Therapy for a Vampire (2016)
Starring Tobias Moretti, Jeanette Hain, Cornelia Ivancan
Directed by David Ruhm
Looking to jump on the comedic bloodsucker hit train, especially after last year’s What We Do in the Shadows, Austrian director David Ruhm rolls out the laughs with his latest, Therapy for a Vampire.
Scattering a bunch of mini-storylines inside the film, the office of Doctor Sigmund Freud (Karl Fischer) is quite a busy one in the year 1932. Our headline patient is Count Geza von Kozsnom (Moretti), and his point of contention is due to a failing love with his bride, and the swirling hope that the opportunity to connect with a lost love hasn’t passed him by… nightcrawler therapy, what a gold mine!
Alongside Count Geza are fellow sufferers Countess Elsa (Hain), Lucy (Ivancan), and her husband, Viktor (Dominic Oley), who has visions of another woman besides his wife, which in any language spells certain trouble. As we sit in on their mentally therapeutic sessions, we learn about each character’s ins and outs, and with its sharp injection of fervent wit, the film moves along at a nice pace so you can get in a boatload of laughs along the way.
Moretti absolutely chews the scenery as the less-than-contented Count, guzzling blood from a bottle and droning on about his antipathy towards his life that lasts perpetually. Ruhm makes sure that the audience is fully entrenched in a vampire flick, with multiple references to key aspects that will make creature of the night fans flap their wings with joy.
I was a little nervous before checking this one out, simply due to the fact What We Do in the Shadows was such a strong comedic presence that infused a little life into the category. Possibilities were ripe it could be a letdown, but this therapy session is one that I’d be glad to pay for… I’ll just have to see if my crappy medical insurance will cover it.
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