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* ZombieInfectee: Doctor Marcus. He is turned and allows himself to be tied to a chair while begging for a MercyKill. And thus Kronos and Grost use him to test what can kill his specific type of vampire. When they finally find it, Marcus makes note that [[ThisWasHisTrueForm these vampires change when they die]] [[RapidAging back to their original age]] and he thanks the other two men before finally dying.
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* ZombieInfectee: Doctor Marcus. He is turned and allows himself to be tied to a chair while begging for a MercyKill. And thus Kronos and Grost use him to test what can kill his specific type of vampire. When they finally find it, Marcus makes note that [[ThisWasHisTrueForm these vampires change when they die]] [[RapidAging back to their original age]] and he thanks the other two men before finally dying.dying.
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* CigarChomper: Kronos smokes several cigars (pretty thin and quite dandy for the age the film takes place in) throughout the film.
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* AssholeVictim: The overtly cruel bar thug we see in one scene reappears with his fellow goons in a later scene when Kronos and Grost enter the bar looking for information on the vampire they're hunting, insulting the two men and itching for a fight. Kronos kills him and his fellow goons in a SingleStrokeBattle and finds evidence in the man's clothes that he as paid by the vampire to try to kill Kronos and Grost. Neither Kronos, Grost nor the bartender care about the fact that three men had their throats sliced open with a katana and are now lying dead in the middle of the establishment.
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* AssholeVictim: The overtly cruel bar thug we see in one scene reappears with his fellow goons in a later scene when Kronos and Grost enter the bar looking for information on the vampire they're hunting, insulting the two men and itching for a fight. Kronos kills him and his fellow goons in a SingleStrokeBattle and finds evidence in the man's clothes that he as paid by the vampire to try to kill Kronos and Grost. Neither After reassuring the bartender and his wife that he's not going to hurt them, neither Kronos, Grost nor the bartender care about the fact that three men had their throats sliced open with a katana and are now lying dead in the middle of the establishment.
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* CastTheExpert: Fight choreographer William Hobbs plays Hagen.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Kronos finds a man lying face down. He turns him over to check on him -- and his right arm stays lying where it was.
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* RasputinianDeath: Doctor Marcus. After being turned, he asks for a MercyKill from Kronos and he and Grost test several kinds of methods to kill vampires to see what can kill the type that Marcus has been turned into. They find out their vulnerability is iron by sheer chance, and Marcus lives long enough to thank them before passing away.
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-->'''Professor Grost:''' Vampires. Doctor Marcus, it is commonly supposed that a vampire attacks in one way: by biting the neck and draining the victim of blood.
-->'''Doctor Marcus:''' [nods in agreement] That's true.
-->'''Professor Grost:''' The girls you spoke of, they were not drained of blood, but of ''youth''. Of ''life itself''. You see, Doctor, there are as many species of vampires as there are beasts of prey. Their methods and their motive for attack can vary in a hundred different ways. [starts pacing around the room] And their means of their destruction. Ah, the traditional stake through the heart doesn't always hold good, you know? Some can only be destroyed by hanging or decapitation, or fire or water! Or by other means ([[JustShootHim pats model cannon]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill on a nearby table]])!
-->'''Doctor Marcus:''' [nods in agreement] That's true.
-->'''Professor Grost:''' The girls you spoke of, they were not drained of blood, but of ''youth''. Of ''life itself''. You see, Doctor, there are as many species of vampires as there are beasts of prey. Their methods and their motive for attack can vary in a hundred different ways. [starts pacing around the room] And their means of their destruction. Ah, the traditional stake through the heart doesn't always hold good, you know? Some can only be destroyed by hanging or decapitation, or fire or water! Or by other means ([[JustShootHim pats model cannon]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill on a nearby table]])!
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Lady Durwood, who resurrected her husband as a vampire.]]
