With high contrast dissolution and decay, Vampir – Cuadecuc pays homage to the classics of the likes of Nosferatu by transforming perhaps one of the worst horror films of all time into what critic Jonathan Rosenbaum describes as one of the most beautiful films ever made. Vampir – Cuadecuc is also key in understanding transitions in Spain from the period of ‘new cinema’ (permitted by the Franco government) towards illegal, clandestine or openly antagonistic practices against the Franco regime.
