The Last Vampyre (27 Jan. 1994)

Sherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a man who seems to be like a vampire.

Director:

Tim Sullivan

Writers:

Jeremy Paul (screenplay), Arthur Conan Doyle (segment),

Stars:

Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Roy Marsden

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jeremy Brett	...	Sherlock Holmes
Edward Hardwicke	...	Doctor Watson
Roy Marsden	...	John Stockton
Keith Barron	...	Rob Ferguson
Yolanda Vazquez	...	Carlotta (as Yolanda Vasquey)
Maurice Denham	...	Reverand Merridew
Richard Dempsey	...	Jack
Juliet Aubrey	...	Dolores
Jason Hetherington	...	Michael
Elizabeth Spriggs	...	Mrs Mason
Peter Geddis	...	Mr Gresty
Kate Lansbury	...	Mrs Gresty
Maria Redmond	...	Vera Gresty
Freddie Jones	...	Pedlar
Hilary Mason	...	Miss Ruddock

Storyline

In this case, Sherlock Holmes agrees to investigate a strange series of deaths in a village, who inhabitants that had killed a prominent family that were thought to be vampires a century in the past. These deaths appear to be linked to a man who is a descendent of that family and seems to be something malevolently supernatural about him, much like a vampire himself.

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Plot Keywords:

death | vampire | sherlock holmes | victorian era | sequel | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 January 1994 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Granada Television, WGBH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes: The Master Blackmailer (1992)

User Reviews

Sherlock Holmes meets Adam Dalgliesh

This is one of those late Jeremy Brett Sherlocks in which the actor's nostrils almost seem to emit smoke and fire!

Looking quite puffy and ill (he was near his actual death), he was demonstrably over the top in a role he should have abandoned years before, if only for his own health. And I say this as someone who thinks he was the greatest Sherlock ever! Yes, even greater than Basil R.

The story, loosely based on a much more modest Conan Doyle original (The Sussex Vampire) is also over the top with everyone chewing the (fine) scenery amid extreme histrionics and buckets of fake blood.

Roy Marsden, famous for playing P.D. James' detective Adam Dalgliesh, also emotes with his own "mad scenes" as the title character but Edward Hardwicke as Dr. Watson manages to keep his dignity unlike most of the others.

If you are a fan of the series, I recommend you see this (unnecessarily endless) episode only at your peril.