Review of The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris (1915) by Tom K — 04 Apr 2012

I was fooled by the image of woman with dark eyes and teeth showing into thinking this was an early silent horror film, made before Nosferatu, but I still liked it even though it wasn't. Basically it is a six hour thirty-nine minute serial, a long film split into ten parts.

Great fun if it weren't so unnecessarily long. Like early pulp fiction its nonstop use of dastardly doings, devious schemes, and nasty devices may keep you coming back for the next episode time and time again (same bat time, same bat channel) but the plot will probably slow you down in the end.

I really enjoyed Les Vampires though, it rockets along and is great fun. If you enjoy silent films I would definitely recommend watching this.