Vampires Don't Just Drink Blood in the Trailer for 'Strigoi'
07.16.09 By: Peter Hall
Strigoi, a British film set and cast in Romania (but with English dialog), is proud to define itself as a "Vampire movie that defies categorization", but I'll give it the 'ole college try: Cemetery Man with blood suckers instead of brain eaters. Phew, that wasn't so bad. Granted, I haven't seen the movie, but judging from a trailer that blends grave digging (and rising) with a small village's comedy of errors it seems an apt comparison. And considering I hold Cemetery Man in the highest of high regards found in High Regard's Mountain-Side Township, that's not something I am wont to say lightly.How can you not develop at least a schoolboy horror crush on a movie who's trailer opens with "Some people are born Strigoi and some people become Strigoi after death," and ends with that same Transylvanian tongued woman saying, "You're a good boy, Vlad. Cut out his heart."?
For more on what exactly a strigoi is head over to wikipedia, but not until clicking over to the official Strigoi site for the first trailer (a slightly different version is embeded below) and soundbyte goodness. While you're there, mouse over "About Strigoi" at the top of the page for a quick giggle. Unless you're at work, in which case, it wasn't me who told you to.
Thanks to 24FramesPerSecond.net for the find.
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Reader Comments (1 of 1)
Matthew Vincentat 7-21-2009
That film looks like it will be pretty good. With all the vampire fever going on in popular culture (namely teen novels), it is good to see a film that will perhaps unmask the folkloric creature that was Bram Stoker's main influence (along with Vlad Tepes) in creating what the modern vampire has become. My friend and I went to Transylvania and filmed stories pertaining to Strigoi amongst other entities with the local villagers. The beliefs are still there but are dying by the day. When you have time maybe you could check out our website:
www.acrosstheforest.com
And thanks for bringing this to my attention.