{"id":35313,"date":"2015-11-16T12:31:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T19:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35313"},"modified":"2020-12-15T11:29:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T18:29:41","slug":"captain-kronos-vampire-hunter-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35313","title":{"rendered":"Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Age frightens me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Poster.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs young women&#8217;s youth is sucked from their bodies by a black-hooded vampire, a vigilante swordfighter (Horst Janson) and his hunch-backed assistant (John Cater) are summoned by their doctor-friend (John Carson) to solve the mystery, which seems to involve a local nobleman (Shane Briant), his sister (Lois Dane), and their aged mother (Wanda Ventham).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Vampires<\/li>\n<li>Vigilantes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary argues that this &#8220;cult film&#8221; &#8212; written and directed by Brian Clemens, the &#8220;driving force behind television&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Avengers_(TV_series)\"><em>The Avengers<\/em><\/a>&#8221; &#8212; has an &#8220;interesting assortment of characters, some spooky vampire-attack scenes, and splendid atmosphere&#8221;, but &#8220;never quite reaches its potential&#8221;. He notes that &#8220;Kronos is a strange warrior&#8221;, &#8220;capable of slicing up three bullies before they can draw their swords (in a Sergio Leone-type scene), but he mostly bides his time&#8221; as he &#8220;makes love to a peasant girl&#8221; (Caroline Munro), &#8220;covers his body with leeches to drain his blood, and patiently plans his course of action&#8221;. Actually, Kronos himself &#8212; at least as played by Janson &#8212; is the film&#8217;s primary problem: he cuts a dashing figure but is ultimately not very charismatic; nearly all the supporting players have more juice and nuance to them. It may have been a deliberate choice to frame Kronos as stoic and mysterious &#8212; but a film focused on an unusual superhero should (arguably) make that character intrinsically compelling. With that said, the final swordfight is creatively filmed, and I&#8217;ll admit I was kept in suspense about the identity of the killer-vampire. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Modern film fanatics will likely sense a Tarantino-esque air to the movie; I was particularly reminded of <em>Django Unchained<\/em> (2012). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine cinematography and direction<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Direction2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Direction2-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Direction2-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Direction2-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Direction2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Direction2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Direction.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Direction-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Direction-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Direction-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Direction-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Direction.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creative, colorful sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Sets-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Sets-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Sets-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Sets-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Captain-Kronos-Sets.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but I think most film fanatics would be curious to see it given its cult status. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0071276\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/horror\/captainkronosvampirehunter.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/captain-kronos-vampire-hunter\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Age frightens me.&#8221; Synopsis: As young women&#8217;s youth is sucked from their bodies by a black-hooded vampire, a vigilante swordfighter (Horst Janson) and his hunch-backed assistant (John Cater) are summoned by their doctor-friend (John Carson) to solve the mystery, which seems to involve a local nobleman (Shane Briant), his sister (Lois Dane), and their aged mother (Wanda Ventham). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Horror Vampires Vigilantes Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary argues that this &#8220;cult film&#8221; &#8212; written and directed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35313\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35313"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58032,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35313\/revisions\/58032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}