CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1985
Vampire Hunter D posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1985 1h 20m JPN

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust poster 01

Movie / 2000 / Action / Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Horror / Science Fiction

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

Why this pick

A more lavish continuation of D’s solitary, aristocratic-vampire world, retaining the gothic frontier mood, doomed heroines, eerie technology, and elegant monster-hunting action.

Wicked City poster 02

Movie / 1987 / Anime / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller

Wicked City

Why this pick

Matches the original’s mature 1980s anime sensibility: nocturnal horror, supernatural predators, grotesque body imagery, and a sleekly fatalistic atmosphere.

Ninja Scroll poster 03

Movie / 1993 / Adventure / Animation / Anime / Fantasy / Horror / Martial Arts

Ninja Scroll

Why this pick

Its lone, near-invincible wanderer faces an escalating gallery of monstrous enemies in a violent, painterly dark-fantasy landscape—an especially close match for D’s roaming-hunter appeal.

The Empire of Corpses poster 04

Movie / 2015 / Animation / Horror / Science Fiction

The Empire of Corpses

Why this pick

A gothic alternate nineteenth century of reanimated dead, secret societies, and decaying grandeur that echoes Vampire Hunter D’s blend of horror, science fiction, and old-world melancholy.

The Blood Spattered Bride poster 05

Movie / 1972 / Horror

The Blood Spattered Bride

Why this pick

For the film’s sensual, melancholic vampire-gothic side: a dreamlike European horror tale steeped in aristocratic decay, female peril, and unsettling romantic dread.

CURATING YOUR NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

While walking her guard rounds in the country, Doris Lang, the daughter of a deceased werewolf hunter, is attacked and bitten by Count Magnus Lee, a 10,000-year-old, long-lost vampire lord (also known as a Noble) for trespassing in his domain.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Rei Ginsei

Kan Tokumaru

Danton

Kazuko Yanaga

Kazuko Yanaga

Older Snake Sister

Kazumi Tanaka

Kazumi Tanaka

O'Reilly

Motomu Kiyokawa

Motomu Kiyokawa

Dr. Feringo

Yasuo Muramatsu

Roman

Kaneto Shiozawa

Kaneto Shiozawa

D

Michie Tomizawa

Michie Tomizawa

Doris