Strange side stories develop. Months suddenly pass. Largely because of this unpredictable development, the surrealists championed Les Vampires . While Les Vampires contains a fantastic set of events, the characters and situations never stray too far from the plausible. Les Vampires takes place in a world where all appearances are deceiving.
Living rooms can become gas chambers and hotel rooms can suddenly sprout heavy artillery.
Feuillade creates a frightening world where the ordinary and mundane may suddenly be overwhelmed by the mysterious. It's a world where security can suddenly be replaced with chaos. Feuillade's filmmaking technique, in which he frequently nailed the camera in place while the actors moved in the foreground, makes the movie feel akin to a documentary, as if we are being given a privileged glimpse into another time period. Feuillade's simple camera placements are frequently static, but unlike American cinematic models, where doors and exits are typically placed at the right or left edges of the screen, Feuillade emphasizes doors by placing them near the center of the frame. He fills the doors with activity as clerks carry papers to officials and criminals creep into hotel rooms.