Screenplay: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Vampyr

1932 · Movie · 68 min. · Germany

Direction Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast Julian West · Sybille Schmitz · Henriette Gérard · Albert Bras

Synopsis A traveler obsessed with the supernatural visits an old inn and finds evidence of vampires.

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7.4

5K votes

7.4

5K votes

Carmilla (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 15 min. · Canada

Direction Jordan Hall · Steph Ouaknine · Jay Bennett · Spence Maybee

Cast Elise Bauman · Natasha Negovanlis · Annie Briggs · Kaitlyn Alexander

Synopsis Small town girl Laura Hollis has just finally moved out to go to Silas University. When her missing roommate is replaced without explanation, Laura vows to find out what is...

6.8

83 votes

6.8

83 votes

The Vampire Lovers

1970 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Ward Baker

Cast Ingrid Pitt · George Cole · Kate O'Mara · Peter Cushing

Synopsis The Vampire Lovers is the first of a very loose trilogy surrounding the immortal and evil Karnstein clan and their young and voluptuous daughter, Mircalla. She uses her feminine and...

6.0

555 votes

6.0

555 votes

Lies We Tell

2023 · Movie · 89 min. · Ireland

Direction Lisa Mulcahy

Cast Agnes O'Casey · David Wilmot · Holly Sturton · Chris Walley

Synopsis An orphaned heiress is forced to embrace her family's dark legacy.

6.0

769 votes

6.0

769 votes

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Let's Scare Jessica to Death

1971 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction John D. Hancock

Cast Zohra Lampert · Barton Heyman · Kevin O'Connor · Gretchen Corbett

Synopsis A woman released from a mental hospital moves to an old countryside house with her husband and a friend to recuperate, but begins having strange visions and experiences around the...

6.0

321 votes

6.0

321 votes

Blood and Roses

1960 · Movie · 88 min. · France

Direction Roger Vadim

Cast Mel Ferrer · Elsa Martinelli · Annette Vadim · René-Jean Chauffard

Synopsis Young Carmilla is jealous of her friend's engagement, and her obsession leads her to the tomb of a female vampire. The vampire possesses her and leads her to kill and...

6.0

54 votes

6.0

54 votes

Uncle Silas

1947 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Frank

Cast Jean Simmons · Katina Paxinou · Derrick De Marney · Derek Bond

Synopsis Caroline Ruthyn is the teen-aged niece of the her uncle Silas, a sickly and at one time unbalanced man who becomes her guardian on the death of her father. The...

5.5

21 votes

5.5

21 votes

The Blood Spattered Bride

1972 · Movie · 100 min. · Spain

Direction Vicente Aranda

Cast Simón Andreu · Maribel Martín · Alexandra Bastedo · Dean Selmier

Synopsis A young husband's sexual fantasies frighten his new wife and cause her to seek advice from Carmilla, a descendent of Mircalla de Karnstein. Carmilla seduces the young bride and forces...

5.3

518 votes

5.3

518 votes

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Alucarda

1977 · Movie · 85 min. · Mexico

Direction Juan López Moctezuma

Cast Claudio Brook · David Silva · Tina Romero · Susana Kamini

Synopsis A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and...

5.2

530 votes

5.2

530 votes

Crypt of the Vampire

1964 · Movie · 92 min. · Italy

Direction Camillo Mastrocinque

Cast Adriana Ambesi · Ignazio Balsamo · Christopher Lee · James Bright-Oman

Synopsis Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor;Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued...

5.1

78 votes

5.1

78 votes

The Wyvern Mystery (TV)

2000 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alex Pillai

Cast Naomi Watts · Derek Jacobi · James Doherty · Iain Glen

Synopsis XIX Century. After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows...

4.5

51 votes

4.5

51 votes

Direction Mauricio Chernovetzky · Mark Devendorf

Cast Eleanor Tomlinson · Stephen Rea · Katie Silverman · Erika Marozsán

Synopsis Lara (Eleanor Tomlinson) and her estranged father, Dr. Hill (Stephen Rea), travel behind the iron curtain to a decrepit castle outside the Hungarian town of Styria. In the nearby woods,...

4.2

79 votes

4.2

79 votes

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Vampires vs. Zombies

2004 · Movie · 85 min. · Canada

Direction Vince D'Amato

Cast Bonny Giroux · C.S. Munro · Maritama Carlson · Brinke Stevens

Synopsis The battle between the living dead and the undead has begun!

1.6

50 votes

1.6

50 votes

Direction Gabrielle Beaumont · Noel Black · Graeme Clifford · Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Cast Linda Hunt · Anthony Andrews · Roy Dotrice · C. Thomas Howell

Synopsis A short-lived anthology series featuring adaptations of well-known horror stories.

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The Vampire Wedding

1993 · Movie · 94 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jaroslav Soukup

Cast Rudolf Hrusínsky · Iveta Bartosová · Petr Nározný · Viktor Preiss

Synopsis Young English gentleman falls in love with beautiful Czech vampire.

Not rated

Not rated

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Uncle Silas (TV Miniseries)

1989 · Series · 148 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Hammond

Cast Beatie Edney · Jane Lapotaire · Tim Woodward · Guy Rolfe

Synopsis 3 Episodes. Maud Ruthyn, a lovely and sensitive girl, is sent to stay with her Uncle Silas Ruthyn, a charismatic rogue who stands to inherit the family fortune... should anything...

Not rated

Not rated

The Sleep of Death

1980 · Movie · 90 min. · Sweden

Direction Calvin Floyd

Cast Per Oscarsson · Patrick Magee · Marilú Toló · Brendan Price

Synopsis Set in 1815, a young Englishman touring Europe encounters more than he bargained for. His pursuit of the beautiful Countess St. Alyre brings him into contact with the Marquis D'Armanville...

Not rated

Not rated

Schalcken the Painter (TV)

1979 · Movie · 68 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Leslie Megahey

Cast Jeremy Clyde · Maurice Denham · Cheryl Kennedy · John Justin

Synopsis A classic from the golden age of television ghost stories, Schalcken the Painter recreates the sights, sounds and sexual mores of 17th century Holland for a spine-tingling tale of a...

Not rated

Not rated

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