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* CrapsackWorld: Medieval England is stuck right in TheDungAges. A plague just happened, there's a civil war so horrific that soldiers regularly desert regardless of if they won or lost, and the religious fervor is so great that you can be put on the stocks fro dancing on a Sunday. Meanwhile, vampires stalk the countryside, and there are enough species with different weaknesses that you'll most likely not figure out how to kill it until it's far too late.
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* KatanasAreJustBetter: Kronos carries both a katana and a sabre, and appears to favour the katana for everyday use. However, he uses a medieval-style arming sword in the final fight.
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* KatanasAreJustBetter: An UnbuiltTrope: Kronos carries both a katana and a sabre, and appears to favour the katana for everyday use. However, he uses a medieval-style arming sword in the final fight.fight, specially forged for the occasion.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Evidence not only that a person is dead, but that they’ve been killed by a vampire.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Evidence not only that a person is dead, but that they’ve they've been killed by a vampire.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Downplayed with Kronos himself, as Carla wonders why he’s so rough in bed (at the time, he’s left her with a bleeding lip, although she doesn't seem [[CasualKink very upset]]). He gives a FreudianExcuse about his family becoming vampires, and kissing therefore having ugly implications for him.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Downplayed with Kronos himself, as Carla wonders why he’s he's so rough in bed (at the time, he’s he's left her with a bleeding lip, although she doesn't seem [[CasualKink very upset]]). He gives a FreudianExcuse about his family becoming vampires, and kissing therefore having ugly implications for him.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Professor Grost explains that there are as many different kinds of vampire as there are predatory beasts. This particular one sucks out its victim’s youth, is unaffected by daylight, appears in mirrors, and is killed by an iron blade to the heart. Oh, and the passage of a vampire will resurrect a dead toad
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Professor Grost explains that there are as many different kinds of vampire as there are predatory beasts. This particular one sucks out its victim’s victim's youth, is unaffected by daylight, appears in mirrors, and is killed by an iron blade to the heart. Oh, and the passage of a vampire will resurrect a dead toadtoad.
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* MsFanservice: Carla’s primary role in the film is to smoulder a lot, and sleep with Kronos. She does not appear to own a bra. Or a pair of shoes...
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* MsFanservice: Carla’s primary role in the film is to smoulder a lot, and sleep with Kronos. She does not appear to own a bra. [[DoesNotLikeShoes Or a pair of shoes...]]
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* HotGypsyWoman: Carla is not explicitly identified as being of that ethnicity, but has all the typical features.
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* ZombieInfectee: Doctor Marcus.
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* SwordFight: The final duel is notable for being one of the earlier works of William Hobbs (who went on to choreograph the action in ''Film/TheDuellists, Film/RobinAndMarian, Film/RobRoy'', ''Film/TheDuellists'', ''Film/RobinAndMarian'', ''Film/RobRoy'', and ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973''). Hobbs himself plays Hagen.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Downplayed with Kronos himself, as Carla wonders why he’s so rough in bed (at the time, he’s left her with a bleeding lip). He gives a FreudianExcuse about his family becoming vampires, and kissing therefore having ugly implications for him.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Semi-averted Downplayed with Kronos himself, as Carla wonders why he’s so rough in bed (at the time, he’s left her with a bleeding lip). He gives a FreudianExcuse about his family becoming vampires, and kissing therefore having ugly implications for him.
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A 1972 (released 1974) Franchise/HammerHorror film about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a captain, named Kronos, who hunts vampires]].
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A 1972 (released 1974) Franchise/HammerHorror Film/HammerHorror film about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a captain, named Kronos, who hunts vampires]].
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A 1972 (released 1974) HammerHorror film about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a captain, named Kronos, who hunts vampires]].
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* DualWielding: Kronos vs. six angry villagers. Sabre in his right hand, Katana in his left.
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* SwordFight: The final duel is notable for being one of the earlier works of William Hobbs (who went on to choreograph the action in ''Film/TheDuellists, Film/RobinAndMarian, Film/RobRoy'', and ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973'').
