — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about horror titles of 1990.
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