The Vampires is a 1915–16 French silent crime serial film written and directed by Louis Feuillade. The film is set as a serial of ten chapters of times varying from 13 - 57 minutes each.
The main characters are a journalist and his friend who become involved in trying to uncover and stop a sinister gang plaguing Paris with their underworld activity including burglaries, decapitation of law enforcement officers, bombings, forgery and other unsavory dealings (who are not the mythological beings their name suggests).
Storyline:
Modern dancer Marta Koutiloff performs on stage as a giant vampire bat and dies as a result of a poisoning from a ring she was presented with. Amidst the panicking crowds, Philipe recognizes the Grand Vampire and follows him to an abandoned fort and is captured by the gang. They agree to interrogate Philipe at midnight and execute him at dawn. Philipe finds that the Vampire guarding him is one of his co-workers, Oscar-Cloud Mazamette. They decide to work together and capture the Grand Inquisitor when he arrives at midnight. They bind and hood the Grand Inquisitor, and set him up for execution in place of Phillipe. At dawn, the Vampires arrive for the execution, but the police raid the lair. The Vampires escape, but as they flee they mistakenly execute their own Grand Inquisitor, who turns out to be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
