Adrien Beau’s Vampire Family Gothic Horror ‘The Vourdalak’ Trailer

Adrien Beau’s Vampire Family Gothic Horror ‘The Vourdalak’ Trailer

by Alex Billington
June 3, 2024
Source: YouTube

“Everything was fine here before you arrived.” Oscilloscope Labs in the US has revealed the official trailer for a very peculiar French film called The Vourdalak, described as “an acclaimed 18th Century vampire tale.” This initially premiered in the Critics’ Week sidebar of the 2023 Venice Film Festival last year, and it will get a limited art house theatrical opening it the US this summer. For any who dare venture in to explore its darkness. Lost in a hostile forest, the Marquis d’Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, finds refuge in the home of a strange family… “Adapted from a novella (Aleksei K. Tolstoï’s “La famille du Vourdalak”) that predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by over half a century, The Vourdalak is an atmospheric, unexpected, sensorial experience that will leave you reeling and giddy in equal measure.” Starring Kacey Mottet Klein as Marquis d’Urfé, along with Ariane Labed, Grégoire Colin, Vassili Schneider, Claire Duburcq, and Gabriel Pavie as Vlad. This has some spooky scenes in it, along with one creepy looking vampire dude.

Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Adrien Beau’s The Vourdalak, direct from OScope’s YouTube:

When the Marquis d’Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, is attacked and abandoned in the remote countryside, he finds refuge at an eerie and isolated manor. The family, reluctant to take him in, exhibits strange behavior as they await the imminent return of their father, Gorcha. What began simply as strange quickly devolves into a full fledged nightmare when Gorcha returns, seemingly no longer himself… The Vourdalak, also known as Le Vourdalak in French, is directed by French indie filmmaker Adrien Beau, making his feature directorial debut after a few other short films previously. The screenplay is written by Adrien Beau & Hadrien Bouvier, adapted from the short story “La famille du Vourdalak” written by Aleksei K. Tolstoï. Produced by Judith Lou Lévy, Lola Pacchioni, Marco Pacchioni. This initially premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival in the Critics’ Week sidebar. It already opened in France last year. Oscilloscope Labs releases The Vourdalak in select US theaters starting June 28th, 2024 this summer. Who’s curious?

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