Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

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Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

R,

1974,

1h 31m,

Horror/

Adventure

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6 Reviews

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60%

2,500+ Ratings

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6 Reviews

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2,500+ Ratings

Debonair supernatural expert Captain Kronos (Horst Janson) and his hunchbacked assistant, Grost (John Cater), meet their match when they encounter a village where vampires have been stealing the vitality of young women, leaving them elderly and decrepit. Armed with his sword and formidable deductive reasoning, Kronos begins to solve the macabre mystery, with evidence pointing to the aristocratic Lady Durward (Wanda Ventham) and her family as prime suspects.

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jan 16, 2025

4/5

The story is clearly marked by the Edgar Allan Poe template which contributed to the Hammer brand identity, but Clemens’s script has a charm and humour of its own.

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Eric Henderson

Slant Magazine

Oct 27, 2003

3/4

Today, irony has started to look more and more like the death knell for serious horror films, and so the relative straightforwardness of a Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter is a welcome throwback.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jan 17, 2025

4/5

…ripe for a reboot, Kronos was widely seen on tv, and offers a recognisable IP due a revival; he’s got his own logo, a swashbuckling look, and a lush barnet... the uberglam Janson and Munro make a great team, and Brian Clemens turns cliches inside out...

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Alberto Abuín

Espinof

Nov 15, 2016

A film with laughable dialogues and some awkwardness in its staging. [Full review in Spanish]

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Oct 21, 2005

3/5

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Apr 6, 2004

4/5

A goofily endearing old chestnut, and one that any self-respecting horror fan will eventually want to check out for themselves.

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Albus S

Nov 16, 2018

I like period piece films .This film take its self very serious. Point being a few scenes were characteristic of melodrama, especially in being exaggerated. In turn ended up playing out hysterically funny!! One great line delivered by Captain Kronos to a vampiric adversary quote "This is God's Blade forged for your Black Heart" was priceless. "Captain Kronos" was an attempt to revive the genre by rewriting the rules.Vampires exist in many forms & vampiric strains , winking at the audience and introducing a swashbuckling new vampire hunter. It is said that Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter is one of Quentin Tarantino's favourite movies . The film is full of rapier-sharp wit and sly charm and I can see why "Captain Kronos" has a major cult following.

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May 26, 2018

Fun, silly film with good, chilling music.

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Brian Clemens

Director

Horst Janson

Captain Kronos

John Cater

Prof. Hieronymos Grost

Caroline Munro

Carla

John Carson

Dr. Marcus

Shane Briant

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Synopsis

Debonair supernatural expert Captain Kronos (Horst Janson) and his hunchbacked assistant, Grost (John Cater), meet their match when they encounter a village where vampires have been stealing the vitality of young women, leaving them elderly and decrepit. Armed with his sword and formidable deductive reasoning, Kronos begins to solve the macabre mystery, with evidence pointing to the aristocratic Lady Durward (Wanda Ventham) and her family as prime suspects.

Director: Brian Clemens
Producer: Brian Clemens, Albert Fennell
Screenwriter: Brian Clemens
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Hammer Film Productions Limited
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 7, 1974, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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