Cinema is a screen onto which we can project our fears, torments and the monstrosities of the world. The screen protects us from what we see, but cinema has also permanently anchored our nightmares around a few powerful images (empty houses, hostile attics and basements, demonic masks, bloodcurdling grimaces, disturbing postures). Throughout the summer, the Cinémathèque québécoise will be presenting a series of films encompassing more than one hundred and twenty years of horror, reminding us that what scares us most is to make the deepest of our fears tangible and credible.
Dreyer's adaptation of a classic fantasy subject with vampires, a mysterious castle and the struggle between good and evil.
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer (February 1889 – 20 March 1968) was a Danish film director. He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. He also started the genre of scary public information films with They Caught the Ferry (1948). The Passion of Joan of Arc was considered to be one of the greatest movies of all time, renowned for its cinematography and use of close-ups. His other best known films include Michael (1924), Vampyr (1932), Day of Wrath (1943), Ordet (1955), and Gertrud (1964).
