Region 4 Winners and Losers

     There have been a couple of excellent restored releases of Vampyr including a Region 1 US Criterion Collection and a Region 2 UK release from Eureka that include commentaries and decent extras. For a fairly comprehensive listing of the differences see the dvdcompare site here. A previous release of the film in Australia in a double feature with Nosteratu was reviewed by a reader of the site here.

     Fans of the film will no doubt already have one of the better releases if their system will support other regions. However, if you are just interested in seeing this gem, even in this poor presentation, the Blood Suckers package for a RRP of $19.95 for six films is a bargain. Indeed, I cannot find an equivalent of this three disc, six film package in any other region.