News, 11.09.2024

DIAMETRALE Nachtvisionen 2024

6th Edition, »Vampire's Kiss«

DIAMETRALE Nachtvisionen 2024, 6th Edition

10 — 12 Oktober 2024 at Cinematograph Innsbruck

Vampire’s Kiss

Since Murnau’s Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror (1922), blood-sucking undead have been as integral to cinema as the rattling of the projector. They shimmer in numerous facets: repulsive and ugly like Max Schreck, elegant and mysterious like Bela Lugosi, or attractive and terrifying like Christopher Lee.

The history of film can be traced through countless adaptations of the vampire myth: vampires flutter in expressionist horror films, shape the genre cinema in Hammer Films productions of the 50s, embody erotic fantasies in 70s B-movies, or intertwine pop culture with social criticism in contemporary series.

This year’s Nachtvisionen presents a particularly biting triptych: an absolute underground shocker in dark no-future style from Vienna, one of the few sexploitation vampire films by a female director, and a skillful revival of the genre from the Far East.

In this spirit - carpe noctem!

Organised by DIAMETRALE and Kulturkollektiv ContrApunkt

Trailer DIAMETRALE Nachtvisionen 2024