History Film / CaptainKronosVampireHunter

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Carla goes barefoot throughout the entire film.

* 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...]]

* MysteriousPast: Most of Kronos' past, where he came from, and how long he's been doing his gig are left vague. Grost says Kronos is "formerly of the Imperial Guard," and he served alongside Marcus, but what empire is never explained and the only hint is that his family became vampires. How he got his katana alone would be enough to have a story about it.
The Durwards themselves. [[spoiler: Lady Durward is revealed to be a Karnstein by birth, but it's her husband who had a library containing books on witchcraft and necromancy. Just how deeply the pair of them were into the occult and life after death before Lord Hagen died of an inconvenient plague isn't touched on, any more than the reasons behind Lady Durward's sudden aging, fake or not.]]

** Lady Durward's [[spoiler:Karnstein heritage]] is mentioned, but there are still questions to be asked. Is the [[spoiler:draining of youth via a kiss her vampire sub-group's actual method of feeding, or is in in fact a method of life-stealing specific to whatever form of necromantic sorcery she used to resurrect her husband from the grave?]]
Given that she's produced a son and a daughter, and that she speaks of it [[spoiler:taking years for her to master whatever aspects of her Karnstein heritage allow her to bring Hagen back as a vampire]] was Lady Durward [[spoiler:always a vampire, or was she a mortal woman whose grief at her husband's early death from plague drove her to research her family's heritage of dealings with The Devil and discover a route to vampiric immortality that way? We're also shown that the late Lord Hagen's library included books on witchcraft and necromancy, so it's possible that the elder Durwards were always interested in the occult, but Lady Durward only took it completely seriously after her husband died of plague]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Slake is the head Vampire and also the most foreboding in combat. [[spoiler: Though adverted with his ''other'' Vampire Elders in charge of Serechurch, who go down fairly easily. Kronos points out that unlike the Slake, they've been living off the fat of the land and thus are in no fighting shape.]]

* MysteriousPast: Most of Kronos' past, where he came from, and how long he's been doing his gig are left vague. Grost says Kronos is "formerly of the Imperial Guard," but what empire is never explained and the only hint is that his family became vampires. How he got his katana alone would be enough to have a story about it.

Given that she's produced a son and a daughter, and that she speaks of it [[spoiler:taking years for her to master whatever aspects of her Karnstein heritage allow her to bring Hagen back as a vampire]] was Lady Durward [[spoiler:always a vampire, or was she a mortal woman whose grief at her husband's early death from plague drove her to research her family's heritage of dealings with The Devil and discover a route to vampiric immortality that way?]]

* AristocratsAreEvil: The Durwards. [[spoiler:More or less averted. While Lady Durward is the main villain and her husband likewise causes much of the supernatural bloodshed, she's actually a Karnstein by birth and he's been raised from the dead as a vampire using some form of necromancy, so might not be quite himself. For their own parts David and Sara Durward seem to be a rather pleasant pair, going as far as to allow a frightened gypsy girl to stay the night in their home without much in the way of suspicion, interrogation or saucy funny business, though there may be a reason for [[IncestSubtext that]].]]

Hammer Studios has made the film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsWAVsRefSg available for free]] on Youtube.

* AristocratsAreEvil: The Durwards. [[spoiler:More or less averted. While Lady Durward is the main villain and her husband likewise causes much of the supernatural bloodshed, she's actually a Karnstein by birth and he's been raised from the dead as a vampire using some form of necromancy, so might not be quite himself. For their own parts David and Sara Durward seem to be a rather pleasant pair, going as far as to allow a frightened gypsy girl to stay the night in their home without much in the way of suspicion, interrogation or saucy funny business, though there may be a reason for [[IncestSubtext that..]]

* AristocratsAreEvil: The Durwards. [[spoiler:More or less averted. While Lady Durward is the main villain and her husband likewise causes much of the supernatural bloodshed, she's actually a Karnstein by birth and he's been raised from the dead as a vampire using some form of necromancy, so might not be quite himself. For their own parts David and Sara Durward seem to be a rather pleasant pair, going as far as to allow a frightened gypsy girl to stay the night in their home without much in the way of suspicion or interrogation.]]

Given that she's produced a son and a daughter, and that she speaks of it [[spoiler:taking years for her to master whatever aspects of her Karnstein heritage allow her to bring Hagen back as a vampire]] was Lady Durward [[spolier:always a vampire, or was she a mortal woman whose grief at her husband's early death from plague drove her to research her family's heritage of dealings with The Devil and discover a route to vampiric immortality that way?]]

