A quiet little nightmare funneling images and shadows through dream logic, Dreyer’s creepy classic centers on a young man convinced of his inexorable and untimely demise: being buried alive. A creaky hotel plays host to vampire activity and creates an eerie atmosphere, where shadows dance backwards and the grim reaper waits by a mysterious river. Dreyer dips into post-expressionist surrealism in his first sound feature, the first sound horror film in cinema history. — Stef Loy
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