The Vampires: The Terrible Wedding
"Les Noces sanglantes — the wedding that ends the gang."
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About this film
Louis Feuillade's tenth and final Les Vampires chapter brings the serial to a bloody climax as detective Philippe Guérande and Jane marry while the gang plots revenge. Hypnotized maid Augustine unlocks their door; gas attacks, kidnappings, and Irma Vep's wedding to the Venomous set the stage for a dawn police raid, balcony trap, and Jane's fatal shot that ends the Vampire threat.
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Historical background
Gaumont released Les noces sanglantes on 30 June 1916, closing Feuillade's ten-episode crime serial begun in November 1915 to compete with imported American chapter plays.
Why this film matters
The Terrible Wedding concludes one of silent cinema's most influential serials; Musidora's Irma Vep and Feuillade's Paris-underworld atmosphere shaped later crime and fantastique cinema.
Making of
Open sources chiefly list credits with Louis Feuillade named as director.
What critics said
Contemporary French audiences followed the weekly episodes avidly; modern critics rank the finale among essential Feuillade, noting its sustained suspense across roughly sixty minutes.
Did you know?
- Episode 10 of Les Vampires (Les noces sanglantes).
- Stars Musidora as Irma Vep and Édouard Mathé as Philippe Guérande.
- Mazamette's proposal to Augustine closes the serial.
What audiences thought
Audience documentation for The Vampires: The Terrible Wedding is limited; availability today depends on archive and streaming copies.
Film restoration
Preservation status should be confirmed against archive holdings.
Where to watch
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les%20Vampires%20-%20Les%20Noces%20sanglantes%20(1916).webm