** Lady Durward's [[spolier:Karnstein heritage]] is mentioned, but there are still questions to be asked. Is the [[spolier:draining of youth via a kiss her vampire sub-group's actual method of feeding, or is in in fact a method of life-stealing specific to whatever form of necromantic sorcery she used to resurrect her husband from the grave?]]

** Lady Durward's [[ spolier:Karnstein heritage]] is mentioned, but there are still questions to be asked. Is the [[ spolier:draining of youth via a kiss her vampire sub-group's actual method of feeding, or is in in fact a method of life-stealing specific to whatever form of necromantic sorcery she used to resurrect her husband from the grave?]]
Given that she's produced a son and a daughter, and that she speaks of it [[ spoiler:taking years for her to master whatever aspects of her Karnstein heritage allow her to bring Hagen back as a vampire]] was Lady Durward [[ spolier:always a vampire, or was she a mortal woman whose grief at her husband's early death from plague drove her to research her family's heritage of dealings with The Devil and discover a route to vampiric immortality that way?]]
%% * ProtagonistTitle

%% * RoleCalled

%% * SmartPeoplePlayChess: The Professor and Doctor Marcus.
%% * StealthHiBye: Kronos does this at one point.

%% * AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Doctor Marcus.

%% * AristocratsAreEvil: The Durwards. [[spoiler:More or less averted. While Lady Durward is the main villain and her husband likewise causes much of the supernatural bloodshed, she's actually a Karnstein by birth and he's been raised from the dead as a vampire using some form of necromancy, so might not be quite himself. For their own parts David and Sara Durward seem to be a rather pleasant pair, going as far as to allow a frightened gypsy girl to stay the night in their home without much in the way of suspicion or interrogation.]]

%% * BarehandedBladeBlock: Kronos learns why this is a bad idea.

%% * BigBad: [[spoiler:Lady Durwood, who resurrected her husband as a vampire.]]

** Lady Durward's [[spolier:Karnstein heritage]] is mentioned, but there are still questions to be asked. Is the [[spolier:draining of youth via a kiss her vampire sub-group's actual method of feeding, or is in in fact a method of life-stealing specific to whatever form of necromantic sorcery she used to resurrect her husband from the grave?]]
Given that she's produced a son and a daughter, and that she speaks of it [[spoiler:taking years for her to master whatever aspects of her Karnstein heritage allow her to bring Hagen back as a vampire]] was Lady Durward [[spolier:always a vampire, or was she a mortal woman whose grief at her husband's early death from plague drove her to research her family's heritage of dealings with The Devil and discover a route to vampiric immortality that way?]]

%% * AristocratsAreEvil: The Durwards.

* 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 for 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.

* FreudianExcuse: When Carla wonders why Kronos is 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.

* 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.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Kronos himself, and Professor Hieronymous Grost.

%% * ButNowIMustGo: Kronos at the end.

%% * MasterSwordsman: Kronos and Hagen (the finest swordsman of his time)

%% * StockPunishment: How Carla is introduced.

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Doctor Marcus.

* AristocratsAreEvil: The Durwards.

* BarehandedBladeBlock: Kronos learns why this is a bad idea.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Lady Durwood, who resurrected her husband as a vampire.]]

* ButNowIMustGo: Kronos at the end.
* CastTheExpert: Fight choreographer William Hobbs plays Hagen.
* ChekhovsGun: Hagen's tombstone, and its inscription relating his swordsmanship.
* ComicBookAdaptation: Titan Comics made one.

* InTheHood: Hagen.

* MasterSwordsman: Kronos and Hagen (the finest swordsman of his time)

* ProtagonistTitle

* RoleCalled

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: The Professor and Doctor Marcus.
* StealthHiBye: Kronos does this at one point.

* StockPunishment: How Carla is introduced.

* RunningGag: Someone cursing and Krono/Grost/Carla deadpanning "Language." (often [[CasualDangerDialogue in the middle of a battle]]) is a running joke throughout, occurring at least once per issue.

* TownWithADarkSecret: Serechurch, a grim little town in Romania and the main setting of the narrative. Features, among other thing, a veritable boatload of Vampires.

* 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.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Strongly (and, according to writer/director Brian Clemens, intentionally) hinted at between Paul and Sara Durwood.

* StealthSequel: [[spoiler: To the [[Film/TheVampireLovers Karnstein Trilogy.]] Lady Durwood turns out be a Karnstein by birth, leading to all sorts of EpilepticTrees. Creator/IngridPitt was even offered the role as a CastingGag but turned it down.]]

* IaijutsuPractitioner: Kronos himself. Why a man such as Kronos would have a katana is a part of his MysteriousPast.