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* SwordFight: The final duel is notable for being one of the earlier works of William Hobbs (who went on to choreograph the action in ''Film/TheDuellists, Film/RobinAndMarian, Film/RobRoy'', and ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973''). Hobbs himself plays Hagen.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Professor Grost explains that there are as many different kinds of vampire as there are predatory beasts. This particular one sucks out its victim’s youth, Is unaffected by daylight, appears in mirrors, and is killed by an iron blade to the heart. Oh, and the passage of a vampire will resurrect a dead toad.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Professor Grost explains that there are as many different kinds of vampire as there are predatory beasts. This particular one sucks out its victim’s youth, Is is unaffected by daylight, appears in mirrors, and is killed by an iron blade to the heart. Oh, and the passage of a vampire will resurrect a dead toad.toad
* RasputinianDeath: Doctor Marcus.
* RasputinianDeath: Doctor Marcus.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Kronos finds a man lying face down. He turns him over to check on him -- and his right arm stays lying where it was.
* AnArmAndALeg: Kronos finds a man lying face down. He turns him over to check on him -- and his right arm stays lying where it was.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Strongly (and, according to writer/director Brian Clemens, intentionally) hinted at between Paul and Sara Durwood.
* StealthHiBye: Kronos does this at one point.
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* SwordFight: The final duel is notable for being one of the earlier works of William Hobbs (who went on to choreograph the action in Film/TheDuellists, ''Film/TheDuellists, Film/RobinAndMarian, Film/RobRoy, Film/RobRoy'', and Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973).''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973'').
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* MsFanservice: Carla’s primary role in the film is to smoulder a lot, and sleep with Kronos. She does not appear to own a bra.
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* BadassLonghair: Kronos’s hair is not really 19th century standard.
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* {{Bifauxnen}}: Sara, who keeps her hair short and frequently wears men's clothing.
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With his village plagued by a string of mysterious deaths, which leave the victims looking withered with age, former military surgeon Doctor Marcus calls on his old army buddy Captain Kronos to investigate. Kronos rides into town on a black horse, accompanied by his hunchbacked assistant Professor Hieronymous Grost, and Carla, a beautiful woman he rescued on the road, and finds himself faced with two problems: First, working out exactly who the vampire is, and second, working out [[OurVampiresAreDifferent exactly how it can be killed]].
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With his village plagued by a string of mysterious deaths, which leave the victims looking withered with age, former military surgeon Doctor Marcus calls on his old army buddy Captain Kronos to investigate. Kronos rides into town on a black horse, accompanied by his hunchbacked assistant Professor Hieronymous Grost, and Carla, a beautiful woman he rescued on the road, and finds himself faced with two problems: First, working out exactly who the vampire is, and second, working out [[OurVampiresAreDifferent exactly how it can be killed]].
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AnArmAndALeg: Kronos finds a man lying face down. He turns him over to check on him -- and his right arm stays lying where it was.
AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Doctor Marcus.
AristocratsAreEvil: The Durwards.
AwesomeMcCoolname: Kronos himself, and Professor Hieronymous Grost.
BadassLonghair: Kronos’s hair is not really 19th century standard.
TheBait: Carla is sent in to draw the vampires out.
BarehandedBladeBlock: Kronos learns why this is a bad idea.
BloodFromTheMouth: Evidence not only that a person is dead, but that they’ve been killed by a vampire.
ButNowIMustGo: Kronos at the end.
ChekhovsGun: Hagen’s tombstone, and its inscription relating his swordsmanship.
DualWielding: Kronos vs. six angry villagers. Sabre in his right hand, Katana in his left.
EstablishingCharacterMoment: The leading bar thug. Humiliating a tavern wench, then threatening to kill a man who fails to laugh at her misery.
FelonyMisdemeanour: We meet Carla in the pillory, for the crime of dancing on a Sunday.
ForgingScene: The Professor transforms an iron crucifix into a cruciform sword, with which Kronos can kill the vampire.
GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Semi-averted with Kronos himself, as Carla wonders why he’s so rough in bed (at the time, he’s left her with a bleeding lip). He gives a FreudianExcuse about his family becoming vampires, and kissing therefore having ugly implications for him.
IajutsuPractitioner: Kronos himself.
GoryDiscretionShot: The vampire attacks all happen just off screen.
HumanShield: Kronos uses Hagen’s own mesmerised daughter as cover.
InTheHood: Hagen.
KatanasAreJustBetter: Kronos carries both a katana and a sabre, and appears to favour the katana for everyday use. However, he uses a medieval-style arming sword in the final fight.
LockAndLoadMontage: Carla and the Professor load Kronos up with painted-on crosses, garlic flowers, and his special sword.
MasterSwordsman: Kronos and Hagen (the finest swordsman of his time)
MsFanservice: Carla’s primary role in the film is to smoulder a lot, and sleep with Kronos. She does not appear to own a bra.
NoOntologicalInertia: When killed, vampires return to their true age.
OurVampiresAreDifferent: Professor Grost explains that there are as many different kinds of vampire as there are predatory beasts. This particular one sucks out its victim’s youth, Is unaffected by daylight, appears in mirrors, and is killed by an iron blade to the heart. Oh, and the passage of a vampire will resurrect a dead toad.
ScarsAreForever: Hagen still bears the marks of the plague that killed him, and Kronos has a long scar on his side. Doctor Marcus (who served with him in the army) explains it:
AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Doctor Marcus.
AristocratsAreEvil: The Durwards.
AwesomeMcCoolname: Kronos himself, and Professor Hieronymous Grost.
BadassLonghair: Kronos’s hair is not really 19th century standard.
TheBait: Carla is sent in to draw the vampires out.
BarehandedBladeBlock: Kronos learns why this is a bad idea.
BloodFromTheMouth: Evidence not only that a person is dead, but that they’ve been killed by a vampire.
ButNowIMustGo: Kronos at the end.
ChekhovsGun: Hagen’s tombstone, and its inscription relating his swordsmanship.
DualWielding: Kronos vs. six angry villagers. Sabre in his right hand, Katana in his left.
EstablishingCharacterMoment: The leading bar thug. Humiliating a tavern wench, then threatening to kill a man who fails to laugh at her misery.
FelonyMisdemeanour: We meet Carla in the pillory, for the crime of dancing on a Sunday.
ForgingScene: The Professor transforms an iron crucifix into a cruciform sword, with which Kronos can kill the vampire.
GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Semi-averted with Kronos himself, as Carla wonders why he’s so rough in bed (at the time, he’s left her with a bleeding lip). He gives a FreudianExcuse about his family becoming vampires, and kissing therefore having ugly implications for him.
IajutsuPractitioner: Kronos himself.
GoryDiscretionShot: The vampire attacks all happen just off screen.
HumanShield: Kronos uses Hagen’s own mesmerised daughter as cover.
InTheHood: Hagen.
KatanasAreJustBetter: Kronos carries both a katana and a sabre, and appears to favour the katana for everyday use. However, he uses a medieval-style arming sword in the final fight.
LockAndLoadMontage: Carla and the Professor load Kronos up with painted-on crosses, garlic flowers, and his special sword.
MasterSwordsman: Kronos and Hagen (the finest swordsman of his time)
MsFanservice: Carla’s primary role in the film is to smoulder a lot, and sleep with Kronos. She does not appear to own a bra.
NoOntologicalInertia: When killed, vampires return to their true age.
OurVampiresAreDifferent: Professor Grost explains that there are as many different kinds of vampire as there are predatory beasts. This particular one sucks out its victim’s youth, Is unaffected by daylight, appears in mirrors, and is killed by an iron blade to the heart. Oh, and the passage of a vampire will resurrect a dead toad.
ScarsAreForever: Hagen still bears the marks of the plague that killed him, and Kronos has a long scar on his side. Doctor Marcus (who served with him in the army) explains it:
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ShirtlessScene: Kronos seems to like showing off his scars.
