Carl-Theodor Dreyer

Ruy De Mendoza, Sheriff of a provincial Spanish town during the time of the Inquisition, investigates a series of heinous crimes. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, Ruy finds himself in the middle of a dark and dangerous conspiracy.

Day of Wrath -- Ruy De Mendoza (Christopher Lambert) is Sheriff of a Spanish town during the time of the Inquisition. Noblemen found butchered, only for the corpses to vanish shortly afterwards and the crime scenes cleaned up. As Ruy investigates, he finds that even the widows of the murdered men deny anything occurred. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, Ruy finds himself in a conspiracy that threatens his own life and that of his family.

At the height of the Spanish Inquisition, high-ranking noblemen begin dropping like flies, with alarming frequency and unexplained violence. But can local 16th-century sheriff Ruy de Mendoza (Christopher Lambert) discern who's responsible when no one wants to cooperate? After all, before Mendoza can even identify the bodies, the crime scenes are mysteriously cleared -- and the villagers pretend the murders never happened.

Ruy De Mendoza (Christopher Lambert) is Sheriff of a Spanish town during the time of the Inquisition. Noblemen found butchered, only for the corpses to vanish shortly afterwards and the crime scenes cleaned up. As Ruy investigates, he finds that even the widows of the murdered men deny anything occurred. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, Ruy finds himself in a conspiracy that threatens his own life and that of his family.

Ruy De Mendoza (Christopher Lambert) is Sheriff of a Spanish town during the time of the Inquisition. Noblemen found butchered, only for the corpses to vanish shortly afterwards and the crime scenes cleaned up. As Ruy investigates, he finds that even the widows of the murdered men deny anything occurred. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, Ruy finds himself in a conspiracy that threatens his own life and that of his family.

Ruy De Mendoza (Christopher Lambert) is Sheriff of a provincial Spanish town during the time of the Inquisition. Prominent Noblemen and their guards are found butchered, bloody, letters carved with a knife on their chest – only for the corpses to vanish shortly afterwards and the crime scenes completely cleaned up. As Ruy investigates what is behind these heinous crimes, he finds a mystifying wall of silence, where even the widows of the murdered men deny anything might have occurred. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, Ruy finds himself in the middle of a dark and dangerous conspiracy that soon threatens not only his own life, but that of his family.

Freely adapted from classic Victorian supernatural tales by author Sheridan Le Fanu, "Vampyr" tells the story of a young man who becomes involved with two sisters, one of whom, wasting away with a strange sickness, turns out to be the victim of a vampire. Director Carl Theodor Dreyer transformed Le Fanu's horror tales into a mystic quest, a meditation on the theme of death, and neatly fashioned it as an abstract experimental film. The camera is like a sleepwalker, leading us, trancelike, into a labyrinth from which cause and effect have disappeared. The hauntingly sinister atmosphere created is disquieting and unforgettable.

Freely adapted from classic Victorian supernatural tales by author Sheridan Le Fanu, "Vampyr" tells the story of a young man who becomes involved with two sisters, one of whom, wasting away with a strange sickness, turns out to be the victim of a vampire. Director Carl Theodor Dreyer transformed Le Fanu's horror tales into a mystic quest, a meditation on the theme of death, and neatly fashioned it as an abstract experimental film. The camera is like a sleepwalker, leading us, trancelike, into a labyrinth from which cause and effect have disappeared. The hauntingly sinister atmosphere created is disquieting and unforgettable.

If you're looking for a fast paced horror film with lots of action go on to another movie in our listings. If you like mood and atmosphere this is probably the greatest horror movie ever made. The use of light, shadow, and camera angles is translated into a pureness of horror seldom equaled, in this chilling vampire-in-a-castle tale.

If you're looking for a fast paced horror film with lots of action go on to another movie in our listings. If you like mood and atmosphere this is probably the greatest horror movie ever made. The use of light, shadow, and camera angles is translated into a pureness of horror seldom equaled, in this chilling vampire-in-a-castle tale.

Ruy De Mendoza, Sheriff of a provincial Spanish town during the time of the Inquisition, investigates a series of heinous crimes. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, Ruy finds himself in the middle of a dark and dangerous conspiracy.