again, but the sun replaces the moon, signaling the vampire to run, and Abronsius and Alfred chase him to a coffin. The bag appears one last time and Abronsius takes out a mallet and a wooden stake. With Alfred's help he kills the vampire, then places the lid on the coffin. In the pitch-black backdrop Professor Abronsius and Alfred congratulate each other until the MGM logo appears, startling them. The lion in the logo roars as its fangs grow longer. Frightened, Abronsius and Alfred run away, and blood drips out of the lion's mouth. United Kingdom/Europe The comedy mask disappears and the MGM lion turns into a cartoon vampire with blood dripping from its mouth in the logo, from its older airings of this film in some European countries, the MGM lion fades instead with a different-looking vampire design appears with blood drips that comes out of a vampire, unlike its original version, the alternative version never saw its home video releases. Reception The Fearless Vampire Killers holds an approval rating of 69% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "This uneven but amiable 1967 vampire picture is part horror spoof, part central European epic, and 100 percent Roman Polanski, whose signature sensibility colors every frame." Home media The Fearless Vampire Killers was released to DVD by Warner Home Video on September 13, 2005 as a Region 1 widescreen DVD, and later in other territories. This version is Polanski's original cut bearing The Fearless Vampire Killers title card. A region-free Brazilian DVD was issued by Cinemagia that, while using a dated 4:3 letterbox master of the original cut, has the U.S. prologue as an bonus feature. Outside of 16 mm or 35 mm prints, no known official releases of the re-edited U.S. cut exist. The film, using the same version as the 2005 DVD, was released by Warner Home Video in France on December 20, 2013. This Blu-ray is locked to Region B and does not play on most North American Blu-ray players. In September 2019, Warner Archive announced a U.S. Blu-ray for The Fearless Vampire Killers. Released two months later, it utilizes a new 2019 HD re-master of Polanski's original cut, along with the extras from the DVD release and the addition of the U.S. animated prologue. See also List of British films of 1967 Vampire films Notes