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Overview
Release Date:
junio 1974 (USA) másFrase comercial:
Evil Ends Here. másPlot:
A master swordsman and former soldier and his hunchbacked assistant hunt vampires. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Plot Keywords:
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Without a doubt THE most underrated Hammer movie! I wholeheartedly recommend 'Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter' to every horror fan. másCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Horst Janson | ... | Captain Kronos | |
| John Carson | ... | Dr. Marcus | |
| Shane Briant | ... | Paul Durward | |
| Caroline Munro | ... | Carla | |
| John Cater | ... | Prof. Hieronymos Grost | |
| Lois Daine | ... | Sara Durward | |
| William Hobbs | ... | Lord Hagen Durward | |
| Brian Tully | ... | George Sorell | |
| Robert James | ... | Pointer | |
| Perry Soblosky | ... | Barlow | |
| Paul Greenwood | ... | Giles | |
| Lisa Collings | ... | Vanda Sorell | |
| John Hollis | ... | Barman | |
| Ian Hendry | ... | Kerro | |
| Wanda Ventham | ... | Lady Durward |
Additional Details
También conocida como:
Kronos (USA)Vampire Castle
Capitán Kronos, cazador de vampiros (Spain) (DVD title) [es]
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Add content advisory for parentsDuración:
91 minPaís:
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ColorAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 másSonido:
Mono (RCA Sound System)MOVIEmeter: 
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Quotes:
[Kronos's friend Grost, who is a hunchback, has just been mocked for this by Kerro, the village ruffian, and his two companions]Kronos: To make sport of a physical affliction is both impolite and cruel. After all, I wouldn't dream of calling you
[to the man on Kerro's right]
Kronos: Rat Face, or
[to the man on Kerro's left]
Kronos: Fatty, or
[to Kerro himself]
Kronos: Big Mouth!
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Discuss this title with other users on IMDb message board for Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Production date wrong | bazthebad |
| Great film, very inventive | scooby572 |
| Brothers Grimm? | yeah_baby |
| Vampires - Kronos body count... | Buttflop |
| Caroline Munro | ppsantos |
| Best Performance | crookback |
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I'm a big Hammer fan and have been wanting to see 'Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter' for a long, long time. Now finally I own it on DVD and after watching it four times I think it could very well be my favourite from the studio. It's definitely without a doubt THE most underrated Hammer movie. It did poorly at the box office but it now has one of the most enthusiastic cult followings of any Hammer film. Quentin Tarantino is reportedly a big fan of this movie and seeing how it inventively draws upon several genres (e.g. Westerns) it's really no surprise. Hammer's long running Dracula franchise was running out of steam by the early 70s, and they were looking for a new series. Enter Brian Clemens of 'The Avengers' fame, who had previously written 'Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde' for the studio. He came up with some innovative ideas and he thought that this would be the first of many movies to feature the Captain Kronos character. Sadly it wasn't to be, and attempts to spin off a TV series also fell through. Watching it thirty years later I just can't understand why! Anyway, German actor Horst Janson plays Captain Kronos, the enigmatic, sword wielding, dope smoking action hero, and John Cater ('The Abominable Dr. Phibes') is his hunchback assistant Professor Grost. These are two fantastic characters, and I would love to have seen further adventures by them! Horror buffs will also get a kick out of the rest of the cast. The gorgeous Caroline Munro ('Maniac') is a gypsy girl who falls for Kronos, John Carson ('The Plague Of The Zombies') is Kronos' old doctor buddy, Shane Briant ('Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell') is a local young gentleman, and Wanda Ventham (Colonel Virginia Lake in the cult series 'UFO') plays Briant's invalid mother Lady Durward. On top of that there's a fantastic cameo by Ian Hendry ('Repulsion', 'Theatre Of Blood'). Hendry had been one of the original stars of 'The Avengers' playing John Steed's first partner in the little seen early episodes. A hard drinker, his career eventually suffered because of his vices, but he is terrific confronting Kronos in one of the best scenes of the movie. I really find it hard to fault this film. I think it's a forgotten horror classic, and why anyone would even bother contemplating watching the likes of 'Blade' or 'Van Helsing' when 'Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter' is sitting on the shelf waiting to be rediscovered is beyond me! I wholeheartedly recommend this movie to every horror fan. I can't see how any fan of the genre couldn't help but love this unfairly overlooked Hammer gem!