SmartPeoplePlayChess: The Professor and Doctor Marcus.
StockPunishment: How Carla is introduced.
SwordFight: The final duel is notable for being one of the earlier works of William Hobbs (who went on to choreograph the action in Film/TheDuellists, Film/RobinAndMarian, Film/RobRoy, and Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973).
ZombieInfectee: Doctor Marcus
SmartPeoplePlayChess: The Professor and Doctor Marcus.
StockPunishment: How Carla is introduced.
SwordFight: The final duel is notable for being one of the earlier works of William Hobbs (who went on to choreograph the action in Film/TheDuellists, Film/RobinAndMarian, Film/RobRoy, and Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973).
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With his village plagued by a string of mysterious deaths, which leave the victims looking withered with age, former military surgeon Doctor Marcus calls on his old army buddy Captain Kronos to investigate. Kronos rides into town on a black horse, accompanied by his hunchbacked assistant Professor Hieronymous Grost, and Carla, a beautiful woman he rescued on the road, and finds himself faced with two problems: First, working out exactly who the vampire is, and second, working out [[OurVampiresAreDifferent exactly how it can be killed]].
!!Provides examples of:
AnArmAndALeg: Kronos finds a man lying face down. He turns him over to check on him -- and his right arm stays lying where it was.
AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Doctor Marcus.
AristocratsAreEvil: The Durwards.
AwesomeMcCoolname: Kronos himself, and Professor Hieronymous Grost.
BadassLonghair: Kronos’s hair is not really 19th century standard.
TheBait: Carla is sent in to draw the vampires out.
BarehandedBladeBlock: Kronos learns why this is a bad idea.
BloodFromTheMouth: Evidence not only that a person is dead, but that they’ve been killed by a vampire.
ButNowIMustGo: Kronos at the end.
ChekhovsGun: Hagen’s tombstone, and its inscription relating his swordsmanship.
DualWielding: Kronos vs. six angry villagers. Sabre in his right hand, Katana in his left.
EstablishingCharacterMoment: The leading bar thug. Humiliating a tavern wench, then threatening to kill a man who fails to laugh at her misery.
FelonyMisdemeanour: We meet Carla in the pillory, for the crime of dancing on a Sunday.
ForgingScene: The Professor transforms an iron crucifix into a cruciform sword, with which Kronos can kill the vampire.
GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Semi-averted with Kronos himself, as Carla wonders why he’s so rough in bed (at the time, he’s left her with a bleeding lip). He gives a FreudianExcuse about his family becoming vampires, and kissing therefore having ugly implications for him.
IajutsuPractitioner: Kronos himself.
GoryDiscretionShot: The vampire attacks all happen just off screen.
HumanShield: Kronos uses Hagen’s own mesmerised daughter as cover.
InTheHood: Hagen.
KatanasAreJustBetter: Kronos carries both a katana and a sabre, and appears to favour the katana for everyday use. However, he uses a medieval-style arming sword in the final fight.
LockAndLoadMontage: Carla and the Professor load Kronos up with painted-on crosses, garlic flowers, and his special sword.
MasterSwordsman: Kronos and Hagen (the finest swordsman of his time)
MsFanservice: Carla’s primary role in the film is to smoulder a lot, and sleep with Kronos. She does not appear to own a bra.
NoOntologicalInertia: When killed, vampires return to their true age.
OurVampiresAreDifferent: Professor Grost explains that there are as many different kinds of vampire as there are predatory beasts. This particular one sucks out its victim’s youth, Is unaffected by daylight, appears in mirrors, and is killed by an iron blade to the heart. Oh, and the passage of a vampire will resurrect a dead toad.
ScarsAreForever: Hagen still bears the marks of the plague that killed him, and Kronos has a long scar on his side. Doctor Marcus (who served with him in the army) explains it:
-->“I know you’ve got guts, Kronos. I’ve seen them.”
ShirtlessScene: Kronos seems to like showing off his scars.
