“His past is a lie, his future a battlefield — and his name, a warning.”
In the blood-soaked forests of the Balkans, while war tears nations apart, a far older conflict brews beneath the surface — one that has nothing to do with borders, and everything to do with blood. The enemy is not human. And the only weapon... is a man who belongs to neither side.
“Dampyr (2022)”, directed by Riccardo Chemello, is a supernatural horror-fantasy film adapted from the iconic Italian comic book series. It also marks the beginning of the Bonelli Cinematic Universe — a world where Gothic horror, dark legends, and cursed bloodlines collide.
He's not human. Not vampire. But made to destroy them both.
Set during the Yugoslav Wars of the early 1990s, Harlan Draka is a drifter and conman, making a living pretending to exorcise demons from villages — until one day, the lie becomes truth. He discovers that he is a Dampyr: a half-human, half-vampire hybrid with the rare power to kill true vampires — the ancient, ageless Masters of the Night.
When a platoon of soldiers is massacred by monstrous forces, Harlan is pulled into the real war. He joins forces with Emil Kurjak, a war-hardened survivor, and Tesla, a rogue vampire who turned against her own kind, to confront Gorka, a cruel Master whose thirst for power knows no borders.
Not all monsters are born in darkness. Some are forged in silence — and blood.
Dampyr is more than a vampire-hunting tale. It's the story of a man cursed with a bloodline he never asked for — and forced to embrace the very thing he fears to stand against a darkness older than mankind.
The film conjures a brooding dark fantasy atmosphere:
Fog-drenched woods
Crumbling monasteries
Crimson eyes watching from the shadows
It’s a collision between modern warfare and ancient evil — where humans are no longer heroes, but pawns in a game written in blood and myth.
Some are not born to be loved — but to end nightmares for others.