SmartPeoplePlayChess: The Professor and Doctor Marcus.
StockPunishment: How Carla is introduced.
SwordFight: The final duel is notable for being one of the earlier works of William Hobbs (who went on to choreograph the action in Film/TheDuellists, Film/RobinAndMarian, Film/RobRoy, and Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973).
ZombieInfectee: Doctor Marcus
With his village plagued by a string of mysterious deaths, which leave the victims looking withered with age, former military surgeon Doctor Marcus calls on his old army buddy Captain Kronos to investigate. Kronos rides into town on a black horse, accompanied by his hunchbacked assistant Professor Hieronymous Grost, and Carla, a beautiful woman he rescued on the road, and finds himself faced with two problems: First, working out exactly who the vampire is, and second, working out [[OurVampiresAreDifferent exactly how it can be killed]].
!!Provides examples of:
AnArmAndALeg: Kronos finds a man lying face down. He turns him over to check on him -- and his right arm stays lying where it was.
AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Doctor Marcus.
AristocratsAreEvil: The Durwards.
AwesomeMcCoolname: Kronos himself, and Professor Hieronymous Grost.
BadassLonghair: Kronos’s hair is not really 19th century standard.
TheBait: Carla is sent in to draw the vampires out.
BarehandedBladeBlock: Kronos learns why this is a bad idea.
BloodFromTheMouth: Evidence not only that a person is dead, but that they’ve been killed by a vampire.
ButNowIMustGo: Kronos at the end.
ChekhovsGun: Hagen’s tombstone, and its inscription relating his swordsmanship.
DualWielding: Kronos vs. six angry villagers. Sabre in his right hand, Katana in his left.
EstablishingCharacterMoment: The leading bar thug. Humiliating a tavern wench, then threatening to kill a man who fails to laugh at her misery.
FelonyMisdemeanour: We meet Carla in the pillory, for the crime of dancing on a Sunday.
ForgingScene: The Professor transforms an iron crucifix into a cruciform sword, with which Kronos can kill the vampire.
GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Semi-averted with Kronos himself, as Carla wonders why he’s so rough in bed (at the time, he’s left her with a bleeding lip). He gives a FreudianExcuse about his family becoming vampires, and kissing therefore having ugly implications for him.
IajutsuPractitioner: Kronos himself.
GoryDiscretionShot: The vampire attacks all happen just off screen.
HumanShield: Kronos uses Hagen’s own mesmerised daughter as cover.
InTheHood: Hagen.
KatanasAreJustBetter: Kronos carries both a katana and a sabre, and appears to favour the katana for everyday use. However, he uses a medieval-style arming sword in the final fight.
LockAndLoadMontage: Carla and the Professor load Kronos up with painted-on crosses, garlic flowers, and his special sword.
MasterSwordsman: Kronos and Hagen (the finest swordsman of his time)
MsFanservice: Carla’s primary role in the film is to smoulder a lot, and sleep with Kronos. She does not appear to own a bra.
NoOntologicalInertia: When killed, vampires return to their true age.
OurVampiresAreDifferent: Professor Grost explains that there are as many different kinds of vampire as there are predatory beasts. This particular one sucks out its victim’s youth, Is unaffected by daylight, appears in mirrors, and is killed by an iron blade to the heart. Oh, and the passage of a vampire will resurrect a dead toad.
ScarsAreForever: Hagen still bears the marks of the plague that killed him, and Kronos has a long scar on his side. Doctor Marcus (who served with him in the army) explains it:
-->“I know you’ve got guts, Kronos. I’ve seen them.”
ShirtlessScene: Kronos seems to like showing off his scars.
SmartPeoplePlayChess: The Professor and Doctor Marcus.
StockPunishment: How Carla is introduced.
SwordFight: The final duel is notable for being one of the earlier works of William Hobbs (who went on to choreograph the action in Film/TheDuellists, Film/RobinAndMarian, Film/RobRoy, and Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973).
ZombieInfectee: Doctor Marcus
